Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of 12/26/10

The most cost effective way to shop at Walgreens is to roll your Register Rewards from week to week.  Some weeks there are a ton of Register Reward deals, other weeks not so many.  Either way, you can save a ton of money at Walgreens

Check out all of this week's Walgreens deals HERE.

Transaction #1
purchase:
(2) Pantene Hair Care Product $7.00 (one of them must be shampoo)
use:
(1) Free Pantene product wyb Pantene shampoo coupon (11/28/10 P&G) -$3.50
= $3.50 + tax out of pocket and get a $2 P&G RR

Transaction #2
purchase:
(1) Colgate MaxFresh or MaxWhite Toothbrush $2.99
(1) Small Christmas Clearance item $0.25 or less (anything more than $0.01 will work)
use:
Walgreens coupon in Everything Bright & Beautiful Gift Guide for Colgate Toothbrush -$1.00
P&G Register Reward from previous transaction -$2.00
= 0.24 + tax out of pocket and get a $2 Colgate-Palmolive RR

Transaction #3
purchase:
(1) Aussie or Herbal Essence Hair Care Product $2.99
(1) Aussie or Herbal Essence Styler $2.99
(1) Small Christmas Clearance item $0.25 (needed to use RR - anything more than $0.01 will work)
use:
(1) $1 coupon for Aussie or Herbal Essence (11/28/10 P&G) -$1.00
(1) Free Styler wyb Aussie or Herbal Essence product (12/26/10 P&G) -$2.99
Colgate-Palmolive Register Reward from previous transaction -$2.00
= $0.24 + tax out of pocket and get a $1 P&G RR

Transaction #4
purchase:
(1) Colgate MaxFresh or MaxWhite Toothbrush - $2.99
use:
Walgreens coupon in Everything Bright & Beautiful Gift Guide for Colgate Toothbrush -$1.00
P&G Register Reward from previous transaction -$1.00
= $0.99 + tax out of pocket and get a $2 Colgate-Palmolive RR

Items Purchased
(2) Pantene Hair Care Products
(2) Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care Product
(2) Colgate FreshMax or FreshWhite Toothbrushes
(2) Clearance Christmas Items

Retail price before sales & coupons: $25.54
Total out of pocket: $4.97 + tax for an 81% savings
And $2 Register Reward to start next weeks shopping with.