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Shopping Totals…

Posted by Meg | Filed under My Shopping Trips, Weekly Totals

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I had not planned to do much shopping this past week, but I ended up deciding to go ahead with my Once A Month cooking since we have plans coming up and this week was about the only time I had to cook. So, I headed out to shop for the items needed to round off my shopping list from our cabinets.

I spent around $50 this week between WalMart, Kroger, and my Walgreens trip. It was weird to shop at WalMart and not use a single coupon! At WalMart I mainly purchased tomato sauce, spaghetti mix, lasagna noodles, milk, and cream soups. I stopped by Kroger to pick up some eggs and decided to try my BOGO Right Guard coupons since they had Right Guard on sale for $1 each. The BOGO Coupons took off $2.39 making both deodorants free plus overage!

How did you do on your budget this week?

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Free eBook: 27 Terrific After School Snacks

Posted by Meg | Filed under Freebies

Looking for quick and easy snack recipes? If so, download this free ebook filled with 27 Terrific After School Snack Ideas!

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This weeks Walgreens Trip…

Posted by Meg | Filed under My Shopping Trips, Walgreen Trips

I haven’t shopped at Walgreens much in the past two weeks since I had a problems with the manager not accepting my coupons. But, this weeks sales were just too good to pass up. I started out my trip with zero register rewards and left with five in my pocket.

Transaction 1

2 – SoftSoap Body Washes @ 3.50 = 7.00 Receive 5 RR wyb 2

-2 – $1/1 MQs found in local newspaper

= FREE after coupons and RR

4 – Trident Gum @ 1.00 ea = 4.00

used 2 – $1/2 Printables

-$2 from Wags September Coupon Booklet

= 4 for FREE!!

4 – Dry Idea Deodorant @ 3.99 ea = 15.96

-7.98 Walgreens Buy One Get One Free Sale

-7.98 Buy One Get One Free MQs

= 4 for FREE!!

Transaction 2

1 – Carmex = 2.00 Receive 2 RR

= FREE after RR!

1 – Colgate Total Toothpaste – 2.99 Receive 2 RR

used 1 – $0.75/1 MQ

= $0.24 after Coupon and RR

1 – Oreo Brownie = 0.79

Total $5.03

Paid with 5 RR + 0.59 OOP

Received 4 RR ~ 2 Carmex, 2 Colgate

Cost $$1.59

Transaction 3

1 – Soft Soap Body Wash = 3.50

Used 1 – $1/1 MQ

= FREE after Coupon and RR

1 – Irish Spring Body Wash – 3.50 Receive 5 RR wyb any 2 Soft Soap or Irish Spring body wash

Used 1 – $1/1 MQ

= FREE after Coupon and RR

2 – Packages of planting seeds @ 0.16 ea = 0.32

Total $5.32

Paid with 4 RR + 2.03 OOP

Received 5 RR Soft Soap/Irish Spring Body wash

Cost $1.03

While shopping I noticed that Walgreens has Dry Idea Deodorant on Mega Saver BOGO Free until the end of September. Well, I still had a few BOGO Coupons left from a few weeks ago when I was unable to use them. When I got up to the cosmetic check out counter {and my favorite cashier} I told her all about what happened a few weeks ago and told her about Walgreens New Corporate Coupon Policy {which she had yet to even hear of…a week after it was posted on Walgreens site!}, and that it was fine if she wanted to call the manager.

I whipped out the coupon policy that I print out and waited for the manager. She came over and my cashier explained what I was wanting to do with my coupons, the manager huffed and said that it was against Walgreens Corporate Policy, but I showed her the policy I printed online and her entire demeanor changed. She took the policy and was back in less than five minutes apologizing and telling me it was perfectly fine for me to use my coupons.

I have to admit, I felt rather avenged holding that policy in my hands and showing her proof that I could use a BOGO Coupon with their BOGO Sale. She would not have left me use those coupons had I not had the policy with me…so make sure to print Walgreens Corporate Coupon Policy out and carry it with you when you shop. You never know when you’ll need it! :)

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$8 in Colgate Coupons

Posted by Meg | Filed under Coupons, Freebies

There are $8 worth of Colgate Coupons available to print. You will need to sign up for their SmileTalk newsletter in order to print the coupons. These were available last week and went quickly so if you are wanting to print them I would suggest you do so now. Hold onto these coupons for a good sale!

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Free Quest Protein Bars

Posted by Meg | Filed under Freebies

Scroll down to the bottom of this page and snag 2 Free Quest Protein Bars!

I had to skip through 2 ad pages, but it took all of 5 seconds.

{Thanks, Crystal!}

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Organize In Style Coupon Booklet

Posted by Meg | Filed under Coupons, Freebies

You can request yet another Organize in Style Coupon Booklet. These booklets are filled with coupons for Febreeze, Dawn, Swiffer, and more! I just received one of these in the mail today. :)

{Thanks, Shannon!}

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