Sunday, July 10, 2011

My Sunday Walgreens Adventure

So I'll admit...I've become slightly obbsessed with couponing! I blame it on the fact that this is the first summer I have not had school in I don't know how long...so I needed something to take place of the countless hours of studying.

My favorite place to shop right now is Walgreens. I have always found it incredibly over-priced, so I never really shopped there until Nathan moved into the apartment by Ameristar. Walgreens is the only thing over there! There is a Walmart off of Zumbehl, but is is ALWAYS a zoo!!! I do grocery shop a little, but it is on a much smaller scale than I would if I lived there full time, so I just shop at Aldi's right now. Occasionally I will venture out to Schnucks, but rarely. In three weeks that will be changing and my couponing will really be put to the test.

Anyway....back to my Walgreens trip today. I read Clippin' with Carie's blog every day and she almost always has all of the good deals. Normally, on Saturday morning (when my Sunday newspaper is delivered) I will look at the ads and new coupons and match things up myself before I look at Carie's blog, yes I know I am a nerd lol! But this weekend I was down at the Lake of the Ozarks with my family and there are no coupons or ads in the Sunday paper down there, and my Sunday paper gets delivered to Nathan's apartment out in St. Charles...so I decided to just read her blog this weekend.

First I looked at all of the good deals she posted from Walgreens and then pulled up the ad on my computer and started making a spreadsheet of my separate transactions to get the most out of the register rewards (RR) that print if you buy certain things from Walgreens. I ended my week last week with $1 RR so that is what I had to start with this week.

This is what I got for $7.74 (with a total savings of $52.34)...
2 G.U.M. Toothbrushes
1 Sally Hansen Nail Clipper
1 Sally Hansen Slanted Tip Tweezer
1 Sally Hansen Nail File
2 Dove Men +Care Antiperspirant Deodorant
2 Dove Men +Care Body/Face Wash
2 EOS Lip Balms
1 Airwick Freshmatic Odor Detect Starter Kit
2 Black 3-Prong Pocket Folders
$3 RR to use on my last two transactions for the week (Walgreens was out of one thing on my list and I don't have the Sunday coupons yet so I didn't have the coupons I needed for the other transaction)

Pretty good deal huh?! I'm pretty impressed!

I hope you all had a great weekend!!! See ya tomorrow :)

Amanda

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