I made 2 trips to Walgreens this week and I still don’t think I’m done.  Thanks to Coupon STL, I’m totally obsessed with earning and rolling Register Rewards and seeing how much I can get for the least amount of money.

I started with $18 in RR (register rewards) going in from last week’s earnings.

Before heading to work, I stopped in at the local Walgreens closest to my house and was a bit upset when I couldn’t find the first item I wanted.  It was the Dove’s Men’s Body Wash which was on special for $5.99 and you earned $6 RR back, so basically it was free!  A nice cashier pointed me to a “new product” section where I found it so all was not lost.  I then picked up a 4 pack of Starbucks Frappuccino’s on sale for $4.99 which would also earn me a $1 RR back. With a coupon and 2 RR’s to use, I still needed to pick up one more item.  You can’t use more coupons and RR’s than the number of items you have.  Since I was rushing to get to work, I picked up the Three Musketeer’s Truffle Crisp which is a suggested sale this week at the register.  Here’s how I did…

$5.99 Dove’s Men’s Body Wash

$4.99 Starbucks Frappuccino

.69 cent Truffle Crisp Candy Bar

Coupons Used:

I used a $1.25 coupon for the body wash from the Sunday paper.

I then used a $2 RR and a $6 RR which I had earned last week.

I paid $2.42 cash out of pocket.

However, I earned a $6 RR from the body wash and a $1 RR back from the Frappuccinos.

That’s a $4.58 profit.

I saved $2.70 from Advertised Savings and $9.25 in Coupons Savings for a total of $11.95 saved!

I still had $10 left in RR.

Trip 2 was after work so I went in with $17 RR. With a long list of items I still wanted to take advantage of, I decided to maximize my savings with some coupons I had been collecting for Nivea Products which were on sale.

I picked up 4 different kinds of Nivea Body Wash and 2 kinds of Nivea Lotion. The Body Wash was $4.79 each for 2 on sale and $3.99 each for the other 2, also on sale.  The lotions were $5.99 each on sale.   I then picked up 1 box of Kraft Mac and Cheese, 2 Encore Seasonings, and 2 Campbell’s Soups. Here’s the breakdown…

2 Nivea Body Washes $4.79 each

2 Nivea Body Washes $3.99 each

2 Nivea Lotions $5.99 each

2 Encore Seasonings  $1.79 each

1 Box of Kraft Mac & Cheese $1.49 each

2 Campbell’s Soups  $1.79 each

Coupons Used:

4  $1 Nivea Coupons (Sunday Paper)

1  $5 Nivea Coupon (Sunday Paper)

1  2/$1 Encore Seasoning Coupon (Walgreens ad)

1  .69 cent Kraft coupon (Walgreens ad)

1  $10 RR,  1 $6 RR, and 1 $1 RR  ($17 total)

I paid $9.10 out of pocket.

I earned a $5 RR back from buying at least $15 in Nivea, so basically I really only paid $4.10 out of pocket.

I saved $1.78 from Walgreens Coupons, $7.80 from Advertised Savings, and $26.00 from RR and Coupons for a total of $35.58 saved.

I had no coupon for the soups, and mainly picked them up to equal out my coupons.  I bought 11 items and used 10 coupons/RRs total.

That’s a total of $47.53 saved today in just two trips!

Now if you take into account how much I would have paid had I bought everything at regular price and out of pocket, I would have spent $14.37 on the first trip and $44.39 on the second trip.  That’s a total of $58.76 out of pocket if I’d used no coupons and no RR’s and paid full price for everything.

I paid just $ 11.52 and have $5 RR for next time!!