Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of 1/23/11

The most cost effective way to shop at Walgreens is to roll your Register Rewards from week to week. 

If you are following my Walgreens $5 Scenarios, you have  $5 P&G and a $3 Tom's Register Reward to spend on this week's shopping.

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

Transaction #1
purchase:
(1) Colgate Pro Clinical Toothpaste $3.49
(1) Nivea for Men Artic Freeze Shave Gel or After Shave $2.99
(3) Kleenex @ $0.89 each = $2.67
(1) Big Roll Bath Tissue $0.39 (needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(1) Colgate coupon (1/02/11 SS) - $0.50
(1) Kleenex coupon (12/05/10 SS or 1/02/11 SS) -$0.50
P&G Register Reward from last week - $5.00
Tom's Register Reward from last week - $3.00
= $0.54 + tax out of pocket and get a $2.50 Colgate-Palmolive and $2 Beiersdorf RR

Transaction #2
purchase:
(1) Pedia Care Cold Relief $5.99
(2) Stayfree Maxi Pads (14-24 ct) @ $1.99 each = $3.98
(2) Big Roll Bath Tissue @ $0.39 each = $0.78 (needed as filler to use RR)
use:
(1) Pedia Care coupon (12/05/10 SS, 1/23/11 SS or HERE) -$1.00
(1) B1G1 Stayfree coupon (1/09/11 RP) - $1.99
(1) $1 off Stayfree coupon (11/07/RP, or HERE or HERE) - $1.00
Colgate-Palmolive Register Reward from previous transaction -$2.50
Beiersdorf Register Reward from previous transaction -$2.00
= $2.26 + tax out of pocket and get a $4 Prestige RR

Transaction #3
purchase:
(1) Gold Bond Body Wash $4.99
(1) Big Roll Bath Tissue $0.39 (needed as filler to use RR
use:
(1) Gold Bond coupon HERE -$1.00
Prestige Register Reward from previous transaction -$4.00
= $0.38 + tax out of pocket and get a $3 Chattem RR

Item Purchased
(1) Colgate Pro Clinical Toothpaste
(1) Nivea for Men Shave Gel or After Shave
(1) Pedia Care Cold Relief
(1) Gold Bond Body Wash
(2) Stayfree Maxi Pads
(3) boxes of Kleenex
(5) (4) Big Rolls Bath Tissue

Retail price before sales & coupons: $42.49
Total out of pocket: $3.18 for a 93% savings
And a $3 Register Reward to start next week's shopping

If you didn't start with the $8 in Register Rewards , you will have only spent $11.18  for this scenario -  a 74% savings.