Walgreens Shopping 4/18/11 *Part 2*

WHOA! Two posts in one day when I've neglected this blog for nearly a year?! :)

What can I say, those register rewards were burning a hole in my pocket. I sat down at the kid's nap time and went through a more in depth review of sales and decided I needed to head back today and "roll" my register rewards. Rolling rewards means you use current rewards you have to buy products that will in turn net you more register rewards. There's lots of rules that I won't go into on this post but if you're ever interested just ask me.

So here's what I picked up this evening:

Transaction 1

• Chocolate covered peeps, 2/$1 (used Walgreen's 2/$1 coupon, used $1/2 manufacturer coupon making these free!)
• Cadbury creme egg, 2/$1 x 2 (used Walgreen's 2/$1 coupon x 2)
• Lightening McQueen Easter egg, $0.99
  
• Gillette Deodorant, on sale for buy one get one 1/2 off, $4.99 each (used $1/1 x 2 manufacturer coupon plus the register took off $2.50 for the 1/2 price)
• Schick Hydro shave gel, on sale buy one get one free, $3.79 each (used $0.75/1 x 2 manufacturer coupon plus the register took off $3.79 for the bogo)
• Colgate 360 toothbrush and Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste, on sale 2/$6 (used $1/1 x 2 and received a $4 register reward)
• Reach Total Care toothbrush, $2.99 (used $1/1 manufacturer coupon and received a $2 register reward)
• Biore Pore Strips and Make Up removal towelettes, $7.49 and $8.49 (used buy a pore strips get a cleanser for FREE manufacturer coupon and received a $5 register reward)
• Skintimate shave gel, on sale 2/$4 (used $0.55/1 x 2 manufacturer coupon *I must have misread a blog post because I thought I would receive a $2 register reward but that didn't happen. I paid more than I usually would for shave gel*)

Total before coupons and register rewards: $56.59
Total after coupons and register rewards: $20.78
Total saved: $35.81 or 64%

Transaction 2

• Biore Pore Strips and Make Up removal towelettes, $7.49 and $8.49 (used buy a pore strips get a cleanser for FREE manufacturer coupon and received a $5 register reward)
• Dora Easter Egg, $0.99
• Mini Stickerbook, on sale 2/$1
• Reach Total Care floss, on sale for $2.99 (used $1/1 manufacturer coupon and received a $2 register reward

Total before coupons and register rewards: $22.94
Total after coupons and register rewards: $6.45
Total saved: $16.49 or 72%

By the way...I actually paid less than the totals listed BUT I never count my register rewards twice so the ones I earn on each trip, I always include them in my current purchase totals. Counting the ones I earned from my last shopping trip on top of the ones I earned this trip would be an inaccurate showing of true money spent.

Walgreens Shopping 4/18/11

It certainly has been a loooong time since I posted on this blog. I haven't been doing much of the Walgreens shopping but still use lots of coupons and try my best to save as much money as possible.

I did do some Walgreens shopping today though! With baby #3 on they way and rumored diaper price increases this summer, I've been trying to stockpile diapers. I'm not too picky on brand (except at night time, I only use Huggies or Pampers, storebrands are usually not good for overnights) and Huggies has had some awesome coupons out lately! So pair them with a sale at a store and you're really getting a good deal.

Here's what I ended up with today at Walgreens:


Transaction 1

• Goody Ouchless hair accessory, $3 (received a $3 register reward making this free!)
• Huggies diapers, on sale for $8.99, x 3 (used $3/1 x 3 manufacturer coupons, received a $5 register reward for purchasing $20 worth of product)
• Duracell AAA 10 pk with bonus screwdriver, on sale for $5.99 x 2 (used $1.50/1 x 2 manufacturer coupons, received a $3 register reward)
• Always liners, on sale for 2/$6 (used $0.50/1 x 2 manufacturer coupons, received $4 register reward for purchasing two of product)

Total before coupons and register rewards: $48.98
Total after coupons and register rewards: $20.98
Total saved: $28 or 57%


Transaction 2

• Huggies diapers, on sale for $8.99, x 3 (used $3/1 and $2/1 x 2 manufacturer coupons, received a $5 register reward for purchasing $20 worth of product)
• Goody Ouchless hair accessory, $3 (received a $3 register reward making this free!)

Total before coupons and register rewards: $30.18
Total after coupons and register rewards: $15.18
Total saved: $15 or 50%

Not the biggest deals I've ever gotten, but, diapers are NOT cheap and are only going to go up in price so getting 6 packs of diapers plus batteries, liners and hair accessories for a grand total of just $36.16 is still very good! Hoping there are some other great deals next week to use up these register rewards. Or, perhaps I can get some Easter basket things with them!

I have some other high dollar Huggies coupons that I hope to use at Target this week. My coupons are mostly $3.50 off a 60ct or larger and Target has a coupon in an insert that will give you a $5 gift card when you purchase 2 qualifying packages. Then I think I'll need to stop buying diapers until I evaluate how many of each size I have! (there's a stockpile in my basement right now too) :)