Walgreens Game

As most of my friends and family are aware, I have been trying to save money on our normal every day expenses with the help of coupons. I have been at this for a couple of months now and have decided to see just how well I can do at Walgreen's. We live in a small town with out many of the major chain stores so I am trying to use what we do have. If you have CVS where you live you should really check out using that store. I have read about it on line and am amazed at what people get for free or almost free. You can read more about it at http://www.moneysavingmom.typepad.com/. This is my first transaction at Walgreen's this month. With rebates and coupons I actually made money on this deal. Here is what I got:
4 - Boxes Rice Krispies Treats $2/$4 (used 2 $1 coupons)
2 - Boxes Special K Bars $2/$5 (used 1 $1 coupon)
2 - Boxes Kellogg's Cereal Bars $2/$5 (used 1 $1 coupon)
2 - Pop Tarts $2/$4 (used 1 $1 coupon)
My total came after coupons came to $18.34. I received $10 in register rewards which is coupons/money you can use in the store. Then I mailed in to get the $10 rebate from Kellogg's which was in the newspaper a couple of weeks ago so all in all I will get paid $$1.66 to take this off Walgreen's hands. Not bad for several months of snacks. After this I was so excited I had to tell everyone about it and everyone at work thought I was crazy. My sister wanted in on some of the great coupon deals so I gave her some coupons.

After this my quest was to spend my $10 in register rewards and get as much as I could for that money. Here is what I did. Sorry no picture.

1-Pert Plus - $3.49 (used $2 coupon) Will send in for $3.49 rebate (*will make $2)
4-Glade Candles - $1.99 (used $1 coupon) Will send in for $1 rebate on each (*will make FREE)
1- Pledge - $3.00 ( Used $1 coupon)Will send in for $1 rebate (*will be $1 and came with duster)
2-Adidas body wash - 2/$4.49 (used 2 - $1 coupon) made it 2 for $2.49

After this transaction I was a little bummed. I could only use 1 of my $5 register rewards because my subtotal after 1 was only $4.44 and it has to be over $5 before taxes so I had to spend around $6.00 out of pocket. The store manager was really nice. Thank goodness I was really nervous because I was holding up the line. If you do ever use register rewards and coupons I was told to give the rewards first and then the manfg coupons.

I decided to use the rest of my register rewards because the next two weeks will be crazy and I may not have time to work out any other great deals before the wedding so this is what I did. Register rewards are only good for 20 days from the date of purchase.

2- Cover Girl mascaras - $6.99 Buy one get one Free (used $1 coupon) I think I could have used
2 coupons but I was afraid to try it. (* made it 2 for $5.99)
1- Scotts toilet paper (used Wags weekly coupon for $1.99 and $1 manfg coupon) (*made it .99)
After my $5 in register rewards my total out of pocket $2 and some change.

All in all not a bad month at Walgreen's. All of the items I listed will basically cost me less than $10. Be sure to check out the Walgreen's Easy Saver book for coupons and rebates. Remember you can use the coupons in there and their weekly coupons with manfg coupons for the same item.

I'm still learning but this is turning into a fun hobby.