CVS & Walgreens Trip 3/8
My CVS Trip Details:
(3) Nature Valley Granola Bars 3/$10 (I recently fell in love with the Fruit & Nut variety!)
(2) Herbal Essences Shampoo $2.88 ea.
(1) Secret Deodorant $3.99
(2) Gold Emblem Cashews 79¢ ea.
– Coupons
(2) 60¢/1 Nature Valley
(1) 50¢/1 Nature Valley
(1) $3/2 Herbal Essences
(1) $2/1 Secret
(1) $2/2 Gold Emblem Nuts
– $5.98 ECBs
Total Cost: $6.65
Total Saved: $21.27
ECBs Earned: $8
$5 Nature Valley
$2 Herbal Essences
$1 Secret
Net Cost: $4.63
I should have split my transactions to get a lower OOP, but I had a pounding headache and just couldn’t think well, lol.
You can see this week’s CVS deals HERE.
My Walgreens Trip:
1st Transaction
(3) Huggies Diapers $10 ea.
(2) Glade Lasting Impressions $7.99 ea.
(2) Garnier Fructis $2.99 ea.
(2) Russell Stover Candy Eggs 39¢ ea.
– Coupons
(3) $5/1 Huggies
(1) B1G1Free Glade
(1) $4 Glade (adjusted to $3.99)
(1) $4 Glade IVC
(2) $1/1 Garnier Fructis
(2) $2/1 Garnier IVC
– $10 OYNO from the Dove Deal I did last week
Total Cost: $6.24
Total Saved: $54.67
Earned: $10 OYNO from Huggies
2nd Transaction
(2) Glade Lasting Impressions $7.99 ea.
(2) Coffee-mate 2/$2.49
(4) Lysol Wipes $2 ea.
(1) Scotch Tape 3pk $1
(2) Garnier Fructis $2.99 ea.
(1) Russell Stover Candy Egg 39¢
– Coupons
(1) B1G1Free Glade
(1) $4 Glade (adjusted to $3.99)
(2) $1.50 Coffee-mate
(2) $1/2 Lysol Wipes
(2) $1 Garnier
(2) $2 Garnier IVC
– $10 OYNO from 1st Transaction
Total Cost: $1.18
Saved: $49.42
The cashier didn’t scan the Glade IVC so I went back in for a refund. He ended up giving me a refund for both since I bought 2 Glade. So, I got back $8.66
OOP: $7.42
– $8.66 Refund
Total Cost = $1.24 profit!
You can see this week’s Walgreens Deals HERE.
Today’s Total Cost: $5.41
Total Savings: $134.02 = 96%
For more scenarios please visit Deal Seeking Mom, Kingdom First Mom, The “Cents”ible Sawyer, & Surviving the Stores!
23 Comments
Nellie Butler
It’s great how you break things down here. I love couponing. Yesterday I went to target and before coupons my total was just over $16. By the end of it all I paid under $3. It’s a great feeling when that happens!
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Farrah from Wife and Mom of 3
WOW…I need to look into doing this!
Stephanie
Cindy,
You should have received your RR. There may have been a prob w/ their catalina machine. Man Qs have no effect on RR deals. Try returning and rebuying at a different register.
Stephanie
Megs,
I do not know, the candy eggs were the cheapest I could come up w/ on the fly.
Stephanie
Ohio Mom,
NO. You cannot copy coupons.
Stephanie
TracyH,
They were correct. If you did the Huggies deal and then tried to buy more Huggies w/ the $10 RR you just earned it would cancel out the RR deal and a new one would NOT print. You could use the $10 RR to buy OTHER RR deals though. It only doesn’t work if you try to do the SAME deal. I think I explain it a little better in Walgreens 101: https://www.couponing101.com/2008/11/walgreens-101.html
Cindy
Help with huggies
Yesterday I bought 3 pks of huggies with 3/$5 coupons, 1 colgate with 1/$2.50 coupon. I even tried to use the $1.50 coupon for colgate and they wouldn’t let me b/c the difference was only 99 cents, I told them to just keep the difference. Anyways, I didn’t get the $10 register reward and they said I didn’t b/c I used the $5 coupons. Is this true to some stores?????? Could I have done anything different?
Thanks!
Megs
Thanks for putting the Russell Stover Candy Eggs in your picture! I panicked at the register when I needed one more iteam to be able to use my coupons and then I remembered the eggs! Is there anything cheaper at Walgreens?
Ohio Mom
Quick question-
Can you photocopy the $5 off Huggies coupon? Would it still work?
Kavli
I tried to do the glade deal again today, though I dint have any more of the $4 Q’s but the lady at my walgreens took off only $3.99 for the BOGO coupon, saying that I had already gotten an IVC for it, so she could not take $7.99 off. It dint sound fair to me. Anyhow, I got 2 of them for $4, but its ok since I paid only 22cents for 2 Glades sense and spray, colgate toothpaste and a Garnier yesterday. That was an awesome deal.
I think if you have run out of the BOGO Qs for the Glade lasting impressions, it could still be a good deal if you buy 2 of them, and use 2 of the $3 Q you get in the packs, and with the IVCs you would only be paying $2 +tax for 2 of them. Thats also a good deal I think…
TracyH
OK… I am totally new to the drugstore thing so I could REALLY use some help. I went to Walgreens this weekend and thought I would buy the Huggies deal where you could buy $25 worth and get $10 register rewards. I was thinking I would just use the register rewards on the next purchase and get more rewards and I was told by TWO cashiers there that if I USE my RR for a purchase I can’t earn another RR with that sale. Did I get ripped off??? I don’t really understand and could use anyones help out there.
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Stephanie
Amy,
The Walgreens coupon matchups are here: https://www.couponing101.com/2009/03/walgreens-deals-38-314.html
The CVS coupon matchups are here: https://www.couponing101.com/2009/03/cvs-deals-38-314.html
Stephanie
Shelly,
The IVC and Walgreens coupons do not count. I have equal #s of Manufacturer coupons and items. That is why I had to purchase the candy eggs – so the register would take my OYNO Qs.
amy
How do I find the coupons you use? Great shopping summary, now if I can just gather all the coupons…….
Shelly
As I understood it, WAGs’ policy is to only allow the number of coupons in each transaction as you have items (it specifically states this on the RR printouts, and this is what cashiers have told me as well), including RR/store coupons. So, when I see that you used 11 coupons for 9 items, I’m wondering if your WAGs doesn’t enforce this or if you know of a secret… Thanks!
Stephanie
ilja,
It depends. Since the shampoo is only $2.99 and your coupons will take off $3 you might need an inexpensive item to cover the overage. Some cashiers may be able to adjust the man. Q down to 99¢ so that you will get it exactly free. Some cashiers may even give you the overage. It all depends. I would take a small filler up to the register w/ you just in case.
Stephanie
Melissa,
Maybe friends or family who don’t coupon could let you print more of the coupons on their printers? I’m wondering how to get my hands on some more of those IPs too!
Stephanie
Ohio Mom,
You can do the deal as many times as you want, just no more than once per transaction. You cannot use the $10 RR you earn to buy more Huggies. If you do that then it will cancel out the $10 RR that you earned and it will not print.
ilja
PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS AM HOPEING TO GO TO WALGREENS MONDAY AND I ONLY WANT TO GET THE GARNIER SHAMPOOS
3 SHAMPOOS, AND 1 GARNIER HAIRSTYLING FOR THE HAIR.
AND I WANT TO DO TWO SEPERATE TRANSACTIONS. I WANT 2 GARNIER SHAMPOO’S IN ONE TRANSACTION AND THE SECOND TRANSACTION I WANT 1 GARNIER SHAMPOO AND 1 GARNIER HAIRSTYLING . AM I ABLE TO DO THAT PLEASE RESPOND. THANKS!! OR SHOULD I ADD 2 LITTLE UNEXPENSIVE STUFF. SO IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE I ONLY WANTED TO GET THE GARNIER SHAMPOOS.THANKS!!!!
Melissa
Ohio Mom- I think you can do it as many times as you want- just not more than one per trip! You can’t apply your previous $10RR’s, or it won’t give you $10RR’s more for that deal!
Melissa
Hey! I think I did pretty good today- but now I’m out of the BOGO coupons! Do you have any ideas on how to get more? The Glade site won’t let me print more- and it’s so tempting with the $3 off coupons in each package of Lasting Impressions and Sense and Sprays!! Suggestions anyone?
Ohio Mom
How many times can you do the “buy $25 from Kimberly Clark and get $10 RR” deal? If I do it one day, can I do it the next? Is there a limit? THANKS!
Alyssa
WOW! I only WISH I could do that good!
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