Walgreens for 5/1

Transaction 1

• Nivea body wash 16.9 oz, on sale for $4.99 (received a $5 RR making this free!)
• Rembrandt toothpaste 2.6 oz, on sale for $5.99 (used $1/1 man coupon, received a $6 RR making this purchase a profit of $1!)

Total before coupons and RR's: $11.69
Total after coupons and RR's: -$3.31 (I also used a $3 RR from a previous visit and am counting it since I didn't write a post about it)
Total saved: made $3.31!!

Transaction 2

• Got2B styling mousse 8 oz, on sale for 2/$10 (used $2/1 x 2 man coupon, received a $5 RR)
• Huggies Natural Fit diapers 34 ct, on sale for 2/$20 (used $3/2 man coupon, received a $2 RR, will also send receipt in to Caregivers Marketplace and receive back $0.75 for each pack)
• Zyrtec 24hour 30 ct, on sale for $18.99 (used $4/1 man coupon)

Total before coupons and RR's: $49.38
Total after coupons and RR's: $4.86 (I also used $25 in RR's from previous visits and am counting them since I didn't write a post about them)
Total saved: $44.52 or 90%!

Total before coupons and RR's for entire trip: $61.07
Total after coupons and RR's for entire trip: $1.55
Total saved: $59.52 or 97%!!

You may have heard that Walgreens is no longer doing the Easy Saver Rebate Program and there is no longer the IVC (instant value coupons) that were in the book. Boo! Hiss! Maybe they will come out with a new program or maybe, like I'm seeing lately, is that they are beefing up their Register Rewards offerings. There are also always store coupons in their weekly flyer. The only thing I don't like about RR's are that they expire and most of the time, they expire within a week or two. So you have to really be on top of the dates.

One note of caution: they are being pretty strict with redeeming the RR's. The manager tonight told me that you have to at least as many items in your transaction as you have coupons - including the RR's. So, you can't buy 12 items, use a manufacturer coupon for each of those 12 items and use RR's. The register will beep. My suggestion is to add cheap "filler" items (a pack of gum, candy or pencil) that will fill that "needing enough items" quota. I'm not sure yet if that also includes the Walgreen flyer coupons since they are a store coupon and not a manufacturer coupon. I will have to either do a trial and error or ask.

Walgreen's for 4/16 - one of the best yet!

Transaction 1

• Scunci no-damage elastics 18 pk, on sale for $2 (received a $2 Register Reward making it FREE!)
• Fiber choice 10 count tablets, $2.49 (received a $2.50 RR making it FREE!)
• Coffee Mate 16 oz, on sale 2/$3 (used $1.50/1 man coupon x 2 making these both FREE!)
• Breyers Ice cream, on sale BOGO, $6.29 (used $0.75/1 x 2 man coupon)
• Bertolli Oven Bakes, on sale $5.99 each x 2 (used $2/1 man coupon x 2)
• Chapstick 100% Naturals, on sale $1.99 (received a $2 RR making it FREE!)
• Bounty paper towels, 128 sheet, $2.39 each x 3 (used Wags coupon making them 3/$5, used $1/1 man coupon x 3)
• PAAS Egg color kit, originally $1.99, on clearance for $0.49 each x 2
• PAAS Egg Party kit, originally $4.99, on clearance for $1.24

Total before clearance, coupons and RR's: $50.91
Total after clearance, coupons and RR's: $4.70
Total saved: $46.21 or 91%!!!

Transaction 2

• Skintimate shave cream, on sale $2.99 (received a $3 RR making it FREE!)
• Chapstick 100% Naturals, on sale $1.99 (received a $2 RR making it FREE!)
• Colgate MaxWhite toothbrush, on sale $3.29 (used $0.75/1 man coupon, received $3.50 RR making this a profit of $0.96!)
• Fiber choice 10 count tablets, $2.49 (received a $2.50 RR making it FREE!)

Total before coupons and RR's: $11.30
Total after coupons and RR's: -$0.45!
Total saved: I made $0.45 and that includes the tax!!

Transaction 3

• Skintimate shave cream, on sale $2.99 (received a $3 RR making it FREE!)
• Colgate MaxWhite toothbrush, on sale $3.29 (used $0.75/1 man coupon, received $3.50 RR making this a profit of $0.96!)
• Scunci no-damage elastics 18 pk, on sale for $2 (received a $2 Register Reward making it FREE!)

Total before coupons and RR's: $8.82
Total after coupons and RR's: -$0.43!
Total saved: I made $0.43 and that includes the tax!!

Total before clearance, coupons and RR's for entire trip: $71.03
Total after clearance, coupons and RR's for entire trip: $3.82
Total saved for entire trip: $67.21 or 95%!!!!

Yay!!! This is one of my best trips yet!

Today's Target Trip

• Gillette Fusion Gamer razor x 2, $7.99 each (used $2/1 x 2 man coupon, received $5 Target gift card x 2 b/c I bought Gillette shaving gels too)
• Gillette Shave Gel x 2, $1.89 each (used $1/1 x 2 man coupon, received $5 Target gift card x 2 b/c I bought Gillette razors too)
• Johnson's baby lotion x 2, $2.19 each (used $1/1 x 2 man coupon, used $0.75/1 x 2 Target coupon)
• Johnson's Bedtime bath wash with bonus bottle, on clearance for $2.54 (used $1/1 man coupon, used $0.75/1 Target coupon)
• Johnson's Bedtime lotion with bonus bottle, on clearance for $2.54 (used $1/1 man coupon, used $0.75/1 Target coupon)
• Gerber Graduate Yogurt Melts x 4, $2.99 each (used $0.75/2 x 2 man coupon, used $0.50/2 x 2 Target coupon)
• Pledge Multi-surface spray x 2, $3.74 each (used $2/1 x 2 man coupon, used $1/1 x 2 Target coupon)
• Little Debbie cakes, on sale for $1.50 (no coupons, going to put a couple in the kid's Easter baskets)
• Betty Crocker Warm Delights x 2, $1.50 each (used $0.50/1 x 2 man coupon, used $1/2 Target coupon)
• Splenda 100 pack, $3.99 (used $0.55/1 man coupon, used $0.55/1 Target coupon)
• Vitamin Water x 2, on sale for $1.00 each (used $1/1 x 2 man coupon making these free!)
• Eggo NutraGrain Waffles x 2, $2.44 each (used $0.75/1 x 2 man coupon, used $1/2 Target coupon)

Total before coupons and gift cards: $66.29
Total after coupons and gift cards: $23.64
Total saved: $42.65 or 64%!!

Not too bad! There were a few of these things that were already on my "To Get" list (like the Splenda, waffles and Multi-surface spray) and it just happened that Target had some coupons out for these items so it was a good time to purchase.

We had to break into one of the yogurt melt bags while we were there. Nadia was becomming rather impatient (oh those toddler fits!) while Viggo was going potty. Luckily, stuffing a few of those in her mouth kept her quiet. :)

Rolling, rolling, rolling....

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. We have been working hard on getting our new office finished and we are finally done! Well, there is still a lot of organizing that needs to happen, but we are up and running. I am so happy we are done - I love this new space!

I have been doing Walgreen shopping but haven't posted about it. I went today and got some awesome deals. Here's how today's trip went:

• Skintimate Cream Shave, on sale for $2.99 (received a $3 Register Reward for this item making it free!)
• One A Day Women's 2O Multi-vitamin drink mix, 2 pack, $1.49 (will send in for Easy Saver Rebate #1 for $1.49 back making this free!)
• Cottonelle refill wipes, 84 pk x 2, $4.99 each (used Wags coupon making them 2/$5, used $0.50/1 x 2 man coupon)
• Quaker Chewy Granola Bars, 10 pk, on sale 2/$5 (used $1/2 man coupon, received a $2 RR for this purchase)
• Hershey Kit Kat bar x 2, 2/$1.59 (got these both free with in-ad sale, will explain below)
• Pringles chips x 4, 2/$4 (used Wags coupon making them 2/$3, used $1/2 x 2 man coupon)
• Diet Coke x 2, 2/$2.89 (used two Coke Rewards coupons making these both free)
  
• Edge shaving gel, on sale for $2.99 (received a $3 Register Reward for this item making it free! I also did this in a separate transaction since the other shaving gel is from the same company and I wanted to make sure I got both RR's.)
• Chapstick Naturals, on sale for $1.99 (received a $2 RR making this free!)

Total before coupons, rebates and RR's: $38.04
Total after coupons, rebates and RR's: -$5.41
Total saved: That's right - I got PAID $5.41 for the above purchase, keep reading to understand why

Normally I do not count the Register Rewards I redeem in a purchase when I show my numbers because I already counted them on the previous deal. If you count them again, you're double counting and it's not reflecting the true amount you save. However, since I did not post about my last deals, I got to count them on this one. Like my logic? :) Anyway, I redeemed $16 in register rewards so that really took my total down.

When you use Register Rewards to help get more Register Rewards, it's called "rolling". That's a bit of a goal, use RR's to help get more RR's. That way you really aren't spending money out of pocket.

Also, I got the Kit Kat's for free because in this week's flyer it states if you buy a Coke or Diet Coke, you get a free Hershey candy. I ended up getting the two Cokes and the candy free because I had the Coke Rewards coupons to use. Coke Rewards is a point system, sign up for free and you enter points off their products that you can redeem. I had a bunch so I just choose free 20 oz coupons.

I also wanted to notify everyone that Walmart has Gerber sleepers on clearance for $3. They are the blanket sleepers (with footies) and footless kind and come 2 to a pack. They hardly had anything for boys but a bunch of girl ones. I picked a few up for Nadia. At $1.50 a sleeper, that's a good deal! There's also the opportunity to get some free mascara from Rimmel if you purchase the All You April edition magazine (it's Walmart's magazine). There are several good coupons in it this month and you get a $6.47 masacara for free (coupon in the mag). Pam cooking spray is on rollback for $2.88 and there was a $1/1 man coupon in that magazine. I had Pam on my list so I got some cheap cooking spray too!

Squeeee!

I went to the St. Paul Mother's of Multiples Group sale today. A couple times a year this group has a big used clothing and equipment sale. My sister-in-law always tips me off about the sales (thanks Andrea!) and we went today and found some great stuff! Guess this is my "warm up" for garage sale season. :)

Here are some photos of what I picked up:

A pretty sundress for Nadia for this summer. It's made by Blueber: boulevard and someone gave us a dress by the same company as a baby gift when Nadia was born that was 12 month size. I LOVED that dress, I put her in it all the time last summer. So I must really like this company since I was drawn to this particular dress.


A capri and t-shirt set - very cute!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this dress. It's so well made and heavy weighted so it's a perfect cold-weather dress. It feels like flannel, so soft. It's by a company called Chubby Moon which I can't find much info about online except it's a Canadian company. It looks handmade, like it's from a home business or something. Very well made. Anyway, I just adore this dress!!!

Cute polka-dot blouse/possible dress! It's an antique blue with brown dots and accents. Very sweet. This is from a company called Good Lad of Philadelphia. Their outfits run an average of $40-$60. I think I paid $1.50 for this top.

Nice Old Navy button up polo for Viggo. I really didn't find much at all for him there. Nothing that really stood out.

Shoes! Thomas slippers for Viggo; sneakers, sandals and the cutest little red dress shoes EVER for Nadia. I don't think they'd ever been worn, the soles were perfect looking (as is the shoe itself).

A pink poodle backpack for Nadia (Viggo got a yellow bear one very similar to this for Christmas so I knew Nadia would want one too) and a bag of cars for Viggo.

Shopping at this kind of sale was lots of fun! So much to look at. The prices tend to be higher than garage sales but cheaper than consignment stores. I spent $22 for everything which averages out to about $2 per item. Not bad considering these are name brand clothes that are in pristine condition.

Now you tell me....is this not the most adorable outfit ever:I can't wait to get her in it!!! Will definitely have to take a picture.

I love my son to pieces but there's just something about dressing up a little girl!

Forgot to mention this!

If you buy Huggies Diapers please keep all your receipts to send into the Caregivers Marketplace!!!

This company will give you $0.75 per package back on Huggies Diapers (they do Pull-ups and Balmex too). There are a lot of products besides child items as well that they will give you a rebate on so go to the website and look at the qualifying products. You can buy these products from anywhere; Target, Walmart, the grocery store, wherever!

They have changed their program a little since I first did this but it looks like you can register online and send in your receipts that way or you can print the cash back form from online and mail it in. Anyway, when I do this the next time, it will be a new process for me too. But I have sent in my receipts before and did get a check back! So it's totally valid!

I did the Huggies Deal three times this week at Walgreen's so now I can send in my receipts and get $6.75 back from buying diapers. After I get that check, I will have paid $8.25 for 9 PACKS OF DIAPERS!!!! That's less than paying for one pack alone!

If the store is out of the size you need or could use at some point, try seeing if the manager would work a deal with you where you could get a $10 gift card for the store and a rain check so you can buy them when they are in stock again. Never hurts to ask. Or, try another Walgreen's!

Walgreen's Weekend

Awwww. Loooook. It's all laid out like Santa came! Here's what I got this weekend (note: some of these deals were from last week since I shopped on Saturday and Sunday, I'll put the current deals in blue text to differentiate) -

• Colgate Max toothpaste, 6 oz on sale for $3.29 x 2 (used $0.75/1 x 2 man coupon, received a $3.50 Register Reward x 2 making this purchase a profit of $1.92!) Note: In order to get both RR's I had to purchase them in seperate transactions
• Walgreen diapers, one premium, one regular, on sale 2/$9
• Diet Coke, $1.49 x 2 (one not pictured since I drank it, used BOGO Walgreens coupon)
• Huggies Gentle Care diapers, on sale for $10 x 3 (used $5/1 x 3 man coupons, received a $10 RR for purchasing $25 in Kimberly-Clark items - see ad for details)
• MN StarTribune paper, $2 x 2 (not pictured)
• Crest pro-health whitening toothpaste, 4.2 oz on sale for $2.49 x 2 (used $1/1 x 2 man coupon, received a $1 RR x 2) Note: In order to get both RR's I had to purchase them in seperate transactions
• Red Baron pizza, on sale 2/$5 x 2 (used $1/2 x 2 man coupons)
• Duracell AAA batteries, 8 pack $5.99 x 2 (used $0.75/1 x 2 man coupons)
• Garnier Fructis Waves style spray, on sale for $2.99 (used $2/1 Easy Saver coupon, used $1/1 man coupon making this free!)
• Coffee Mate, on sale for $2.49 and BOGO (used $0.50/1 man coupon)
• Right Guard deodorant, on sale for $2.99 x 2 (used $1/2 man coupon, received $2 RR for purchasing one - I bought two since my coupon stated $1 off the purchase of 2 so here's an example of how if you buy multiple items that are supposed to generate RR's, you'll only get one RR)
• Huggies Natural Fit diapers, on sale for $10 x 3 (used $3/1 x 3 man coupons, received a $10 RR for purchasing $25 in Kimberly-Clark items - see ad for details - I also made this purchase seperate from the other Huggies purchase so I'd get both $10 RR's)

Total before coupons and RR's: $125.76
Total after coupons and RR's: $48.28
Total saved: $77.48 or 62%

I got some good deals on items we really needed around the house. Like the batteries, deodorant and Coffee Mate. The diapers are on a fantastic deal right now! You can find those high dollar coupons online here and here. Scroll through the available coupons until you see the Huggies ones and select those to print. DON'T FORGET TO HIT YOUR BROWSER'S BACK BUTTON AFTER IT CONFIRMS THE COUPON HAS PRINTED. Why? So you can get two copies of the coupon of course!

Leave a comment here if you have any questions on these deals!