More Walgreens Gone Wild!!!

After blogging about Sunday’s trip to Walgreens, I actually couldn’t wait to go back again.  Is it crazy to say I actually find this to be fun?  Saving money, who knew!?

I saved a lot today after 2 trips (one before work and one on lunch), but actually spent a fair amount today too.  But when you look at how much my items would have costs had I paid full price for them, the savings really add up.

Here’s a breakdown of my morning trip:

I bought:

1 pack of Brawny 8 roll paper towels.  These are normally $9.99, but a WAGs coupon made them just $6.49.

2 boxes of Special K Cereal.  These are normally at least $4 a box at the grocery store.  They were 2 for $5 which is a steal anyway, but I had a $1 off 2 coupon from the Sunday paper, so that made them just $2 per box.

2 bottles of 130 count Centrum vitamins.  These are normally $10.50 a bottle.  Yep, that would have cost $21 at regular price.  WAGs had them on sale for $6.99 each.  If you bought 2 bottles you got $2 in RR (register rewards) back.  Oh, and I also had a $3 vendor coupon.  So, counting the RR I got back, I paid .99 cents for one of these bottles.

Coupons Used:

$3.00 off Centrum

$1.00 off Special K

$1.00 Register Reward I earned from last Sunday

I spent $21.95 out of pocket.  I saved $16.50 from sales and coupons. I actually saved even more if you take into account how much the Vitamins and Cereal are at regular price.

Oh, and I got $4 in RR back. $1 from the cereal and $3 from the vitamins.

I went back again on my lunch break mainly because I wanted to take advantage of that Pepsi Deal again: spend $20 on Pepsi/Chips = Get $10 back in RR.  I also decided to pick up more Chex Mix and another toothbrush since I had extra coupons for those.

I bought:

1 Reach Toothbrush $1.79

4 bags of Chex Mix on sale for .99 cents each

2 jars of Tostitos Salsa on sale 2 for $5

4 twelve packs of Pepsi on sale for $3.33 each

4 two liters of Pepsi on sale for $1.25 each

Coupons Used:

1 WAGs coupon to make the toothbrush .99 cents

2 coupons from the Sunday Paper for .50 cents off 2 bags of Chex Mix (this basically made the Chex Mix .74 cents a bag or 1 bag for free)

1 coupon from a Pepsi rebate ad for .55 cents off 2 two liters of Pepsi

1 coupon also from the rebate ad for $1.00 off Salsa

$4 in RR which I had earned that morning on the first trip

I spent a total of $22.51 out of pocket.  I got $10 in RR back!  And I saved a total of $24.23 from coupons and sales. So, counting the $10 RR, I really only spent $12.51.

So, yes, I’m already excited about what deal I’m going to work next week with my $10 RR.  Stay tuned!

And yes, that’s a whole lotta Pepsi.  But considering I usually pay as much as $4 per 12 pack, and with sales and coupons the past two weeks I’ve bought nine 12 packs for just under $2 each, that’s a steal!