Walgreens, Walmart, and Kroger

I've been absent from blogging forever, it feels like. I'm a teacher, and one of the occupational hazards is illness. I've been sick for practically the last 3 weeks. First I had the flu, then I came down with some kind of congestion cold, then I moved on to severe sinus problems accompanied by headaches for 6 days straight. I'm finally starting to feel better, and its about time I got back to blogging. :-)

Here's my shopping trips for this week. I stopped at Kroger, Walgreens, and Walmart.

Walgreens Transaction #1
2 Crest toothpaste, clearance at $.95 each
2 Crest Healthy Radiance toothpaste and whitening strips, clearance at $2.79 each
3 Listerine Mouthwash, $3.00 each
3 Kleenex 110 Ct tissues, $.89 each
2 packages pencils, $.99 each

Coupons Used
$1.00/1 Crest toothpaste
$.75/1 Crest toothpaste
$5.00/1 Crest Whitening Strips (I bought 2 of the Heatlhy Radiance because I was afraid the register would beep at me for having an overage)
$3.00/3 Listerine
$.50/3 Kleenex Tissues
$10.00 Walgreens Register Reward (RR)

Total Before Coupons: $24.28
Total After: $2.83
I also received a $6 RR for buying three Listerine mouthwashes. I also received a $1 RR, but I'm not sure what I bought that made the RR print out.

Walgreens Transaction #2
Listerine Whitening Rinse, clearance at $2.19
2 Crest toothpaste, clearance at $.95 each
3 Crest Healthy Radiance toothpaste and whitening strips, clearance at $2.79 each
3 Reach Toothbrushes, $3.00 each
2 Oral B Stages Toothbrushes, $3.49 each
1 Colgate Total Care Toothpaste, $3.49

Coupons Used
$.50/1 Listerine Mouthwash
2 $1.00/1 Crest Toothpaste
$.75/1 Crest Toothpaste
$5.00/1 Crest Whitening Strips
$3.00/3 Reach Products
BOGO Oral B Stages Toothbrushes
$.75/1 Colgate Toothpaste
$2.50 Colgate Easy Saver Coupon
$10.00 RR
$1 .00 RR

Total Before Coupons: $32.82
Total After Coupons: $3.88
I also received a $6 RR for buying 3 Reach Toothbrushes

Kroger
Kroger Colombian Coffee, $2.99
Kroger Butter, $1.93
Country Crock margarine, $1.49
Kroger Tortilla Chips, $1.00
Kroger Comfort Baby Oil, $2.99 (I use this for eye makeup remover)
.58 lb Roma Tomatoes, $.57
Wholly Guacamole, $2.00
Celery, $1.99
Bell Pepper, $.89
2.19 lb Grapes, $3.61
Kroger Chocolate Chips, $1.28

Coupons Used
$1.00/1 Kroger Comfort Baby Item
$1.00/1 Wholly Guacomole

Total Before Coupons:$22.32
Total After Coupons: $20.32

Walmart
2 Huggies Gentle Care Changing Pads, $2.82 each
1 Huggies Travel Wipes, $1.00
6 Johnson's Buddies, $.97
2 Glucerna Cereals, $3.94 each
Whoppers Strawberry Candy, $1.50

Coupons Used
$5.00/1 Gentle Care product ( I bought two items to avoid register beeps)
$1.00/1 Huggies bath and body product
3 $2.00/2 Johnson's Buddies product
$10.00/2 Glucerna Cereals (I wish my Walgreens carried this cereal because I would have received a RR for it)

Total Before Coupons: $22.24
Total After Coupons: $1.74

Total Before Coupons For All Transactions: $99.86
Total After Coupons: $28.77
Total Saved: $71.09

We didn't have to buy much food this week because I have a lot stockpiled. We are now pretty well stocked up on dental care items after this great week at Walgreens, and I also made $12.00 in RR!! This was a good week. I didn't really see anything that great at Rite Aid, but I might stop by this weekend if they have another $5/25 coupon. Come back tomorrow to see my menu plan for the week!

Stephanie

Kroger, Rite Aid, Walgreens, Save a Lot

I had a fun day shopping today, and I got some pretty good deals.

Kroger

20 assorted Hunts Tomatoes $.95 each, used 10 $.40/2 coupons, doubled to $.80

2 Hunt's Tomato Pastes $1.00 each, used $.40/2 coupons, doubled to $.80

3 Cottonelle 4 pack toilette paper used 3 $.50/1 coupon, doubled to $.99

2 Kroger Tortilla chips $1.00 each

1 Kroger Dried Black Beans $1.29

1 Kroger Dried Garbanzo Beans $1.25

1 Cucumber $.82

1 Roma Tomato $.42

2 Johnson's & Johnson's Buddies Bars, $1.09 each, used $2.00/2 coupons

2.05lb bananas, $.38/lb

2 Aquafresh Whitening Toothpaste, $1.00 each, used 2 $.75 coupons

I also had a $1.00 off Kroger Coupon

Total Before Coupons: $40.15

Total After: $20.79

Rite Aid

1 Huggies Jumbo Pack $12.49, used $1.50/1 coupon, and will receive $2.00 in Single Check Rebate (SCR)

1 Always 18ct, used 1 Free Infinity coupon

1 Fructis Wonder Waves shampoo $2.99, used $1.00/1 coupon and will receive $2.99 in SCR

10 Soy Joy bars $5.00, used $3.00/10 and will receive $5.00 SCR

I also used a $5/$25 Rite Aid Coupon

Total Before Coupons and SCR: $34.94

Total After: $2.38

Walgreens

Transaction #1

1 Fusion Gamer Razor $8.99, used $4.00/1 coupon and received $6.00 RR

Transaction #2

2 Oust Air Sanitizer $2.99 each, used BOGO coupon and will receive $2.00 ESR

1 Orajel Toothpaste $1.99 each, used $1.00/1

2 Reynolds Wrap $1.59 each, used 2 $1.00/1 and Walgreens coupon

Total for Both Transactions Before Coupons and ESR: $27.65

Total After: $4.44

Save a Lot

8 lb Potatoes $3.49

1 lb Kidney Beans $.99

1 lb Great Northern Beans $.99

Total: 5.89

Hubbie also bought some expensive spices from Cash and Carry. He bought 1 giant garlic powder and 1 giant onion powder. His total was $16.76

Total Before Coupons for Everything: $125.39

Total After: $50.26

One quick note about my purchases. I bought several items for free or cheap that were baby related. No, I do not have any children, and I am not expecting. I buy some of these items when they are free or cheap because I know plenty of people that are pregnant that need baby items, or that need baby presents :-). I just wanted to clear that up for all the people I know who read this blog.

Stephanie

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Walgreens

I know I promised my Walgreens post almost a week ago, but our schedule has been so different because of our family emergency I just haven't had time. I'll share it with you now, although I feel badly that I'm posting it right as the sales are over.

I did my Walgreens trip in 4 transactions. Thankfully Hubbie went with me to help me out. He did half of the transactions for me, so the checkers didn't look at me like I was crazy :-)

Transaction #1

1 Gillette Fusion Gamer Razor $8.99

used 1 $4.00/1 coupon

Total: $5.82

received $6.00 register rewards

Transaction #2

1 Multigrain Cheerios $2.34

2 Cheerios $4.66

1 Gillette Fusion Gamer Razor $8.99

Coupons Used

$4.00/1 Gillete razor coupon

$1.00/2 Cheerios coupon

$.50/1 Cheerios coupon

Total: 11.86

received $7.00 Register Rewards

Transaction #3

2 Scrubbing Bubbles Wipes $5.00

2 Windex Wipes $5.00

1 Fructis Wonder Waves Shampoo $3.99

1 Walgreens contact solution $1.99

1 Joy Dish Detergent $1.59

6 Revlon Matte Eyeshadows $11.94

1 Schick Quatro disposable razor $4.99

1 Revlon Creme Gloss $9.99

1 Revlon Foundation $9.99

Coupons Used

1 $.60/1 Joy Walgreens coupon

1 $2.00/1 Schick Walgreens coupon

8 $2.00/1 Revlon coupon

1 $.30/1 Joy coupon

1 $1.00/1 Fructis Shampoo coupon

1 $3.00/2 Scrubbing Bubbles coupons

1 $2.00/1 Schick coupon

1 $1.50 Windex coupon

2 $6.00 Register Rewards

1 $1.00 Register Rewards

Total: $20.11

Transaction 4

10 Revlon Matte Eyeshadows $19.99

Used 10 $2.00/1

Total: $1.90

Total Before Coupons: $81.50

Total Spent for All Transactions: $39.69

Total Easy Saver Rebates: $32.99

Total Spent After Rebates: $6.70

My math might be slightly off because it has been a few days since I did the transactions. It's hard to remember which coupon is which on the receipt when there are so many!

Rite Aid

1 Fructis Hairspray $2.99

1 Finesse Conditioner $2.99

3 Bayer Aspirin, 36 ct $1.99 each

3 Tag Invisible Solid Deodorant $1.24 each

2 Gillette 3x Deodorant $1.12 each

2 Lady Speed Stick Deodorant $.87 each

1 Petites clear nail polish $1.79

2 Oral B Advanced Tooth Brush $.87 each

2 Lindor Truffles 3-packs $1.49 each

1 Gillette Fusion Razor $8.99

1 Gillette Fusion Shave Gel $4.49

Coupons and Deals

$5/$20 Rite Aid Coupon (valid 2/13 and 2/14 only)

1 buy one get one free Lindor Truffles

$1.00 off Fructis Stylers

2 $1.00 off Tag Deodoroant

1 Buy 2 get one free Tag Deodorant

1 $.75 off Finesse

3 $1.00 off Bayer Aspirin 24 ct. or larger

1 $4.00 off Gillette Razor

1 $1.00 off Gillette Fusion Shave Gel

2 $.75 off Lady Speed Stick

1 $1.00/2 Oral B Indicator Manual Toothbrush

1 $2.00/2 Gillette Deodorant

Rite Aid Sale- Buy 1 Gillette Razor, get 1 shave gel free

Rebates

Fructis $2.99

Finesse $2.99

Buy 3 Bayer Aspirin, get $10.00 Rite Aid Gift Card

Total Before Coupons: $43.31(I should have calculated before I checked out. I almost had enough to do 2 separate transactions with 2 $5/$20 coupons. Silly me)

Total Spent: $17.32

Total Spent After Rebates: $1.34

CVS

I stopped by CVS with my Mother-in-Law to pick up a prescription. I picked up a few 75% clearance items, but I didn't have any coupons. :-(

2 Kashi Crunch Bars $1.47 each

5 Snickers Marathon Protein Bars (20g protein each!) $.50 each

Total Spent: $5.89

These are great, cheap, filling snacks that Hubbie can take with him when he has to stay late at school!

Come back tomorrow to see some of the deals this week at Rite Aid and Walgreens!

Walgreens and CVS

We had a wonderful snow day today, so I used my time off to get some of my drugstore stuff done. I did my Walgreens trip in two transactions.

Transaction #1
1 Right Guard Clinical Strength deodorant $5.99
Tax:$0.55
Total OOP was $6.54, but I got back $5.00 in Register Rewards

Transaction #2
1 Pert Plus Men's 3 in 1 Conditioner, Shampoo, and Body Wash $3.49
2 Theraflu Warming medicines $10.00
1 Thermacare trial size heat wrap $2.49
1 Zucol Coldcare $7.99
2 Johnson and Johnson First Aid kits $2.98
Tax: $2.49

Coupons Used
$5.oo RR from Transaction #1
2 $2 Theraflu coupons found here
1 $2 Zucol coupon found here
1 $1.00 Pert Plus coupon from 1/25 Smart Source insert
1 $1.50 Pert Plus Easy Saver Walgreens coupon
1 $3/2 Johnson and Johnson First Aid product

Total for Both Transactions: $35.98
Total Coupons used: $16.50

The Theraflu, Zucol, and Thermacare wrap are eligible for Easy Saver rebates. My total rebates back for this transaction will be $18.83 (7.99 + 2.49 + 6 + 10% of total because I load it onto a Walgreens gift card).

The Pert Plus is eligible for a manufacterer's rebate found here.

My total after ESR and manufacteres rebates is -$3.34! I got paid for my purchases again! I love it when the deals all work out so that you get paid to buy things. The only downfall is that you have to let Walgreens hold your rebate money for a month. I'm okay with it because it means I get free stuff!! I'll be making another trip to Walgreens when I get my batch of coupons in from ebay. I bought some $2.00 off 1 Revlon item to use on this months free Revlon items. It'll work out so that I'm getting paid $4.00 to buy Revlon from Walgreens.

CVS
I went to CVS today as well. I normally don't go to CVS because we don't have one where I live, but since we were in a town with CVS, I decided to give it a try. I only ended up buying 2 things.

2 Stayfree 18 CT
-used Buy One Get One Free coupon from 1/04 RP insert

Total OOP: $4.77
I got back $4 Extra Care Bucks, and I was planning on using them to get some free candles, but the store was a little short staffed. I had a doctor's appointment to get to, so I decided to just take the ECB's and send Hubbie back another time.

All in all, I was happy with the CVS deals. I think CVS is a good resource if you have one in your town, but since I'm not very familiar with CVS I wasn't as comfortable with the deals I was getting. I worry that I won't get back to CVS before the ECB's expire. I'll probably just stick with Rite Aid and Walgreens unless I spot a CVS deal that can't be passed up.