Walgreens $5 Scenario - Week of 6/21/09

I pick up a lot of merchandise at Walgreens without spending very much money. The trick is to roll Register Rewards. It seemed confusing at first, but once I got the gist of rolling, it become a game to see how much I could bring home for less than $5.

Here is a scenario to get you started with the Walgreens' game. Take a look at this week's Walgreens coupon match-ups for details on where to find the coupons.

:: Starting with no Register Rewards ::

Transaction #1
Purchase Aquafresh $3 - use $1 coupon
Purchase (2) Johnson's Baby Powder $2 - use (2) $1 coupons
= $2 out of pocket + receive $3 & $1 Register Reward

Transaction #2
Repeat transaction #1

Transaction #3
Purchase (3) Kotex Maxi Pads $8.98 - use $1 and $2 coupon
Purchase Royal instant pudding .25 - use in-ad coupon for pudding
Use (2) $3 Register Rewards from Aquafresh
= .23 out of pocket + receive $3 Register Reward

Transaction #4
Purchase (2) Ban Deodorant $3 - use (2) .40 coupons
Purchase (2) Big Roll Bath Tissue $1 - use in-ad coupon
Use $3 Register Reward from Kotex
=.20 out of pocket + receive $1 Register Reward

Transaction #5
Purchase (4) Big Roll Bath Tissue $2 - use in-ad coupon
Purchase (4) Royal Instant Pudding $1 - use in-ad coupon
Use (2) $1 Register Rewards from Johnson's Baby Powder & $1 Register Reward from Ban
= $0 out of pocket

Total Purchase
2 tubes of Aquafresh Toothpaste
4 small bottles of Johnson's Baby Powder
3 packages of Kotex Maxi Pads
2 tubes of Ban Deodorant
5 boxes of Royal Instant Pudding
6 rolls of Big Roll Bath Tissue

Price of merchandise before sales and coupons: $37.88
Total out of pocket: $4.42 or 88% savings