Friday, December 13, 2013

Walgreens: Picking up some Friends & Family deals


I stopped by Walgreens to get a prescription, but also to take advantage of the Friends & Family discount!  On December 13 only, there is a discount of 15% on most items, and 20% on certain Walgreens brand items, with a printable coupon from the Walgreens site. And, I had some Register Rewards from Black Friday to use up.  So, everything came together well!

And, I found lots of manufacturer's coupon matchups from the Pick Up the Values booklet that I picked up at Publix several weeks ago.  I hadn't used a single coupon from them so far, but here I was able to use three!  Overall, I saved 88%.

Here's what I got at Walgreens - prices include the 15% discount.

2 Scott Naturals paper towels 6 pack @ $4.24 = $8.48
- 2 $1/1 Scott paper towels, exp. 1/31/14 (Pick Up The Values booklet)
- 2 $1/1 Scott Naturals Paper Towels (Walgreens, Dec)
= 4.48 for two, or $2.24 each

2 Speed Stick @ BOGO $2.54
- 2 $0.75/1 Lady Speed Stick or Speed Stick Deodorant, exp. 1/31/14 (Pick Up The Values booklet)
= $1.04 for two, or 52¢ each

2 Softsoap body wash @ BOGO $4.07
- 2 $0.75/1 Softsoap Body Wash, exp. 1/31/14 (Pick Up The Values booklet)
=  $2.57 for two, or $1.28 each

2 Hunt's tomato sauce @ 21¢ (with in-ad coupon) = 42¢

- $6 in Register Rewards ($3, $3)

Tax: 91¢
Total spent: $3.42
Total saved compared to Walgreens full prices: $25.01



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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Shopped at CVS for free!


I haven't shopped much at the drug stores this year due to lack of time, but since I had some RRs and ECBs after shopping at CVS and Walgreens on Black Friday, I headed back today to get some more great deals!

Here's what I got:

CVS:
2 Hershey's holiday miniatures @ $3.00 = $6.00 (receive $2 ECB)
- $1.10 off TWO Holiday Bags of HERSHEY'S Chocolate
- $2.50/2 Hershey's products CVS printable
= $2.40 for two, or $1.20 each (20¢ each after ECBs)

1 Triaminic @ $4.99 (receive $4 ECBs)
- $1.00 off any one (1) Triaminic product
= $3.99 (1¢ moneymaker after ECBs)

- 75¢ ECB from last week

Total product: $5.64
Tax: 36¢

Total out of pocket: $6.00
Total saved compared to CVS full prices: $10.63 (65%)
ECBs received: $6.00

Walgreens:

1 Dawn hand renewal dish soap@ 99¢
- $0.50 off ONE Dawn Hand Renewal, Power Clean
= 49¢

1 Domino sugar @ $1.99 (with in-ad coupon)
- Save 50¢ on ONE (1) Domino® Sugar or C&H® Sugar product 2 lbs. or larger
= $1.49

1 Hallmark card 10-pack @ $4.99

- $4.50 RR from last week

Subtotal: $2.47
Tax: 36¢

Total spent: $2.83
Total saved compared to Walgreens full prices: $7.50


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Friday, November 29, 2013

Walgreens & CVS Black Friday Shopping


You might think, given that I love getting great deals, that Black Friday would be my favorite day of the year.

But you'd be wrong.  Yes, I love getting great deals, but I hate crowds, lines, and searching for parking spots.  So I'd rather skip the Black Friday sales.  More for the rest of you!

But I did make quick stops to get a few deals at CVS and Walgreens, along with my regular trip to Publix.  I was disappointed with the deals at the drug stores - seems like in years gone by that the deals were a lot better.  Or maybe I've just become pickier.

 I haven't shopped much at CVS and Walgreens this year, so I didn't have any Register Rewards or Extra Care Bucks to use to make the deals even sweeter.  But I think I did okay.

Here's what I got:

Walgreens:

1 Crest 3D White toothpaste @ $3.00 (receive $3 RR)
- $0.50 Crest® Pro-Health, Crest® Plus Scope or Crest® 3D Whitening Toothpaste 4 oz or larger
= $2.50 (50¢ moneymaker after RRs) 

1 Herbal Essence shampoo @ $2.99 (receive $3 RR)
= $2.99 (1¢ moneymaker after RRs)

1 Tums Freshers @ $4.50 (receive $4.50 RR)
- $1/1 Tums product, 24+ ct
= $3.50 ($1 moneymaker after RRs)

Tax: 36¢
Total product: $9.35

Pay with $5 in Balance Rewards Savings (earned through prescription purchases)

Total out of pocket: $4.35
Total saved compared to Walgreens full prices: $6.50
RRs received: $10.50

CVS:

2 Milky Way bars @ 75¢ = $1.50 (receive 75¢ ECB for 1 purchase)
- BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE MILKY WAY® Brand Bars (1.72 oz. - 1.91 oz.) (Max Value: $1.29)
= 75¢ (FREE after ECBs)

2 CVS vitamins @ BOGO $8.99
- $2.00/1 CVS vitamins (Coupon Printing Center)
= $6.99, or $3.50 each

Total spent:  $7.74
Total saved compared to CVS full prices: $9.74
ECBs received: 75¢


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Monday, July 22, 2013

Walgreens: Great deals on school supplies!


In my area, school starts in four weeks.  Wow, where did the summer go?

So I've started stocking up on school supplies to get ready for the year.  One of my favorite places to get school supplies is Walgreens!  Each week, a few items are on sale at a rock-bottom price.  I stop by each week and pick up just those items.  So by the time school starts, I'll have everything the kids need for school, plus I'll be stocked up on office supplies for the year!

Here's what I got on two trips to Walgreens, one on Saturday during the last sales week and another today:

Saturday's trip:

1 Wexford scissors @ 49¢ (with in-ad coupon) = 49¢
5 Wexford pencils 8 ct @ 39¢ (with in-ad coupon) = $1.95
9 Wexford highlighters @ 8/$1.00 (with in-ad coupon) =  $1.13

Tax: 21¢
Total spent: $3.78
Total saved: $9.58

Monday's trip:

1 Wexford pink erasers 2-pk @ 25¢ (with in-ad coupon) = 25¢
18 Wexford 2 pocket & prong folders @ 6/$1.00 = $3.00
4 Wexford index cards @ 29¢ (with in-ad coupon) = $1.16
6 Wexford memo bookx @ 6/$1.00 = $1.00
1 Wexford glue @ 39¢ (with in-ad coupon) = 39¢

Tax: 35¢
Total spent: $6.15
Total saved: $21.40

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

Walgreens: Back to the drug stores!


After skipping the drug stores for many weeks, I finally went back to Walgreens!

I hadn't planned on going in - I was just going to use the drive-through to pick up a prescription.  But I had a new discount card to use, so I decided to go in.

Unfortunately, I didn't make a plan; otherwise I might have considered doing some of the following deals:

Mountain Dew Kickstart, 99¢, receive 99¢ RR
= FREE after RRs

Goody Claw Clips, $1.99, receive $1 RR
= 99¢ after RRs

 2 General Mills cereal @ $2.50 = $5.00

- $1/2 General Mills or Cascadian Farms Cereal (Walgreens, March)
- $1/2 General Mills cereal printable
= $3.00 for two, or $1.50 each

Splenda Nectresse @ $2.99
- $2.00 off when you buy any ONE (1) NECTRESSE™ Natural No Calorie Sweetener 5.9oz Canister
= 99¢ 

2 Nature Made fish oil @ B1G1 50% (receive 2000 BR)
- 2 $2.00/1 Nature Made Fish Oil Product
= Savings depends on product price + 2000 BR

2 Aleve 80 ct @ $11.99 (receive 4000 BR)
- 2 $2.00/1 Aleve product
= $19.98 + 4000 BR

2 Centrum Silver @ B1G1 50% (receive 2000 BR)
- 2 $1.75 off when you buy any ONE Centrum® Silver® Multivitamin (increase coupon value to $2.25 by watching a video)
= Savings depends on price + 2000 BR

So here's what I did end up getting:

4 Nice! plastic bags @ BOGO $2.50 = $5.00
2 Nice! plastic bags @ BOGO $1.69 = $1.69

Tax: 41¢
Total spent: $7.10
Total saved compared to Walgreens full prices: $6.69

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Sunday, December 16, 2012

CVS and Walgreens: Thank goodness for rewards!


Thank goodness for the Extra Care Bucks at CVS and for Register Rewards at Walgreens. Without them, my bill would have been well over $30 for all these items. Instead, I paid less than $6, and received $4.50 back in more rewards. Woohoo!

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Sunday, December 9, 2012

Walgreens: Balance Rewards woes


At Walgreens today, I finally had earned enough Balance Rewards points to earn $5 off my next purchase. Woohoo! But since this wasn't the first time, I wasn't sure of the rules. I thought I had heard that if you used the Balance Rewards reward, you couldn't earn points on that transaction. But I wasn't sure.

So I asked my cashier, who was the assistant manager, if you could earn points when you used the Balance Rewards discount. He said yes, you could.

So instead of dividing my purchases into two transactions, I did it all in one. And when I checked my receipt... the points I was supposed to earn weren't there.

I pointed this out, and suggested he return my points-earning items and resell them. But he pointed out correctly that I would lose my $5 savings that way. After checking with the manager, he gave me a credit of the 1000 points I should have earned directly to my card.

So it all worked out in the end, and I admit I should've been clearer on the Balance Rewards rules, but it would've been nice if the assistant manager actually knew how his store's rewards program worked!

And... if my experience wasn't clear: If you use Balance Rewards money to pay for a transaction, you will not earn Balance Rewards points on that transaction. Got it? Hope I remember that next time.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Walgreens: Free toilet paper!

This wasn't a particularly good week at the drug stores. At CVS, the only thing that interested me was the milk deal: Buy 1 gallon of milk, receive $1 Extra Care Buck. But we have two gallons on milk in the fridge (including a free gallon from Publix), so I'll get that deal later on in the week.

At Walgreens, pretty much nothing excited me. But I had $5 in Register Rewards expiring today to use. So what did I get?

Regular readers can chime in now: "Toilet paper!"

Yes, that's my favorite thing to get when I have ECBs or RRs to use up but there aren't any deals I want.

Here's how the purchase went:

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Walgreens: Super pharmacy service!


Today I went to Walgreens not only to pick up the great deals, but also to take care of a pharmacy-related matter, and the customer service at the pharmacy was great!

I had picked up a prescription two weeks ago for which we had a manufacturer's prescription card, giving us a lower price than what our insurance would charge.  The pharmacist was having trouble logging into the manufacturer's computer system so that I could get the discount.  I ended up having to pay the insurance price.  Later on that day, the pharmacist called my house and said that he had gotten the system working, and that I should come back to get a refund for the price difference between the insurance price and the prescription card price.

Well, life got in the way, and I didn't end up getting back until today.  Unfortunately, the transaction was no longer in the Walgreens computers.

I was ready to hear that I had returned too late and nothing could be done, but the pharmacist worked his magic and after a few minutes was able to get my refund back to me.  Yay!

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Walgreens: I couldn't resist


This week, Walgreens had a pretty good deal on Angel Soft toilet paper.  And I can't resist a good toilet paper deal, so I picked up a couple of package.  That, cereal, and soup were my only deals this week.

Here's what I got:


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Sunday, October 21, 2012

Walgreens: A great cashier!


I don't usually rave about the customer service at Walgreens - in fact, it is usually lacking.  But this week, I had a great experience!

I didn't see a lot I wanted to get this week at Walgreens, but there was a good coupon deal for Hallmark cards - after the coupon, the 99¢ cards were 33¢ each.  It also gave Balance Rewards points, but I don't do deals for Balance Rewards points; getting them is just an extra bonus for me.

When the cashier rang up the cards, the Balance Rewards points weren't credited.  She noticed this immediately and called for a manager.  The manager checked it out, went to the office to get some paperwork, then came back and used the register to have the points credited.

Thanks so much to this great cashier! 

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Walgreens: Overplan, underexpect


When you shop for deals at the grocery and drug stores, I think it's a good idea to plan for more deals than you might expect to get.  Some deals just aren't going to work out once you get to the store!

For instance, I saw that selected Kellogg's cereals were on sale for $1.99 this week at Walgreens.  I was hoping that one of the cereals from this $1/2 Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Kellogg's Crispix or Kellogg's FiberPlus Cereals @Walmart printable coupon would be part of the sale, so I put them on my list and printed them out.

I also hoped to buy 2 8.5 oz Softsoap containers, which were on a BOGO sale, and use the $1/2 SoftSoap Liquid Hand Soap Pump or Refill, exp. 10/20/12 (SS 09/30/12 R) coupon.  But my store only had 7.5 oz products, and the coupon specifies that is only for 8 oz containers.  I could have purchased the 28 oz refill containers, but I decided to pass instead.

But of course, none of the cereals from that coupon were part of the sale.

I had a problem with the Advil congestion relief deal.  Even with my card, the price rang up as $7.99, not $6. I told the cashier about this and she corrected the price. And I didn't receive the Balance Rewards that I was supposed to get.  That I didn't notice until after I left.  Anyone know how to get the Balance Rewards credited to my account?

Here's what I did get this week:


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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Walgreens: My Balance Rewards opinion


So far, it's been a few weeks since Walgreens instituted the Balance Rewards program.  What do I think of it so far?

So far, I'm not impressed.

The deals that give Balance Rewards have not been particularly good.  Often an item is cheaper at ALDI, even when taking the Balance Rewards into account. 

So far I've only earned 500 Balance Rewards points for a prescription.  And I don't plan to purchase items that give Balance Rewards just for the Balance Rewards points.  If it's a good deal without them, I'll get it, and the Balance Rewards will be an extra perk.  But I won't take the Balance Rewards into account when figuring out whether it's a good deal or not.

Here's what I did get this week at Walgreens:

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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Walgreens: It's not October yet

This week at Walgreens, I thought I had found a great deal: Buy 4 Reach products and get $3.00 in Register Rewards.  Since I had a pad full of $2.00 off Reach products (given to me by a relative who is a pharmaceutical representative), I thought I had a great moneymaker here.

But when I went to purchase them, the Register Rewards didn't print out.  Instead, a slip printed out of the Register Rewards machine: Buy 4 Reach products between 10/1 and 10/28, get $3 in Register Rewards.

It's still September.  Oops.

Oh, well, each floss only cost me 19¢.  Not too bad!

I purchased Kleenex, which was buy one, get one free, and got a good deal by using this $0.55/3 KLEENEX Facial Tissue coupon. And I received an unexpected $1.50 RR!  I'm not sure how many boxes you need to purchase to get the Register Rewards - I didn't see it documented anywhere.  Let me know if you get a Register Rewards for Kleenex, too!

It was a good week for food as well - I purchased Campbell's soup and combined the in-ad coupon with this $0.40/3 Campbell's Condensed Soups coupon.  And I got chocolate chips, perfect for cookies and other treats!

Here's what I got:


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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Walgreens: A bundle of trouble


This week's trip to Walgreens started out pretty well. I was able to find all the products that I wanted. But when I got to the register and presented my coupons, I had some trouble.

I had purchased the Kleenex 4-pack of 60-ct boxes of tissues, priced at $4.00. I planned to use the $1/1 Kleenex Facial Tissue (Walgreens, Sept) coupon and the $0.50 off Kleenex (3) 50-ct.+ Boxes or (1) Bundle Pack; Excludes Trial Size, exp. 9/23/12 (SS 08/12/12) manufacturer's coupon.

The Walgreens store coupon took off correctly, but the Kleenex manufacturer's coupon did not scan.  The cashier then said that I had not bought the right product for that coupon.

I argued that I had.  It was a tissue box bundle pack, and each box had more than 50 tissues.  Why wouldn't it count?

The cashier didn't budge, so I asked for the manager.  After a discussion, she agreed with the cashier, that since the coupon did not scan, it could not be taken.

I was pretty ticked off, and normally in that situation I would refuse to buy the product.  But we are almost out of tissues, so I begrudgingly went ahead and bought it anyway.

Here's the coupon in question:


Here, on the coupon, Bundle Pack has a ® mark, meaning it refers to a specific product, not to just any bundle pack.  My pack did not say Bundle Pack® on it. So I have to admit that on the bundle pack issue, I might have been wrong.

Still, I bought more than three boxes with more than 50 tissues in each box, though they were bundled together.  So I'm still not sure why this coupon wasn't taken.

Did you do this deal with this coupon?  Was your coupon taken?  Leave a comment below!

Here's what I got on the trip:


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Monday, August 13, 2012

Walgreens: Dairy deals


This week Walgreens had some great deals on dairy items.  And with dairy prices going up due to the drought in the Midwest raising cattle feed prices, this was a welcome sale for me!

I was lucky enough to find eggs still in the refrigerated case, along with cream cheese and cottage cheese.  This shopping trip ended up being quite high out of pocket, but this will help make my ALDI bill lower for the next couple of weeks.

Here's what I got:

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Walgreens: The most important coupon tip you'll ever learn



When you start couponing, there are lots of important coupon tips to learn - how to find coupons, how to keep them organized, how to combine store and manufacturer's coupons to save more, how to use coupons to get overages which can be used to purchase items without coupons.  But here is the most important coupon tip you'll ever learn:

Bring your coupons to the store!

I didn't follow this tip for my Walgreens trip.  Oops!

But I remembered that eggs and cream cheese were on sale for 99¢ each - cheaper than at ALDI, where eggs are $1.29 a dozen and cream cheese is $1.19 per 8-ounce brick.  So I bought some of each.  I'll make another trip to Walgreens later this week to buy my coupon items as well as more eggs and cream cheese.

Here's what I got:

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Walgreens: What if your Register Rewards doesn't print?


I stopped by Walgreens after a big rainstorm.  I picked out my items, brought them to the register, and paid for them.  But as I left, something was bothering me... but what?

After I had left the parking lot, it dawned on me: I was supposed to get a $1 Register Rewards after purchasing two Post cereals, but it hadn't printed.  I debated whether I should go back - was it worth my time?  I decided to go back to let them know about the mistake.

I went back in with my receipt and talked to the cashier.  She first questioned whether the deal would get a RR (I showed it to her in the ad, and said that there was a sign on the shelf).  Then she wanted to see that I had bought the item.  Um, it's on the receipt?  And I was just there five minutes earlier?  But I went back out and got the two boxes of cereal.

She then sent me to a manager (probably should have done this in the first place).  The manager got two other boxes of a different kind of Post cereal, returned my boxes, "sold" the other boxes, and poof, the Register Reward printed out.  I asked her to make sure that this wouldn't happen to any other customer... but somehow I doubt she did anything.

So if you shop at my Walgreens and didn't get your Register Rewards, I tried to fix it, sorry!

Here's what I got this week at Walgreens:

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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Walgreens: Cheap school supplies (part 1)


It's July, so it must be school supplies sales time!  Each week at the drug stores (and at office supply stores as well), there will be a few items deeply discounted.  To save the most, you should buy only the items you need that are the cheapest that week, and avoid buying the other items on your list.  Trust that eventually pretty much everything will go on deep discount sometime before the start of school.

Besides school supplies, I also picked up some cereal.  At $1.49 per box it wasn't the best price, but I only have a few boxes in my stockpile, so it was good to add two more.

Here's what I got:

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Walgreens: Always have a backup plan!


Today's trip to Walgreens shows that when you're shopping deals and using coupons, it's so important to have a backup plan.  You can make a great plan when you're home, but your plan might not work once you get to the store.

For instance, I had planned to buy two boxes of Honey Nut Cheerios (12-16.2 oz) and use 2 coupons for $0.50 off one box Honey Nut Cheerios cereal.  But when I got to the store, there was only one box of Honey Nut Cheerios in the store!  Had I brought a coupon for regular Cheerios (there was one in today's Smartsource insert), or a $1/2 coupon for any General Mills cereal, I would have been covered.  But I hadn't planned any alternate scenarios, so I ended up paying 50¢ more than I needed to.

Oh, well!  Here's what I got:

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