Sunday, November 27

One more Walgreens trip to post.
I saved over $80, and spent $23.63, and used all of my register rewards, too!  I am always concerned that I will forget to use them, they will expire, and I'll lose out!

Anyway, here is my haul.  I forgot the lip glosses, so had to take a 2nd picture:

The 5 softlips were free after register rewards.

The rest of my goodies are:

2 Tone body wash

6 Dawn dish washing soap

12 votive candles (for a friend, but they made great fillers!)

4 Pantene shampoo and conditioner

2 foot rehab creme

and a digital camera.

The camera alone was $20, so I got all the rest of it for $3.63  WOW!

Saturday's Shopping

I'm still playing catch-up on my postings.  This past few trips to Walgreens has been phenomenal!

I spent $30.87 and saved over $110!  I just love doing these things!
1 bottle of foundation (make-up)
3 boxes of hair color
3 razors
1 memory card (Christmas present!)
3 lip glosses
4 deodorants
and 4 laffy taffys. 

Thanksgiving Day at Walgreens

Our family had our holiday meal on Wednesday, because of grown children's schedules.  That left me free to do what I wanted last Thursday.  Of course, I went coupon shopping!

Sadly, I can't find my receipts to tell you how much exactly I spent or saved.  I looked at my bank account, and I spent around $27. 
Here's a breakdown of what I got:
4 boxes of Kleenex
6 rolls of paper towels
9 tubes of toothpaste
10 bottles of asprin (donated)
1 Thanksgiving Day newspaper
5 toothbrushes
4 thermacares
8 packages of hair ties
and 3 laffy taffys.

I really wish I had been more organized after this shopping trip, so I could have posted it sooner, and listed the amount of savings. Oh well..can't have everything I guess.  :D

I have 2 more shopping trips to post tonight, too.

Catch up! (but no ketchup)

Yep, I did it again....went MIA.  Working 2 days a week, going to college, caring for family plus my 89 year old dad, and running my own small business...no idea why I don't have time to blog!  LOL.  If you notice, none of the above listed couponing or shopping.  Wow, I am busier than I thought!

Anyway, onto the important stuff!
Last Monday, Labor Day, I did a Walgreens trip.  I took my son with me.   He had never been before.  It was definitely an adventure.  "Are we done yet?  Why does this take so long?"  Sheesh!  I won't take him again any time soon.  LOL
I didn't do near as well I as think I should have, but oh well.  I can't find the picture, I guess I didn't take one?  Anyway, I am sharing the info from this trip to let you know each one doesn't go as well as things on tv.
I spent $58.87.  That's the most I have spent in a loooong time.  I saved $149.96.  Not awful, but not my best either.   :)  I got boatloads of shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and I am sure other things....I can't decipher the receipts very well.

After that, we headed to Home Depot for some Mr. Clean erasers.

 9 of them for $4.50 plus tax.  (no idea where that receipt is.)  I used the $1 off 1 coupon and bought the individual erasers.  Today at Walgreens, I saw 2 for $3.89.  Woot to me!

Today's Walgreens trip:

Please excuse the mess around the stuff.  I guess I am feeling more comfortable...

I didn't clean for you this time!    :D

This trip was MUCH better.  I spent $3.23 and saved $65.45.

8 9 ounce bottles of Dawn dishsoap, 9 toothbrushes, 3 tubes of 

toothpaste, and 3 washclothes for Operation Christmas Child.

We used a LOT of register rewards and got a lot back, too. 

This all does take some time, but the savings are so worth it to me!

Til next time,

Jeanne

$20 in, $22.50 out!

Today was an awesome trip to Walgreens!!  I walked in with a $20 bill, and walked out with 1 huge sack, and 2 regular sized sacks. I also walked out with $22.50 in Register Rewards!!  So, really, I got paid $2.50 to take this all home!

 

I got 6 boxes of kleenex, 8 tubes of Crest toothpaste (for Operation Christmas Child), 6 packages of floss (I left one at the store...already called them and they said just bring in receipt.  Gotta love small towns!), 5 carmax lip balm, 12 bags of M&Ms (these freeze well), 2 carmel candies (fillers) and 5 pens (again, fillers),

I am just so excited about this trip.  I don't think we will need to buy kleenex til Christmas!  Good thing, I was down to my last box. 

I did do a lot of "rocking" of my register rewards.  At one point, I was buying the Crest for $1.06 out of pocket, and they were giving me $3 register rewards.  Gotta love it!

Til next time,

Jeanne

Score!

Tonight, I have 3 trips to tell you about.  No, make that 4.
Last Wednesday, my daughter moved back home from living in the city all summer.  Right after moving in and having supper with the family, she said, "Can we go coupon shopping?  I've missed it."  What kind of mom would say no to that???
We made a trip to Walgreens with great success!

We spent $25.21 and saved $59.54.  That's over 60% savings! 
We got: 3 bars of Dove Soap, 2 packs of gum (1 extra, 1 mist), 1 tube of Colgate Sensative toothpaste, 8 tubes of Crest 3-D White toothpaste, and 6 bottles of Dawn dish washing soap.

We also got (in the same trip) 4 bottles of Axe body wash for my daughter's boyfriend.  He was leaving to go to college the very next morning, so those didn't make it home for a photo shoot.  LOL.
The Axe was the best deal:  It was buy one, get one 50% off at Walgreens.  I had buy one, get one free coupons.  So, I bought 2 bottles of Axe for 1/2 the price of 1.  Each set of 2 bottles was $3.21

On Saturday, I went back for more Axe for my son.  Six bottles, $10.54.  They should have been over $36; they are $5.97 each before tax.

Well, that's all this shopper has to report...oh, wait!  I also did a HyVee run (local grocery store) on Saturday.  I got 10 half gallons of Silk Almond Milk for $1.99 each, instead of the normal $3.29.  We are keeping 2 and giving the other 8 to friends.   :)
With all the coupons and sales Saturday, we saved over $20 on our grocery bill.   Rockin'!

Solo shopping at Walgreens

I am so excited about this shopping trip.  Usually I take my 20 year old daughter with me, but she wasn't available yesterday.  I only bought a few items to keep it easy on myself.  I had $12 in register rewards that were going to expire, and I didn't want to waste them.

I did six transactions. 
I bought: 1 Glade air freshner, 4 Revelon tweezers, 4  black dry erase markers, 100 pencils (for Operation Christmas Child) and 170 PaperMate ink pens.  We lose ink pens like you would not believe around here!  That should keep us enough til next August.  LOL.

I spent $2.61 total.  Total savings?  $85.89. 

Not bad for being worried I wouldn't be able to do this without my daughter!  Woohoo for me.