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| Above you see the little caramels that are 39 cents. Walgreens (and most stores) have a policy of using no more coupons than you have items being purchased. This means that when you are using Manf coupons AND have the reward bucks to use you will have to use a 'filler' item to put extra things on your reciept. This is what I choose to use. The Oral B Cross Action Toothbrushes were in the sunday paper coupon insert. There was a Buy one get one free coupon a few weeks ago I've been holding on to, then there was the Save 75 cents on one coupon. Combining the two together in this transaction with the sale of $3.99 each I got them for $1.62 each. |
Above you will see 3 bottles of Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion which is on sale for 5.99. It has a $2 sticker coupon on the bottle (don't forget to peel it!) AND there is a $5 reward coupon that prints out after your purchase. You must purchase each bottle separately as only one coupon will print per transaction!! After rewards and $2 coupon it's a $1 moneymaker. The 2 bottles of Tilex and 2 containers of clorox wipes are 2/$5 this week with a $2 reward coupon printing out when you buy 2. There is a $1 off 1 Tilex coupon and $1 off 1 clorox wipe coupon that I will have links for at the bottom. Leaving these things at 50 cents per bottle after all coupons and rewards.
There are 2 bottles of Hylands Cold n Cough for children. They are on sale for $5 and I got a $2 off coupon plus there is a $5 reward that prints. You must purchase each bottle separately and I will put a link to the coupon on the bottom of the page. This is a $2 moneymaker. The Pantene Beautiful Lengths conditioner is on sale $4 plus it's BOGO 1/2 off. Which means $6 for 2. I had a $2 coupon from the P&G insert mailing. (I don't know how you'd get one now) Then there was a $2 register reward which made these $1 per bottle for me.
Walgreens brand pain relievers are BOGO free and cost $4 for 100 ct bottles, making them only $2 after discount. The kraft homestyle mac n cheese is on sale for 1.99 and there are $1 coupons on the kraft website. I will try to get the link on here if it is still available. Some of these coupons aren't out anymore. That makes those bags of super creamy, yummy mac n cheese only 99 cents. The Charmin is on sale for $2.99 with a limit of 3 and I had a 50 cent coupon from the P&G mailing.
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Here are a list of the links for coupons available online. I highly recommend that any of you interested in couponing and cutting your grocery and supply bill significantly get at least one subscription to your local newspaper. You can often get good deals by calling them up and talking to a person. I got an entire year, 7 days a week for only $100. The Sunday paper alone in Las Vegas costs $3 a week. So I am getting it delivered to my driveway every day for less than $2 a week! Can't beat that. :) Invest in a printer if you don't already have one. I have figured that I print out about $300 in coupons for every $40 that I spend in ink. For those that say it's a waste of ink... it's only a waste if you're not using the coupons. Buy paper at the office stores when they are cheap and on sale. I stock up when they are $2-$3 a ream. I have about 4 packs of paper in my closet right now.
Here are links to some of the coupons you can use for the items above...
Clorox Wipes: You will have to "like" clorox on Facebook to get the coupon for the wipes and make sure you hit the back browser 3 times after the first print and it will print you a second one.
Tilex spray bottles: You may have to go through a few pages to find it but it's in there. You can only print 1 per computer so if you have multiple computers just print one from each to make the deal I showed above.
http://www.coupons.com/ Hyland's Cough n Cold for children: You will have to register on this site and select the coupon. It will be emailed to you and you can print as many copies as you want. I hope it's still listed. I just printed mine yesterday but sometimes the coupons go fast.
http://www.healthesavers.com/HealthESavers/Coupons.aspx?ViewAll=1
Kraft Homestyle: I will give you a couple of links to try for the Kraft coupons. Since I have already printed them I have no way of knowing which one will still have it available.
http://www.kraftfirsttaste.com/default.aspx
http://www.kraftrecipes.com/
Another couple of tips for shopping at walgreens when using the rewards...
- You cannot use reward coupons to pay for the same item that just gave you the reward and still get another reward coupon. Example. You can't buy the vaseline lotion, then use the $5 reward to buy the next vaseline lotion, because it will not print out another $5 reward since it knows you just got one.
- You CAN use the reward immediately following your purchase on a different item. Example. Alternate purchasing the Vaseline lotion and the Hyland's Cough n Cold and continually use the $5 rewards on the next purchases. Stick in a few other purchases (tilex or clorox) with each and when you check out each time your total should only be a dollar or two.
- Don't forget the little caramels next to the register when the cashier tells you that you have too many coupons for the number of items purchased!
- Be KIND to the cashiers! I love my cashiers and they love me. I am in there at least once a week stocking up and I want them to look forward to helping me... not run the other way! They are doing their job just like you are doing yours.
- Have your coupons in order know what you're doing before you approach the register. Having a game plan for the order of redeeming your coupons/rewards is key to walking out of there spending the least amount possible out of your account!
Most of all... remember that this is about saving and stocking up on things that you WILL need. Don't go in there and buy things you will never use just because it's cheap as that completely defeats the purpose of shopping frugally. Don't get caught up in the sale trap!! The sale is only useful as the product you're buying!
