Shop With Me Saturday

My trips to Walgreens did not pan out the way I had planned but I can't complain.  I got all this for under $10

I ended up doing 3 transactions which I didn't plan and I really don't like to do unless I have to.  I always seem to have someone impatient behind me who starts sighing or rolling their eyes when I start on another transaction or I end up forgetting/misplacing coupons.  Regardless my first transaction was as follows

Huggies wipes $2.49

  used $1 Walgreens coupon from the July coupon book

  and I used a $0.50 Hggies wipes manufacture coupon

Irish Spring Deodorant 2/$6

   buy 2 receive $4 register rewards

   use 2 $1 manufacture coupons

3 Muskateer Candy Bars-bought 2 @ $0.49 each

   used $0.50 off 2 3 muskateer candy bars

total a little over $6 after taxes and received $4 register rewards

 

I had planned on using register rewards from a previous purchase but didn't realize I had a coupon for every item I bought.  That is one thing to remember if you are shopping at Walgreens, their register rewards act as a manufacture coupon so you have to have more items than you have coupons, otherwise your rewards won't scan.  This confused me when I first started couponing because Rite Aid and CVS rewards are used like cash.

Transaction #2

2-12 roll packages Cottonelle toilet paper $5.00each

  buy 2 receive $3.50 register rewards

total a little over $10 after taxes.  I used $4 register rewards from Transaction #1 and a $2 register reward from a previous purchase and only ended up spending pennies over $2 out of pocket and received 3.50 register rewards

Transaction #3

3 bags Brach's candy $1.89 each

   used 2-$0.50 manufacture coupon

Index card case $0.39

Penway mini notebook $0.49

total after taxes a little over $6.00.  I used $3.50 register rewards from transaction #2 and $2 register rewards from a previous purchase and ended up spending $0.69 out of pocket.

 Rite Aid $2.00 out of pocket

Herbal Essence styler and shampoo 2/$5
  used $3 off any Herbal Essence styler when you buy any Herbal Essence product.
  and used $1 off any Herbal Essence shampoo/conditioner
Clean and Clear Face Wash 6.49
  use $2 in ad store coupon
  and used $2 manufacture printable coupon
Composition Notebooks $0.66 each
 buy 3 receive $1+up rewards
milky way candy bar (not pictured) $0.99
total 6.09.  used $4 +up rewards from a previous purchase and paid $2.09 out of pocket.  Received $1+up rewards.
total after taxes 6.09

Shop With Me Saturday

My new goal when shopping at CVS and Walgreen's is to keep my combined total from both stores under $10, this week was a success.

I went to Walgreen's the other day and bought all this for a total of $2.  Here's how:

Scott paper towels $5

   used a $2.50 off Scott Naturals coupon.

Bottled Water on sale for $1.99 each

m&m candy 2/$5

    used store coupon for $1from the July coupon book and 2- $1 off M&M pretzel (9.9oz) manufacturer     coupons

Oral B Indicator toothbrush 2/$2

    used $2 off 2 Oral B Indicators coupon

Cleaning Gloves $0.59

Used $11 in Register Rewards from previous purchases.

Total after taxes and before coupons -$20.32

Total after coupons-$1.82

Isn't it great being able to walk out of a store with a cart full of stuff and only pay a couple dollars for it.  It's great!

My CVS shopping trip ended up costing me less than $2 out of pocket

Lipton Tea- 5.99 buy one get $2 extra bucks

Always Infinity-3.99 buy one get $2 extra bucks

   use coupon $1 off 1 Always infinity

   pay $2.99 receive $2 extra bucks

Oral B Advantage Toothbrush- $3 buy one receive $1 extra bucks

   use coupon $2 off 1 Oral B Advantage toothbrush

   pay $1 receive $1 extra bucks (like getting it for free)

Dawn dishwashing soap- $0.99

   use $0.25 off 1 Dawn dishwashing soap

   pay $0.74

Total- 10.72 (before tax) I used my extra bucks from previous purchases and my total ended up being around $1.85, and I received $5.50 in extra bucks to use on future purchases (I have no clue why I received the $0.50 extra bucks print out, but I think it's some kind of promotion I wasn't aware of).