Unlucky at Walgreens

Walgreen's is definitely, by far, the most difficult place to redeem their "advertised" deals.  In the past 3 weekends I have discovered that they like to stock only a shelf full of the items they have on sale and once they are gone, they're gone.  Unless you see something you really like, then you can plan to hit them up early on  Sunday morning and

Free 5 Pack of Sharpie Highlighter Markers at Office Max!

Parents, if you think it's too early to start thinking about school supplies, it's not!  It's my goal to get all of Army's school supplies with the help of coupons.  So far, I picked up the dry erase markers he needs for free with an extra pack for myself!  Here's a deal your older students may could take advantage of so click on this link to see directions from thekrazycouponlady.com.  It's an E-Coupon deal so you don't have to be a Sunday coupon clipper to take advantage of this deal.

FREE Sharpie Accent Highlighters at Office Max!

TWIX For Savings

It took 3 transactions to do this tonight but now that I think about it, I probably could have done it in just 2 transactions.


TWIX is important because I had too many coupons (what a problem) for items purchased.  One of the catches at Walgreen's is that if you have 5 items, you can only use 5 total coupons and rewards bucks.  What happened was I bought the 5 bottles of laundry detergent.  I had 1 coupon for each bottle (5).  In addition to that, I had $2 in rewards bucks from my last purchase that I wanted to use as well.  That makes 6 coupons and rewards bucks in all so I would have not been able to use one of them.  To use all of my vouchers, I had

HEB Headache!!!!

Grrrrr!!!!!!!!!!

1) I hate know it all cashiers.

2) HEB has officially fallen out of the rankings of best local grocery store.

I tired to buy under 20 items tonight and you would have thought I was trying to rape the store of all their profits. It was a late night 2nd trip to score some of my favorite pasta that I saw they had on sale earlier that day (but didn't have all my coupons).  I snagged some other deals as I was walking the store.  The cashier promptly informed me that I couldn't combine their yellow coupons with mine from the newspaper (even though I've done it for the last month and about 6 hours ago at the same store).  So I had her void out the items and let the person behind me go so they didn't have to wait. Then, she rings up a clearance item from the clearance bin.  She sees that my coupon is for the exact amount as the clearance item which means I get it for free.  One of the many perks of countless hours of cutting and organizing coupons is scoring deals like this.  Anyways, she turns to the manager/sacker and says

2 Free Root Lifters from CVS

HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE, HAPPY DANCE!!!  In yesterday's newspaper, there was a  -$5 coupon for any John Frida styling product.  These root lifters are on sale for $5 each at CVS this week!  AND, when I bought two, it printed out a $3 Extra Care bucks reward to use on your next purchase.  This is a deal anyone can get if they have coupons from two of Sunday's papers.  If the store is sold out, GET A RAINCHECK!!!

You better watch out 'cause if I know you get the Sunday paper, I'm gonna be hounding you for this coupon.  Hehehehe   :)

Made $2 Buying Something Healthy

All this was less than $9 today at Walgreens.  Do you see the little yellow box?  Ya, those omega fish oil vitamins retail for $24.  They were on sale for $10.  I used a coupon on-line for -$2. When you buy this item, Walgreens will give you a $10 Register Rewards check to use on your next purchase.  This is one of there "buy this for free" deals.  So I spent $8 and got a $10 Register Rewards voucher.

I turned right around (totally within policy) and bought everything else you see.  The waters were $2, the cards were $3 total, the tissues were $2 and the shaving gel was on sale 2/$7.  I used two coupons that were for -$2 each item which then made the two items a total of $3.   I paid for that using my $10 Register Rewards voucher I just got.

By the way, because I bought the 2 waters and 2 shaving creams, I earned another $5 back in Rewards Bucks to use the next time I go there (hence why I bought those items).  You can buy nearly anything there.  Might as well buy stuff you know you need and that will earn you rewards back if the price is decent enough.  

Save This Week With Rewards and Ecoupons

Well, mostly.  Walgreens and CVS both have deals where you buy items and they give you a coupon for the same amount you just spent.  You can turn around and use that coupon on a 2nd transaction.

Walgreens:  I purchased some Fish Oil Vitamins for $10 that are regularly $24.  I used a coupon I printed off today from the internet for -$2.   When you buy that particular item, as stated in the ad, you will get $10 in Walgreens Register Rewards bucks.  That means the item cost me $8, and I turned around and bought cat litter and shampoo with the $10 Walgreens Reward bucks (obviously two items we needed).  To save even more on that 2nd purchase, I used a cat litter coupon from the internet.  So because I bought something I wasn't planning on buying, I got what I needed to buy for free.  Also, I scored some high quality fish oil vitamins which is a supplement we already take.

EXAMPLE 1st transaction:

• Fish Oil Vitamins  $24, On sale $10, Earn $10 in Walgreens Register Rewards, Use:

         $2 off 1   Renew Life Omega Smart  Fish Oils        www.omegasmartfishoils.com

• SoBe Water        $.99,  Earn $.99 in Walgreens Register Rewards...limit 2 so buy 2!!! 

2nd transaction: Buy whatever you really need using the $12 in Walgreens Register Rewards bucks.  There is one condition...you can't use more coupons/register rewards buck than items you buy.  For instance, you can't buy a $12 item and expect to use two different Register Rewards bucks (like listed above).  To get around this, they ususally sell single caramels at the register for  $.33 each so pick up a couple of those depending on the number of coupons you need.  Don't have coupons for what you need to buy?  Go to thekrazycouponlady.com and click on the Print Coupons link.  Use your browser's find tool to search for key words because it's a loooooong list.  That's how I found the cat litter coupon I needed.

If you've seen my binder, you are probably guessing I used my coupons.  Well, I did and I bought a little more than what was stated above.  My first transaction was $17 and I earned $15 immediately in Walgreens Register Rewards bucks.  Then my 2nd transaction's items totaled $15 dollars so I instantly used those Walgreens Register Rewards bucks I just got in addition to -$8 in newspaper coupons.  I did have to buy one more item since I had more coupons than items (awesome) so Army got some M&M's.  I ended up paying $1.   I approximate that I walked out the door with $45 in products (2 packs of Soleil razors, cat litter, medicated shampoo, Fish Oil vitamins, 4 toothbrushes, 2 SoBe drinks)  for only $18.    

I look at it as, I would have spent the $15 anyways.  Why not take advantage of their deals and get the register rewards bucks.  I will gladly spend my money at your store to get free stuff.   

Funny~they do have a deal on a women's soy estrogen supplement where you buy the item an instantly get what you paid for back in Walgreens Rewards Bucks, but I didn't want to jinx myself into early menopause.  lol