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This week, I decided to do my main trip at Walgreens rather than CVS. Their ad is rockin' and I thought “I can do this – goodness I teach it, right?!”. It took me over 45 minutes to check out. Y'all, I just do not have that kind of time. So here is what I would advise anyone who is debating to start couponing at Walgreens:
#1. Pick a coupon friendly store. Walgreens to me is not coupon friendly. Although the cashiers I had were awesome! They cannot make the coupons work for some reason, even if they are legit. I felt just as bad for them as I did for me….
#2. Start small. If I would've just stopped after transaction #1 or #2 then I would've been happy, but adding transaction #3 just broke the bank.
#3. Get items you need or can donate. This is HUGE – what called me years ago to even work for Laurie was wanting to help other people donate to their local community.
#4. KNOW YOUR BUDGET. I totally went way over my budget seeing if these deals worked. I did save a ton, but it was not worth it to me since we will just donate everything (except the paper products).
#5. Scan the item on your Walgreens app and see if coupons pop up to match the sale item.
#6. Sometimes store pick up actually is better. I was talking to another couponer and she said she does online store pick up at Walgreens. She said its sooo much easier than buying the items in the store.
#7. Do not be ashamed to tell the cashier “I do not want that”.
#8. You will need filler items if you have more coupons than items. Do a quick count before heading to the register!
Transaction #1
Bought 2 Colgate Toothpaste – $2.99
Bought 2 Crest Toothpaste – $4
Bought 2 Bic Pens – $1.50 (they had a tag from last week so they honored it)
- Used $4/2 Colgate digital coupon
- Used $3/1 Crest digital coupon (was suppose to take $1 off for a digital coupon but they didn't)
- Used $5/2 Bic digital coupon
- Paid $4.98 out of pocket, Got $4 RR and $4 CR
If I would've stopped there, that would've been an awesome trip!
But I kept going:
Transaction #2
Bought 3 Charmin Toilet Paper, 4 Mega – $4.99
Bought 1 Bounty Paper Towels – $4.99
- Used $3/3 Charmin digital coupon
- Used $.25/1 Bounty digital coupon
- Used $4 RR and $4 CR from transaction #1
- Paid $10.58 plus tax out of pocket Got $6 RR
Transaction #3
Bought 2 Gillette Kings Razors – $9.99
Bought 1 Razor Refill – $5.99
Bought 1 Pencil Sharpener – $.49 (filler item)
- Used $4/1 digital coupon
- Used $3/1 digital coupon
- Used $4/1 digital coupon
- Used $6 RR from transaction #2
- Paid $11.84 out of pocket, Got $10 CR
So I paid a whopping $27.40 out of pocket and got $10 CR which is wayyyy too much for items I plan to just donate (other than the paper products).
And again, I was there for 45 minutes checking out because of coupons not working and prices being wrong. I can type it out and it doesn't look too bad, but when considering my time I spent, it was just not worth it.
Here are the deals this week:
Walgreens Ad Preview
Walgreens Best School Supply Deals
- Wexford Highlighters – $.20 each wyb 5
- Wexford 2 Pocket Folders – $.20 each wyb 5
- Papermate Pens, 10 ct – $.49
- Wexford Index Cards, 100 ct – $.49
- Wexford Cap Erasers, 24 ct – $.49
- Elmer's Glue – $.49
- Elmer's Glue Stick, 3 pk – $.49
- Sharpie Highlighters, 2 pk – $.49
- Friskars Scissors – $.99
- Pencil Sharpener – $.99
- Elmer's Clear Glue – $1.50
- Backpacks – $5
Walgreens Ad Preview
Walgreens Ad Cash Reward Deals (CR)
Buy 2 Participating Products, Get $4 CR
Buy 2 Colgate Total Toothpaste at $4, Get $4 CR
Use $4/2 digital coupon
Pay $4 out of pocket, Get $4 CR
Free after coupon and CR
OR
Buy 2 Crest Toothpaste or Oral B Toothbrush – $4
Use $3/2 digital coupon
Pay $5 out of pocket, Get $4 CR
$.50 each after coupon and CR
OR
Buy 2 Tresemme Hair Care – $4.99
Use $4/2 digital coupon
Pay $5.98 out of pocket, Get $4 CR
$.99 each after coupon and CR
Buy 4 SoftSoap Hand Soap at $1.99, Get $4 CR Buy 1, Get 1 50% off
Use $.75/1 digital coupon
Pay $5.22 out of pocket, Get $4 CR
$.30 each after coupon and CR
Buy 1 All Free & Clear Laundry Detergent, 88 oz or Snuggle, 96 oz at $6.99, Get $2 CR
Use $1.25/1 printable or $1.25/1 digital coupon
Pay $5.74 out of pocket, Get $2 CR
$3.74 after coupon and CR
Spend $20, Get $5 CR
*Deal Idea*
Buy 3 Bull Dog Body Wash – $6.99
- Use $7/2 digital coupon
- Pay $13.97 out of pocket, Get $5 CR
- $2.99 each after coupon and CR
Buy 3 Nexxus Products, Get $10 Cash Rewards
*Deal Idea Store Pick Up Deal*
Sign into (or sign-up for) your MyWalgreens Account
Buy 1 Nexxus Curl Defining Shampoo to your cart– $8.39 (Reg $11.99)
Buy 2 Nexxus $8.39 Products to your cart (Reg $11.99)
Ex: Nexxus Sulphate-Free Shampoo, Dry Damaged Hair Shampoo, Setting Mist or Dry Shampoo
- Use $5 OFF Nexxus Curl Definining Shampoo Walgreens eCoupon
- Use $8 OFF 2 Nexxus Products Walgreens eCoupon
- Clip $5 Walgreens Cash Rewards on a $20 Order eCoupon
- Get back over $5 in Walgreens Cash Rewards from the eCoupon
- Pay $14.62 after tax + Free Store Pickup plus $15 Cash Rewards
- Free after coupons and Cash Rewards ( Store Pick Up only)
Walgreens Ad Preview
Walgreens Ad Register Rewards Deals (RR)
Buy 2 Colgate Optic White or Max Fresh Toothpaste at $2.99, Get $4 RR
Use $.50/1 digital coupon or $.50/1 coupon from the 8/1 SmartSource insert
Pay $4.98 out of pocket, Get $4 RR
$.48 each after coupons and RR
Buy 2 Gillette Shave Gel at $3.59, Get $4 RR Buy 1, get 1 50% off
Pay $5.38 out of pocket, Get $4 RR
$.69 each after RR
Buy 4 Tide Laundry Detergent, 50 oz or Pods, 12 – 16 ct, Bounty Basic Paper Towels, 6 pk or Charmin Toilet Paper, 4 – 6 ct at $4.99, Get $6 RR
Use $2/1 printable will expire the day after you print can print 2,
Pay $15.96 out of pocket, Get $6 CR
$2.49 each after coupons and CR
Buy 4 Secret, Old Spice or Gillette Deodorant at $5.50, Get $4 RR
Use $5/3 digital coupon
Pay $17 out of pocket, Get $4 RR
$3.25 each after coupons and RR
Walgreens Ad Preview Other Deals
Bic Pens or Highlighters – $2.99 Buy 1, Get 1 50% off
Use $5/2 digital coupon
Free, $.56 moneymaker after coupon
Dawn Dish Soap – $.99
Coke Products, 2 L – $1.33 each wyb 3
Buy 3 Complete Home Resealable Bags – $2.79
Get two free automatically at checkout
$.93 each after sale
Ajax Soap, 28 oz or Suavitel Fabric Softener – $1.99
Use $.50/1 digital coupon
$1.49 after coupon
General Mills Cereal – $1.99
Use $.50/1 digital coupon
$1.49 after coupon
Purex Laundry Detergent or Fabric Softer Crystals – $2
Coke or Pepsi Products, 12 pk 12 oz – $4.19 each wyb 3
Gain Laundry Care – $4 each wyb 4
Dasani Water, 24 pk – $4.49
Maxwell House Coffee, 24 – 30 oz – $4.99
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