You know that you're kind of getting old when your birthday excitement includes going to walgreens to snag some good deals. Here's what I got today...
5 Pack Expo Dry Erase Markers (in some fun colors): $5.99 - Cat discount - $3 Walgreens coupon - $1 printed coupon = $1.09
Two 2 packs of Pilot G2 pens (my favorite pens) $2.38 - Cat discount - $2 Walgreens coupons - $1 printed coupon = negative $0.98 (free money for me!)
Colgate toothpaste = $3.50 - Cat discount - $0.75 printed coupon - $3.50 register reward (essentially a rebate that prints that you can use later) = negative $1.28 (free money for me!)
Since they won't actually pay you to shop at walgreens and you have to have as many items when you check out as you have coupons I also picked up some shampoo, conditioner, and two 5 packs of Bic highlighters to get me into the positive. All in all I paid $2.46 out of pocket ($1.01 of which was sales tax) and got myself some fun school supplies, and I figure I can donate the extra highlighters when they're collecting stuff at church. I think I need to start taking a calculator with me when I go, though, because both times at the register I had to run to grab something more to cover my coupons or make my total positive...bad math on my part...
