Thursday, July 28, 2011

Walgreens...aka..."W"

So I got the Sunday ads and gathered a few coupons. I read some blogs and computed a "few" scenarios and I went to store "W".
My Shopping list and goals: 3 transactions totally $11.54 and $11 register rewards for next time
Transaction 1
-Shaving cream 4*1.99
coupon) $4.50
$2.56
-W/Perfect Tampons 8 pk 1.50
"r"egister "r"eward = $1.50
FREE
-Scunnci rubber bands 18 ct 2*1.5
rr) $3
FREE

-Butterball chicken broth 6@.50...or 3 at 2 for $1...or 3 @2/1
$3
Hunts Sauce 9*.33...or 3 at 3 for $1....or 3 @ 3/1
$3
Total = $13.06
rr from last week -8
difference 5.06......with $1.50 rr

Transaction 2
-Tuf Paper Towels 4 @ 2 for$1...or 4 @ 2/1
$2
-Irish Spring 2 for $6...or 2/6
c) -$2
total $4....rr of $4
FREE

-Scuncci 2 @1.50
rr) 3
FREE
-Gatorade $1/5
$5
Total = $14
rr) - 9 (from last week)
differance $5....w/$7 rr

Transaction 3
-Irish Spring 2/6
c) -$1....$4 rr
-candy 2@.49 = .98
Total = 5.98
rr from 1st transaction 4.5
differance 1.48.....$4 rr

Reality
They were out of the "W" brand tampons and gatorade. My coupons for the shaving cream in 1 were not exactly what I needed so instead of $4.50 in coup
ons I had $2.10. The chicken broth was low so I only spent $2 there instead of $3. The candy in the last transaction was strategic because you can't use more coupons than items purchased, I planned for 2 and only needed 1.
So in reality I got all this.......for......


Transaction 1
total = $5.06 +tax....rr$3
Transaction 2
total= $.49 +tax...rr$7
Transaction 3
total = $2.49+ tax...4 rr

So all in all I paid$9.29 (w/tax) and have $11 rr for next week.


July...Give it a Try

So I've heard the buzz about couponing. I've never seen the TV show, but I hear lots about it. So What is the deal? Can you really save THAT much $$$ or not? How extreme do you have to be to get the savings or find the deals? Is it something "normal" me can do? ;)
I'm gonna give it a try. I am committing to putting the time in and learning how it's done; seeing if I can coupon with the best of them....and if it's worth it. If you send me your coupons THANKS. If you see a cool deal and want to share GREAT. My plan now is to learn CVS and WALGREENS. I've heard that those two are the best places to save money, but are the hardest to learn. We'll see