Welcome, my fellow Walgreens fans! It’s Sunday, time for our weekly Walgreens $5 Challenge. The place to come for simple scenarios with step-by-step instructions.
It is another decent week for Wags shoppers! Grab your weekly Walgreens ad, a printer and some scissors to get started. In addition to the $5.00 Challenge, check out this awesome Huggies deal scenario if you need diapers this week.
If you are new to shopping at Walgreens, and wanting to learn the basics, check out this post. New to couponing? Learn the lingo here.
If you are a first time visitor, here’s the lowdown:
Join me each week as I host The Walgreens $5 Challenge!
Seasoned WAGS shoppers: share your best scenario(s) for the upcoming week at Walgreens.
Your budget: $5.00 out-of-pocket cash.
Your mission: to grow that $5.00 into more Register Rewards (RR) to use in upcoming weeks.
Want to participate? Start by reading the rules here.
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Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of January 24th:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)
Transaction #1
Buy 2 Pert Plus (13.5 oz.) @ 2/$5.00
Buy 1 Reach Dental Floss @ $0.99 (w/ in-ad coupon)
$1.00/1 Reach (RP insert 1/3)
(2) $1.00/1 Pert Plus printable coupon
Total After Coupons= $3.00
RRs Earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Secret Deordorant @ $2.49
Buy 2 Stayfree Maxi Pads @ $1.99
Buy1 Heart Candy@ $0.39 w/in-ad coupon (filler)
$0.25/1 Secret Deodorant (P&G insert 12/27/09)
B1G1 Stayfree coupon (RP insert 1/3)
AND $1.00/1 Stayfree printable coupon
Pay with $2.00 RR from above
Total After Coupons & RR= $1.62
RRs Earned= $1.00
Grand Total OOP= $4.62
Total Value= $12.85 with $1.00 in Register Rewards remaining
Keep rolling those RR’s for more savings!
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Let’s see what fabulous scenarios you come up with for $5.00 or less!
Simply post your scenarios on your blog, then drop by Keeping the Kingdom First and add your permalink to Mr. Linky below. (If you are reading via email or in a reader please click through to see the Mr. Linky)
Please link directly to your scenarios. Links directly to your homepage will be deleted. Linking back to this meme to share it with others is greatly appreciated!
Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too. I invite everyone to participate.
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I wish I had stuck to a $5 challenge this week, but I bought diapers for shower gifts!
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Thanks for the linky love!
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To make the Pert deal even better, today’s paper has $1.50 coupons for the Men’s Pert which is part of the sale. They are free with these coupons after the RR. This lessens your OOP by $1 too.
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Alyssa Francis Reply:
January 26th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Thanks for the heads up, Bonnie! I did not realize the men’s was included in the deal.
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I did their Pepsi/Chips promo..spent $10, got $10 RR. Then I got 4 Olay (2 Quench lotions and 2 in-showers) for a profit of $12.57 after MIR! My link:
http://kingdomklipper.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-walgreens-trip.html
.-= Julie @Kingdom Klipper´s last blog ..Great CVS Trip..Spent $1! =-.
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this is new to me, how do you get register rewards at Walgreen’s ?
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I added another transaction
I got it in on Saturday! We were having a snowstorm, however I braved the snow and glad I did!
.-= mary fuentes´s last blog ..Walgreens 1/30/10 =-.
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