Saving while sick

I haven’t updated any of my savings posts lately because I’ve been fighting a bad head cold for the past few weeks. No serious shopping going on lately for me!
I must say though, I’ve been very grateful for all the boxes of Kleenex and coughdrops and medicines that I’ve stockpiled since last summer!
I have a [...]

Needed to spend a 5RR

I admit I haven’t done any “planning” for my shopping yet this week. And here it is Wednesday and I’m just now getting Sunday’s paper!!!
I did remember that I had a $5RR that expires today at Walgreens, so I ran in with my coupon binder and got these items:
2 Lysol Wipes BOGO 3.79
3.79 – (2)1.00 [...]

2nd run on Walgreens

I decided to swing by Walgreens again this week just because I missed my neighborhood WAGs after my difficulty at a different store earlier this week.
I managed to snag 2 more clearance Garnier Fructis conditioners. (My daughter’s FAV)
On sale 1.79×2=3.58
- 2.00 (I had 2 q’s from a recent insert)
- 3.58 WAGS q in [...]

More Walgreen’s Savings

Today I went to the Walgreens near my church instead of the one near my house… and I’m planning to stick to the one at home in the future! I had trouble using a few of my coupons here, and they wouldn’t take more than one RR! Oh well, I still made out like a [...]

Walgreen’s helps break resolutions??

Just heard at Wags to Riches about next week’s deal on Ben & Jerry’s Icecream!

Great… now I’ll have no reason not to bring home free icecream right as I start my diet!! LOL

Here’s the “scoop”
Go here and you will be emailed a bricks coupon link. Use your back button to print out 2.
Then, next week, [...]

Walgreens Keeps Us Healthy for 2009!

Just got back from a quick run at Walgreens, I heard rumors over at Hot coupon World about a great Register Reward deal on Robitussin and Dimetapp… here’s how it worked for me:
Buy 5 Robitussin / Dimetapp 4 oz bottles any combination $4 each= $20
Earn 15 RR!
Use these printable coupons here
($2 off Robitussin or [...]

1st trip to WAGS since before Thanksgiving!

Since returning from visiting lots of family for Thanksgiving… I took a break from shopping with a plan.
Yesterday, it was nice to be back to shopping with direction. I hit up Walgreens quite successfully.
My favorite cashier was happy to see me again, and even told me when I walked in about a super special code [...]

Target & Walgreens

Total Cash Spent: 11.85
Purchased at Target:
2 Purina Beggin Strips on Sale 2.02 – $2 printable q (x2)= .02  This coupon can be found by “digging in the dirt” while playing the game at that site.
Clabber Girl Baking Powder 1.39 -1 insert q= .39
Quaker Oatmeal on sale 2.50 – 1 printable q= 1.50 (this is something [...]

Publix BOGO’s and more

Another happy trip to Publix.
My shopping list with match ups included:
Healthy Choice Meal $2, get Publix bag FREE (recent insert)
Land O Lakes Spread BOGO 2.09 -.55 (recent insert)=1.54/2 or .77 each
Hunt’s Tomato Sauce BOGO .99-.40/2 (All You Mag Oct/Nov??)= .59/2 or .29 each
Marie Callender’s Dinner Sale $2 -$1/2 (recent insert)= $3/2 or 1.50 [...]

Understanding Walgreens

Walgreens is very different from CVS. You do NOT need a “membership card”.. but you have to really work the system to make it work. Here’s my attempt at explaining how I “work” the Walgreen’s store! It’s a little more confusing than CVS.

First you have to pick up the monthly Easy Saver Rebate (ESR)book at [...]