Now those that know me well, know that I love saving money. Some might even say I'm cheap...okay, I'm definitely cheap. So lately I've been following this blog at www.moneysavingmom.com. It goes through ways to use coupons go get items free or nearly free as well as posting links to printable coupons and freebies. They are always talking about the great deals you can get at Walgreens, but I had never really tried it out. Today I stepped up to the plate and it was FANTASTIC. Good deals just make me happy. So here's what I did:
1) Reach toothbrushes: I got two marked $1.50 each. There was an in-flyer coupon to make them $0.99, so that subtracted off $1.02. I also have a Cat discount card for Walgreens which takes 15% off everything, so it took 15% off the original price subtracting $0.30. Then, I had a $2 off 2 coupon for Reach toothbrushes, leaving the grand total at $-0.32...meaning they paid me to take those toothbrushes off their hands :)
2) Dove deodorant: I'm hooked on the fancy Dove clinical deodorant which unfortunately is like $7 normally, even at walmart. So there was a deal that if you spent $15 on Dove products you got $5 in "walgreens bucks" for your next purchase. They had my deodorant on sale for $5.99, which was pretty good to begin with, and then I used my Cat card which brought them down to $5.09 a piece, and then I had three coupons - two for $2 off and one for $1.50 that I had printed online. So I got all three for $9.77 and got $5 in Walgreens bucks, so it was like getting all three for $4.77...and I had the $0.32 overage from the toothbrushes, so really only $4.45.
3) I decided to go ahead and spend my $5 while I was there, so I got two bags of Lays potato chips that were onsale for $1.99 ($1.69 after Cat discount) and a Hallmark card, and since I had my $5 to pay with, all that only cost me $0.52.
So I spent like $11.33 out of pocket, for things that normally would have cost me at least $30 at Walmart...and all things that I would have been buying (eventually) anyways. So that was my fun for the afternoon. Obviously I don't need to buy three deodorants every week, but it was such a deal I just couldn't resist. I may have to look into more Walgreens stops in the future...at least when I can match up good sales and good coupons.
Great Job!
ReplyDelete