Walgreens $5 Challenge: September 5 – 11

September 4, 2010 · 3 comments

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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 an easy week at Wags! Grab your weekly Walgreens ad, a printer and some scissors to get started. Don’t forget you can now print your own Official Walgreens Coupon policy.

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 September 5:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)

Transaction #1
Buy 1 St. Ives Body Wash @ $2.99
$1.00/1 St. Ives Product

Total After Coupon = $1.99

RRs Earned= $2.00

Transaction #2
Buy 1 Wisk Laundry Detergent @ $6.99
Buy 1 Comet @ $0.50
$3.00/1 Wisk Laundry Detergent (RP insert 08/29/10)
Pay with $2.00 RRs from above

Total After RRs= $2.49

RRs Earned= $2.00

Grand Total OOP=$4.48

Total Value= $10.48 with $2.00 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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1 Claire at Saving Money Plan September 4, 2010 at 10:11 pm

Thanks for the linky this week!

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2 Tina September 5, 2010 at 3:12 pm

i felt like Walgreens deals werent very good this week. I went to Rite Aid and spent $5.80 … tax included ($2.68 before tax) for about $95 worth of stuff! I walked into the store with $5 in up rewards and walked out with $8 in up rewards. Rite Aid is the place to shop this week!!

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