What a great visual!

This was posted on another website, but I thought it was an awesome example of what a few coupons and a little organization can do for you. (And these are all deals at Walgreens this week)

Milk: $3.79

Milk, 3 Robitussin, 2 Chips Ahoy, cup (filler), Crest Rinse

$3.24

Walgreens $5 off $20

Walgreens just put out a $5 off $20 coupon for Friday and Saturday. There are a ton of opportunities for getting items for free and making a profit, especially on the free after rebate items. See the previous post for all the steals and deals.

It looks like they've changed the wording on this coupon to restrict all coupons after the use of the $5 off $20. So do your math and make sure after you use all your Wags coupons, Manufacturer coupons and register Rewards that your total is at least $20. In the end your max out of pocket should be about $15 and you can make that up in rebates...

Walgreens - Double Dip & (other great deals)

The Wags monthly EasySaver books are FULL of coupons and rebates. These books overlap for two days each month allowing for the use of two months coupons, two months rebates AND manufacturer coupons, i.e. double (or triple) dipping. I'm not going to lie, this event takes some preparation (depending on how much you want), but it can be well worth it! The September one should be in the store waiting for you, but sometimes they hold the October one back. However, you can print any and all of the coupons from their website: September October. If you want rebates items for September and October, just be sure to make two trips so that they are on two receipts.

There is going to be a of lot explaining for this one, so we'll abbreviate some words:
SQ=September Coupon
SR=September Rebate
OQ=October Coupon
OR=October Rebate
MQ=Manufacturer Coupon
MR=Manufacturer Rebate
IP = Internet Printable (Manufacturer) Coupon

These items are double dips with no rebates to worry about-you can buy them with September or October rebate items:

• Nutripals $4.79: $1 SQ, $1 OQ, $1 MQ = $1.79!
• Jergens Lotion $3.99: $1 SQ, $1 OQ, $1 MQ = .99
• KY Yours & Mine $19.99: $5 SQ, $5 OQ, $5 IP = $4.99

Register Rewards (use like cash on your next visit!)-you can buy these with September or October rebate items:

• 2 Ultra Clean Reach toothpaste or floss @ $2.50 = $5: get $5 RR = free, HOWEVER I haven't seen them in the 3 Walgreens I've walked through!
• Crest Pro-Health $4.49: get $4.50 RR = free
• 2 Oreos/Chips Ahoy @ $2.50 = $5: get $2 RR (you don't have to buy the milk as listed in the ad) = $1.50 each

September double dips then rebates:

• Pert Plus $3.79 (online rebate submission only): $3.79 SR, $2.50 OQ, $2 MQ = $4.50 profit
• 3 Garnier Fructis (the big ones) @ $6.99 = $20.97: $10 SR, $9 OQ (the $3 OQ will x 3), 3-$1 MQ = $1.03 profit
• 4 11-14 oz bags M&Ms @ $2.50 = $10: $5 SR, $2 OQ (the $1 off 2 will x 2) = $3
• Excedrin Express Gels $3.99: $3.99 SR, $2 MQ for PM = free or $2 profit
• Nivea for Men $4.99: $4.99 SR, $1 IP = $1 profit
• L'Oreal Revitalift $16.49: $16.49 SR, $1 MQ = $1 profit
• Crest Pro-Health $3.79: $3.79 SR, .75 MQ = .75 profit
• Chemistry Hair Care $7.99: $7.99 SR = free
• LypSyl Moistrurizer (with Chapsticks) $1.99: $1.99 SR = free

October Double Dips (you don't have to buy the non-double dip rebates):

• Glade Scented Oil $5.79: $2 SQ, $2 OR, $2 MQ=.21 profit
• 2 Oust Air Sanitizer @ $3.79=$7.98 : $2 SQ ($1 SQ will double), $2 OR (2-$1 rebates), $3.79 (BOGO) MQ, $1 MQ = .81 profit (wow, that was a lot of Q's!)
• Glade Fabric Spray $3.99: $1 SQ, $1 OR, $1.50 IP = .49
• 4 - 8-14.8 oz Hershey's Harvest Bag Candy @ $2= $8: $2 SQ ($1 off 2 will double), $5 OR=$1!!

WOW! Wasn't that fun! If you get EVERYTHING on the list you will make a profit of $1.60 (not counting tax and with the 10% gift card bonus). You are making a profit, but you will be spending quite a bit out of pocket due to rebates. If you submit online it just takes a couple of weeks to get the gift card back in the mail.

Cold Stone Creamery - FREE

Free Ice Cream today at Cold Stone Creamery from 5pm - 8pm. YUM!

INFO HERE

CVS $3 off $15

I heart CVS!!! In the Long Island Newsday, on page G8 of the LIFE section there is a CVS ad which includes a $3 off $15 coupon. Click here for the cropped version. You are still saving 20%, but now we don't have to make as many small trips as with the $2 off $10!!

CVS - sorry you're not getting it for free...

...but you're going to get a GREAT deal. Many of the sales this week are high dollar so it will be hard to cover the entire cost with coupons and ECBs. However many of these are everyday items that you will actually use!

Highlights:

• Nivea body wash (for men!) $4.99 free after ECB, print a $1 coupon
• Adidas deodorant $4.99 with $4 ECB, free after $1 newspaper or All You Q
• Pepsi 4 for $11, get $3 ECB (so $2 a pack!)
• Kashi Bars $2.50, "join the community" to print a $2 coupon AND sign up for a free cookie and it will come in the mail!!!
• South Beach bars $2.50, print a $2 coupon
• Gatorade/Propel 5 for $5 get $3 ECB
• Crest Pro-Health $2.99, get $2 ECB, there should be a $75 newspaper Q...I mean,if you want to pay .25 for it!
• Buy $25 get $10 ECB (so basically 40% off) see below
• -----Huggies Mega $15, $1.50 off reg diapers $2 off Pull-Ups newspaper Q
• -----12 pack Cottonelle TP $6.49, $.50 newspaper Q
• -----Viva paper towels $6.49, $.50 newspaper Q or print $.50 coupon
• -----Kleenex $.99, $.30 off 3 newspaper Q
• -----Huggies CleanTeam pump or wipes $2.99, $3 off 2 newspaper Q
• -----Cottonelle Wipes $2, coupons here
  

So, like I said there are A LOT of great deals this week. This week I'm on the same playing field as some of the rest of you. I have NO ECBs! I spent them all this weekend on things I "needed"...but that's what I'm supposed to do with them, right???____________________________________________

Trip #1
Nivea body wash $4.99
Adidas deodorant $4.99
2 Kashi bars $5
.25 anything-filler (look in the school supply section)

Total: $15.23

Coupons (in this order):
$3 off $15 coupon
$1 Nivea coupon
$2 Kashi coupon

Out of Pocket: $6.23
ECBs received: $8.99
Profit: $2.76(at least this time)
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Trip #2
Huggies $15
.25 filler (must have as many items as Q's)

Total: $15.25

Coupons (in this order):
$3 off $15 coupon
$1.50 off Huggies coupon
$8.99 in ECBs

Out of pocket: $1.76 and you're on your way to the $25 deal
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Trip #3
Viva $6.49
Cottonelle $6.49
South Beach Bars $2.50

Total: $15.48

Coupons (in this order):
$3 off $15 coupon
.50 off Cottonelle
.50 off Viva $.50 coupon
$2 off South Beach

Out of Pocket: $9.48
ECB recieved: $10
Profit: $.52 (yes profit, but it stinks that it's after $9.48 OOP!)

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Trip #4
4 Pepsi (any type) 12 pack $11
5 Gatorade/Propel $5

Total: $16

Coupons:
$3 off $15 coupon
$10 ECB

Out of Pocket: $3
ECBs received: $6 ($3 Pepsi, $3 Gatorade)

After four trips with some GREAT stuff we're out $14.47 - and you have some ECBs to start off your next week. PS if you're not into Huggies, substitute any of the other items listed, just get to $15 for the coupon!

Walgreens - I think I'm a coupon snob

I know, you only have two days to get to Walgreens because I am posting so late. We were out of power for almost 5 days following the wind storm, so I am behind on quite a few things, including but not limited to dishes, making lunches, going to Walgreens, laundry, making dinners, going to CVS...anyway, this week has been a mess.

Nevertheless I made it to Walgreens this afternoon and came out pretty well for little preparation! And the title of this post - I think I'm a coupon snob - comes from the fact that I didn't buy toothpaste at Walgreens this afternoon because it wasn't free. I had a 75 cent coupon that would've made it 25 cents out of pocket, but I couldn't find my $1 coupon that would've made it free...so I just walked a way. Does anyone else refuse to PAY for toothpaste???

Anyway, here's my trip:

• Tuf garbage bags 45 ct $2.50 (this is a great deal - not all the bags are marked but most are $2.50)
• 2 - Nestle Morsels @ $3.29 = $6.58
• 2 - Glade Plug In Gel & $1.99 = $3.98
• Glade Candle $1.99
• Crest Pro Health Rinse $4.49
• 2 Pantene Beau Length Sham @ 4 = $8
• Pantene Gel $4

Total: $31.54

Coupons:

• Nestle Morsels $1.99 (subtract $2.60) tear from page 3 of the weekly ad
• 2 - $1.50 of Nestle chips (go to the bottom of the pages & sign up)
• BOGO Glade PlugIn - newspaper
• $1 off Glade PlugIn (coupon was stuck to PlugIn!)
• $1 off Glade candle - newspaper
• $2 off Pantene - newspaper
• $4 off - free Pantene stylling product when you buy 2 Pantene Sham/Cond - newspaper
• $10 Robitussin Register Reward (COME ON you did the deal last week right?!?!)

Out of Pocket: $5.95 (or $15.95 without RR) + tax
RRs recieved: $6.50 ($4.50 for Crest and $2 for Pantene)
Rebates received: $8.80 ($5 for Pantene #11,$2 for Glade PlugIn #33, $1 for Glade Candle #34 with 10% gift card bonus)
Total cost. $0.65 + tax (out of pocket + RRs used - RR received - Rebates recieved)

OH and if you want the .25 toothpaste, tear the "super coupon" from page 11 of the weekly ad and use the .75 coupon from the paper, or I THINK there was a $1 coupon in the All You magazine...but I can't find it!

CVS this week

With the power being out (it seems indefinitely) I have been so busy and not had quite enough time to gather up the deals.

Here are some easy ones - and don't forget your $2 off $10 purchase (you just have a few weeks left with it!!!)

• Excedrin Express Gels 20 ct.$3.99 get $3.99 ECB - If they sell it in Migraine, here is a $2 coupon, if they sell it in PM there was a $2 coupon in the paper (either way $2 profit)
• Purex 2.99 get 1.00 ECB - there was.50 coupon from paper GREAT DEAL
• Hellmans($3), Lipton($3), Skippy ($2.50) or Ragu ($2.50), buy $10 get $3 ECB - newspaper coupons: .60 off Hellmans; .75 off 2 or $1 off 2 Lipton; $1 off 2 Ragu; .60 off Skippy
• Aleve D Sinus & Cold or Sinus Headache $3.99 get $3.00 ECB - newspaper coupon .75 off Aleve or $1 off Aleve D or $1 off any Aleve or another $1 off Aleve D to make it free
• Hershey's extra large candy bars .99, buy 2 get $1 ECB (use for $10 filler)

Trip #1
Aleve D $3.99
2 Lipton Tea @ $3 = $6
Mr.Goodbar x large (4.4 oz) $.99

Total = $10.98

Coupons used:
$2 off $10 purchase
$1 off Aleve D
$1 off 2 Lipton

Out of pocket: $6.98
ECBs earned: $3 (Aleve and $6 on your way to the Lipton, PB, Ragu deal)
Total cost: $3.98
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Trip #2
Excedrin Express Gels $3.99
2 Ragu @ $2.50 = $5
Purex $2.99
any Hershey x large $.99

Total: $12.97

Coupons used:
$2 off $10 purchase
$2 coupon Excedrin Migraine, or $2 off PM from paper
.50 off Purex
$1 off 2 Ragu
$3 ECB from Aleve

Out of Pocket: $4.47
ECBs recieved: $8.99 ($3.99 Excedrin, $3 Ragu/PB/etc, $1 Purex, $1 Hershey)
Profit: $1.52 woohoo (ECB received minus ECBs used minus out of pocket)

Overall, for these two trips your total actual cost for ALL this stuff was about $2.46!!

$10 off $40 purchase - I know, Walgreens again...

AS IF I needed another excuse to go to Walgreens this week, they have put out a $10 off coupon. Cleaning items are on page 10 of the weekly ad for reference. If you do not have all the newspaper coupons I listed there are still enough online printables to make a good deal. There is a $2 off 2 Oust coupon and a there are some GREAT coupons (which may be better than the ones I listed) at the Scrubbing Bubbles website.

Trip #1
Pledge Wipes $3.79
Pledge spray (yellow) $3.79
Drano $3.79
Scrubbing Bubbles (SB) Shower Foam Max $3.79
2 - SB Brush Max @ $3.79 = $7.58
SB Action Scrub $3.79
Excedrin Gels $3.99
Crest Pro Health Toothpaste $3.79
2 Oust Air & Surface Sanitizer @ $2.99 = $5.98
milk $3.49

Total: $43.78

Q's (in this order)
$1 off Oust from EasySaver Catalog
$10 off $40 coupon
2 - $.75 off Pledge
$1 off SB Foam Max
$3 off SB Brush Max
$1 off SB item
$1 off SB Action Scrub
$.75 off Crest P-H
$2.99 (BOGO) Oust
$1 Oust
$10 Robitussin Register Reward (come on, you got some this week, right???)

Out of Pocket: $19.54 or $9.54 with RR
RR received: $10 for cleaning Items
Wags Rebates Recieved: $8.55 (Excedrin & Crest with 10% GC bonus)
Total cost $.99!!!
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Trip #2
Lypsyl (in chapstick area) $1.99
Wags Acid Controller (with antacids) $7.99
Living Solutions Bags (those vacuum bag things) $5.99
Pert Plus $3.79
3 Dimetapp @ $3.99 = $11.97
2 Visine @ $3.99 = $7.98
Crest Pro-Health Rinse $4.49

Total: $44.20

Q's (in this order)
$2 off Visine from EasySaver Catalog
$10 off $40 coupon
$2 off Pert
3 - $2 off Dimetapp
2 - $3 off Visine from All You mag, or 2 - $2 off Visine from paper
$10 RR from cleaning products

Out of Pocket: $6.20
RR received: $14.50 (Dimetapp & Crest Rinse)
Rebates Received: $21.73(Lypsyl, Wags AC, vacuum bags and Pert with 10% bonus)
Total Profit: $20.03 (RR received + Rebates Received - out of pocket - RR used)

FYI the vacuum bags and Pert are extra rebates that have been added this month for Wags. They are not in the EasySaver book but when you log in at Walgreens they are listed for submission.

Walgreens - Let's make some money!

As of Thursday the $3 coupon from the Robitussin website has been changed to a $1 coupon - so you will only make about $.50 profit. You can however do this same deal buying Dimetapp using the $2 coupon here . This would give you about a FOUR dollar profit which is still awesome.

How much to you like Robitussin? That is the question this week because you can make SEVEN Walgreens dollars for EVERY three Robitussin you buy. With all this free Walgreens money you could get some batteries or a new MP3 player, develop some pictures, get diapers, or buy some free after rebate items! The possibilities are endless (well, endless inside the Walgreens walls).

Buy 3 Robitussin @ $3.99 each = $11.97 + tax

Use 3 - $3 off Robitussin coupons = $9

Out of Pocket = $2.97 + tax

Receive $10 in Walgreens Register Rewards. WOOHOO

Repeat

fyi: the coupon will have your name on it and a "unique code" but the website does not limit your printing (if they wanted to they could) and says nothing about one per customer or transaction. It does say one per purchase though (in case someone asks) - one purchase is one item. So three items and three coupons is fine.

Other Walgreens deals this week:
- - Crest Pro-Health mouthwash $4.49, free after $4.50 Register Reward
- - Tylenol PM $3.49 , use $2 coupon from this Sunday's paper and $1 coupon from the EasySaver Catalog for a total cost of $.49
- - Visine $3.99, use $3 coupon from All you (Wal-Mart mag) and $2 coupon from the EasySaver Catalog for a $1.01 profit, or use the $2 coupon from the paper w/ the EasySavor to make it free.

I did all 4 of these deals in one transaction, spending $8.38 (with tax) and receiving $14.50 in Register Rewards - $6.12 in profit!

CVS

There are a lot of great deals at CVS this week. So many that I am not going to plan example trips because I would end up with about 14 to get EVERY deal. So buy what you want and keep your totals at or above $10 (before coupons) to maximize your spending with the $2 off $10 coupon

Steals

• 
  Covergirl Outlast Lipcolor is buy one get one free at $9.99. Use the BOGO lipcolor coupon from this Sunday's paper and they're both free! (you must buy other stuff with this to use the $2 off $10!)
• Covergirl Wetslicks is $5.99 and free after ECB. There is a $1 off any Covergirl coupon from the paper making this a $1 profit.
• Dawn Hand Renewel is .99 this week. There was a $1 coupon in this Sunday's paper.
• Kiss Nail Glue, I know, do we really need this??? But if you buy two at $1.99 each, you get $5 back, which is a $1.01 profit (I've already done this deal, it works)
• Colgate is $2.99 with $2 ECB. You can use the $1 off Colgate from the paper a few weeks ago or the $1.50 out of the All You magazine (available at Wal-Mart) for a .01 or .51 profit.
• Goody's is $1.49 and free after ECB
• Diabetes Monitor $9.99 and free after ECB, know anyone that needs one?
• Flav-o-Ice is normally $14.99 but has been on clearance for 75% off at some stores. It turns out there is still a $5 ECB printing on it from a sale in May! So if you find it you'll profit about $1.25
• Arnicare (I think it's like IcyHot) is a monthly deal and it is $8.99 with an $8 ECB. Use this $2 coupon to make a $1.01 profit.

Deals

• Purex 32 load, 50 oz is on sale this week for $2.99. A $1 ECB is printing on it! There was also a .50 coupon from the paper. Detergent for $1.49!
• Charmin & Bounty are on sale for $6.49. This isn't a such a great deal, but what else are you going to do with all that profit.

If you bought EVERYTHING listed (that's a lot of trips (but I'll do it)) and one of the $6.49 items, your total cost after ECB would be $3.20. HOWEVER that does NOT include the $2 off $10 coupons. So you'll make a major profit if you split all your trips!

Last week's drug store tally

CVS Loot:
2 12 pack Mtn Dew $6
2 12 pack Pepsi $6
5 Gatorade (2 not pictured) $5
2 ZipFizz Energy drink $11.98
1 Ecanacia (Jeremy wanted) $6.99
1 Swiffer wetjet refill (Betsy needed) $4.39
2 Stayfree $9
1 Kotex $1.49
2 hand sanitizer $2.38
1 Malt 0 Meal cereal $1
1 CVS cough drops .50

Original cost: $54.73
Coupons used: $21
ECBs used: $30.06
ECBs received: $23.47
Out of pocket: $4.67 rolling those ECBs!
So after ECBs and coupons I paid: $11.26 Savings of 79%!















Walgreens Loot:
2 John Frieda $9.73
5 Garnier Fructis shampoo/conditioner $19.95
1 Garnier Fructis hair gel $3.99
1 Chemistry Shampoo $7.99 (this better be good stuff!)
1 Nivea body wash $4.99
L'Oreal wrinkle serum $12.36

Original cost: $59.01
Manufacturer Coupons used: $6
Walgreens Coupons used: $17
Register Rewards Received: $9
Rebates received (at the end of the month): $38.87 (with 10% gift card bonus)
Profit: $8.86