Walgreen's Report

This week's trip to Walgreen's was rather disappointing.  There were so many other items I wanted to buy that were out of stock.  In fact, the last couple of trips I've made have been a little annoying.  I don't understand why a store that is well aware of the amount of customers who use coupons doesn't order more of their products to sustain a sale.  And, if you're not actually going to enforce a limit on the quantities, then why even waste the time to hang up the tags?  That said, I acknowledge that this is all part of the game and also because I don't shop on Sunday's I don't get first dibs on all of the products.  Alright, I'm off my soapbox.  In the end, I am still saving massive amounts of money and I did purchase some higher priced items.  I got all this for $8.80.

Walgreen's Report

I haven't been to Walgreen's for what seems like forever.  I was excited to get back there this week.  I didn't have any register rewards to start with and I also ended up buying a gallon of milk I needed so I ended up spending about $15.00 out of pocket and I have $1.00 in rewards to use next week.   I purchased:  1 bottle olive oil, 4 boxes of Nature Valley granola bars, 2 bottles of gummy vitamins, 2 boxes of mini candy canes, 1 package of Bic razors, 2 boxes of Tylenol Precise pain reliever and a gallon of milk.  I'm excited to be back in the game of adding to my food and home storage for a fraction of the cost and I can't wait to use the little candy canes for some Valentine's cookies I've seen around blog land.

Walgreen's Report

Tons and tons of really great stuff is on sale at Walgreen's this week.  I only focused on a few things got this for $2.96 and have $3.00 rr's for next week.

Walgreen's Report

Sorry this post is so late in the week but it almost didn't happen at all.  I've been super sick the past few days and had some car problems so shopping hasn't been high on the priority list.  In fact, it wouldn't have happened at all if I didn't have some register rewards expiring today (and I couldn't just throw "free money" away)!  There were a lot of great deals in this week's ad but I only bought a few things.  All of their Halloween candy is on clearance so I am stocking up on some bags of caramels which will be used for making caramel brownies.  I'm going to experiment with my food saver to see if they will stay soft when they are vacuum sealed.  I sure hope so.  I only spent $1.93 OOP and have $5.00 in RR's.  Yay for two weeks of coming in well under my $10.00 limit!

Walgreen's Report

At first when I was planning this weeks Walgreen's trip I was a little disappointed by the ad.  However, I quickly realized there were a few phenomenal deals.  Really, I'm not exaggerating.  This week I only spent $1.74!!!!  Yes, this is why I LOVE shopping with coupons.  The reason my total was so low was because there were some great money makers this week.  For example, the Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste was $3.49.  A typical price for that type of toothpaste.  I used a manufacturer coupon for $1.00 off bringing the cost to $2.49.  But then, a $3.50 register reward printed (making me $1.00 profit) which I then used on my next transaction (this is called rolling).  Also, the Contac cold & flu medicine was on sale for $6.00.  I used a $2.00 manufacturer coupon bringing the total to $4.00.  It then printed a $6.00 register reward, making me $2.00.  If you take some time to plan your transactions it is well worth the money you save!  Even better, I still have $6.00 in register rewards to use next week so it's like I made $4.26 just to shop at Walgreen's!

Walgreen's Report (and Walmart-Gasp!)

Howdy!  This week was a great week at Walgreen's.  I realized I was starting to venture a little too far from my goal of only spending $10.00 so I changed up my plan for this week and really focused on some items I was close to running out of.  I only spent $9.91.  Not bad for some Mucinex included since medicine usually ups the total.  I also bought 3 Halloween cups for the girls that weren't really necessary.  It was a good week.  Yay!

I also went to Walmart on Saturday.  Surprised?  Yes, I know, I absolutely detest Walmart but I had to go pick up the invitations I had printed for the Halloween party and figured that while I was there I would grab some some items for super cheap!

These bad boys actually made me some money.  Only $.04, but I'm not complaining.  I've never tried them before but figured that I'd give them a try since they were free.

The tuna pouch was only $.09

and all 3 of these came to just $.75!

This is when it would be nice to get multiple papers (as most coupon shopper do, I just prefer not to do it that way) but I'll take what I can get!

Walgreen's Report

The good news is that I made it to Walgreens today so what I was looking for was in stock.  The bad news is that I am a little disappointed with myself.  I ended up spending $17.91.  Almost double what I'm trying to spend.  However, my consolation is that I did buy quite a few higher end items.  Am I fooling myself here, thinking I'm doing a good job?  I guess as discouraged as I get at times in this quest of mine, I can't deny that I have closets and a pantry that are full and overflowing on less than I had been spending 2 years ago so I am proud of that.  Anyway, here is my picture of this week's Walgreen's purchase.

Walgreen's Report

Hey Everyone! I just wanted to give you an update as to how my $10.00 Walgreen's challenge is going. Last week was kind of a bust. I had my whole shopping list planned but then I didn't make it to the store and half the stuff I wanted was gone. This is definitely one of the drawbacks to coupon shopping but honestly it was my own fault for not going earlier. When I go on Monday or Tuesday I rarely have a problem. This week I got my fanny in there yesterday. This week wasn't one of the huge amazing weeks but I am still very happy with my purchase, especially because there were some higher cost items this week.

My total for the week was $10.08!!!!!  My best score was getting all 4 packs of gum for 12 cents...a whopping 3 cents per pack! We go through gum like crazy at my house so any time I can get for next to nothing I am happy.