Sometimes it’s hard for new couponers to understand how rolling catalinas or Register Rewards can help you to pay as little out of pocket as possible. Well, Melissa does a great job of showing how it’s done. Here is what she had to say:
I am so excited to be sending in my first coupon shopping trip from Walgreens! Thank you so much to all the work you do! I am still learning, and I have saved over $500 in the past few weeks on groceries thanks to all the work and tips and everything you do! THANKS A MILLION! I have been able to donate toothpaste/body washes/candy to the Army care packages and saved so much at the triple coupon event at PathMark I got a few goodies for the kitties and cats at the Animal Shelter as well as added to my stockpile!
So I have never really shopped at Walgreen’s nor did I ever realize that I could get such great deals there. I am a total coupon convert! I used to buy store brands and -gasp!- shop at Costco before being turned onto coupons. Your site is amazing and thank you!
So here is my trip: a total of 4 transactions. I am a newbie so I am more comfortable with smaller transactions… see attached! I followed your “Walgreens” post and that’s how I knew about all the deals!
Transaction #1 Bought:
1 – Gillette Fusion Razor $9.89 (sale)
Subtotal: $10.58
Coupons Used:
(1) $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor from 5/1 P&G insert
Deducted $4.00
Total Paid: $6.58
Received:
(1) $5 RR from Gillette
Transaction #2 Bought:
2 – Cottonelle toilet paper 12-pack $4.00 ea.
3 – Cadbury eggs $0.37 ea.
Subtotal: $9.19
Coupons Used:
(2) $0.50/1 Cottonelle Coupon printable
(2)$1/1 Cottonelle Walgreens Coupon from the May Book
(1) $5 RR from transaction #1
Deducted $8.00
Total Paid: $1.19
Received:
(1) $3 RR from Cottonelle
Transaction #3 Bought:
1 – Noxema Razors 4-pack disposable $3.99 ea.
3 – Cadbury eggs $0.37 ea.
2 – Peeps $0.37 ea.
Subtotal: $6.25
(One of the Peeps is not pictured because I was hungry after the shopping trip!)
Coupons Used:
(1) $2/1 Noxema Razor from the 5/1 RP
(1) $3 RR from transaction #2
Deducted $5.00
Total Paid: $1.25
Received:
(1) $3 RR from Noxema
Transaction #4 Bought:
2 – Tylenol precise $7.99 ea.
2 – Right Guard Body Wash $4.49 ea. (B1G1)
4 – Shick Shave gels $3.79 ea. (B1G1)
2 – Cadbury eggs $0.37 ea.
1 – Reese’s minis candy $1.49 ea.
Subtotal: $39.40
Coupons Used:
(2) $5 off Tylenol Precise printable coupon
(2) $3 Walgreens coupon in May Coupon Book
(1) B1G1 free from 5/1/11 RP
(4) $1/1 Schick Hydro Shave Gel printable
(2) $3.79 from Schick B1G1
(1) $3 RR from transaction #3
Deducted $35.07
Total Paid: $4.33
(Although I realized there was an error with the body wash, it was supposed to be B1G1, but they charged 1 @ 4.49 or 2 @ 4.99 (on the receipt one rang up $4.49 and the other rang up $0.50), so one cost $4.49 and was taken off with the coupon from the 5/1 RP, but the other one still cost me $0.50. I will have to go back to get a price adjustment on that bc the circular clearly states “B1G1 Free” not “B1G1 for 50 cents”.)
Also I recently learned that having more than one computer is great! I was going to recycle my old laptop from college because it is really slow but now I use it to get extra printed coupons!
If you look at the picture, one toilet paper package says ONLY $5.99 and the other says ONLY $6.99. Very funny! A sign of the inflation on the new packaging I suppose.
Be sure to check out the Walgreens deals for this week.
If you have a shopping trip you want to share, find out how to enter it into the $100 Store Gift Card Giveaway.