Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of 2/21/10

For the new Walgreens shopper, rolling Register Rewards can seem confusing and intimidating, but if you take the plunge and become a Walgreens shopper, you can bring home a ton of merchandise for very little money.

This week, stop after the third transaction and take home $4.00 in Register Rewards to use next week. For couponer fun, go on to the fourth transaction - nothing better than a bag of goodies for free.

Take a look at this week's deals for where to find the coupons.

Transaction #1
purchase (1) Excedrin Menstrual Complete Express Gels, 20 ct. $2.50
use (1) Excedrin coupon -$2.00
= $0.50 + tax out of pocket and receive $2.00 Novartis Register Reward

Transaction #2
purchase (1) Goody Ouchless Elastics, 27 pack, $2.99
use Novartis Register Reward -$2.00
= $0.99 + tax our of pocket and receive $2.00 Newell Register Reward

Transaction #3
purchase (1) Gillette Fusion MVP Razor $8.99
purchase (1) seed packets $0.99 (filler need to use Register Reward)
use (1) Gillette coupon -$4.00
use in-ad coupon for seeds -$0.79
use Newell Register Reward -$2.00
= $3.19 + tax out of pocket and receive $4.00 P&G Register Reward

Transaction #4
purchase (3) Hunt's Tomato Sauce, 8 oz., $2.97
purchase (1) Mentos Gum $0.99
purchase (1) Softsoap $2.99
purchase (2) Ghirardelli Chocolate Bars $3.00
purchase (1) Excedrin Menstrual Complete Express Gels, 20 ct. $2.50
purchase (1) Royal Pudding $0.69
use (1) Hunts' coupon -$1.00
use (1) Mentos' coupon -$0.55
use (1) Softsoap coupon -0.35
use (1) Excedrin coupon -$2.00
use in-ad coupon for Hunt's -$1.80
use in-ad coupon for Softsoap -$2.00
use in-ad coupon for Royal pudding -$0.44
use February Coupon book coupon for Ghirardelli -$1.00
use P&G Register Reward -$4.00
= $0.00 out of pocket and receive $2.00 Novartis Register Reward

Items Purchased
2 boxes of pain relief
1 package of hair elastics
1 razor
1 packets of seeds
1 package of gum
1 bottle of hand soap
1 box of pudding
2 chocolate bars

Total retail price before sales: $43.47
Total Out of Pocket: $4.68 + tax for 89% savings
And $2 Register Reward to use next week.