Walgreens deals for the week of 10/18

If you are new to shopping at Walgreens or in need of cold meds, this is a GREAT week to get started! Be sure to check out my scenarios for newbies at the bottom – spend about $5 out of pocket for $90+ in merchandise and you still have an $8 RR left to spend!

Here are a few of the “hot” deals at Walgreens this week: (this is not ALL of the deals that are available this week)

RR deals: (from the weekly ad)

Buy 3 or more of the following, get an $8 RR; buy 2, get a $4 RR: Theraflu – $4.99, Triaminic – $4.99
$2/1 Theraflu printable here
$2/1 Theraflu – 10-18 SS
$1.50/1 Triaminic printable
here
$3/2 Triaminic – 10-18 SS
$2/1 Theraflu Walgreens store coupon – Healthy Savings coupon book (look for these in the pharmacy area)
$2/1 Triaminic Walgreens store coupon – Healthy Savings coupon book

SCENARIO #1:
Buy 3 Theraflu – $4.99/each

Use 2 $2/1 Theraflu printables and a $2/1 manufacturer’s coupon (from tomorrow’s paper)
Use $2 Walgreens Healthy Savings coupon (you can just show them your coupon, you do not have to tear it out and give it to them!)

Spend $2.97 OOP, get an $8 RR

SCENARIO #2:
Buy 3 Triaminic – $4.99/each

Use 1 $1.50/1 Triaminic printable and a $3/2 manufacturer’s coupon
use $2 Walgreens Healthy Savings coupon

Spend $4.47 OOP, get an $8 RR

(**This week is a great week to stock up on cold meds!)

Gillette Fusion MVP manual or Power razor (MUST say MVP on the package) – $8.99, get a $6 RR(this is a monthly deal valid through 10/24)
$4/1 Gillette Fusion razor – 9-27 PG insert

Glade candles (4 oz, mini candle 2 oz, scented oil candles warmer, holder, tin or 4 pk refills, PlugIns scented oil warmer, refill, or 3 pack, scented gel refills) – 2/$5, get a $1 RR
Buy any Glade scented oil candle holder, get a refill free printable here (also look for blinkie coupons near the candle displays in your local stores)
BOGO free scented gel warmer printable here

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Glade scented oil tin – $2.50
Buy 1 Glade scented oil 4 pk refills – $2.50

Use Buy holder, get free refills coupon

Spend $2.50, get a $1 RR

M&Ms – 2/$5, get a $1 RR
$1/2 M&Ms 9-13 RP

Pantene, Herbal Essences, Head & Shoulders (family size) – $5.99, get a $2 RR
$1/1 Pantene Restoratives – 9-13 SS
$1/2 Pantene – 10-11 PG
BOGO free Herbal Essence shampoo, conditioner, styler – 10-11 PG
$1/1 Herbal Essence – 9-13 RP

Buy 2 Herbal Essence shampoo and 1 Herbal Essence Styler

Use BOGO coupon

Spend $5.99 OOP, get a $2 RR

Pert Plus Shampoo – 2/$5, get a $2 RR
$1/1 printable here

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Pert Plus – 2/$5

use 2 $1 printable coupons

Spend $3 OOP, get a $2 RR

Zantac 75 or 150 (24 or 30 ct) – $8.99, get a $8.99 RR – FREE after RR!
$5/1 printable here

Buy Zantac – $8.99

use $5 coupon

Spend $3.99 OOP, get a $8.99 RR

RR deals: (monthly through 10/31 unless otherwise noted)
*Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99, get a $3 RR

*Crest Baking Soda & Peroxide whitening (6.4 oz) – 2/$4, get a $2 RR
$1/1 Crest Premium Paste – 9/27 PG insert
$1/1 Crest toothpaste – P&G Year of Savings booklet

*Emergen-C Immune or Alert 2 shot booster – $3.49, get a $3.50 RR

*Garnier Styling products – $3.99, get a $2 RR
.75/1 Garnier from 9-13 SS insert

*Gillette Fusion MVP Manual or Power razor system – $8.99, get a $6 RR (through 10/24)
$4/1 Gillette Fusion from 9-27 PG insert
$2/1 Gillette Fusion from P&G Year of Savings booklet

*Halls Refreshe cough drops (20 ct) – $1, get a $1 RR
.75/1 Halls Refreshe hard candy – 9-27 SS
.50/1 Halls Refreshe – October 2009 All You Magazine

*Johnsons trial-sized baby power – $1.19, get a $1 RR

*Robitussin to Go (2 ct) – $2.49, get a $2.50 RR – when I bought these, a catalina for $1/1 spit out at the register

*Trident Xtra Care or Layers Gum – 2/$2, get a $1 RR
BOGO Trident Layers – 18-18 SS

*Vaseline Sheer Infusion Body lotion (6.8 oz) – $6.99, get a $7 RR

“Filler” items:
Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna – $.55/each (limit 3)
Halloween activity pad, coloring book, or trick or treat bag – $.39 w/ in ad coupon
Halloween pencils – 8/$1 (you do not need to buy 8) w/ in ad coupon
Hershey’s candy – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
Kraft Macaroni & cheese – $.69 w/ in ad coupon
Morton Salt or Deerfield Farms Baking Soda – 2/$1 (w/ in ad coupon)
Russell Stover Halloween candy – $.39
Scotch mailers – 3/$1 (w/ in ad coupon…you do not need to buy 3)
Tuf single roll paper towels or W Aluminum foil – $.59 w/ in ad coupon
Walgreens Heavy Duty batteries (6 pk) – $.99 w/ in ad coupon
Yardley bar soap – $.69 w/ in ad coupon

BOGO free deals:
Lysol toilet bowl cleaner – (PSA $2.79)
Purex 2X laundry detergent or 3 in 1 laundry sheets (PSA $8.99)

Other deals:
Quilted Northern toilet paper – $3.99 ($1/1 printable on coupons.com)
Sure deodorant – 2/$3 w/ in ad coupon – .50 after in ad coupon and manufacturer’s coupon!
$1/1 Sure – 10-18 SS

Here are some scenarios if you are “new” to Walgreens and starting out with no RR: (this is basically what I will be doing since I am starting out again this week) $5.06 OOP for $90.55 of merchandise

Transaction #1:
Buy 3 Theraflu – $4.99/each

Use 1 $2 manufacturer’s coupon and 2 $2 printables
Use $2 Walgreens coupon

Spend $2.97 OOP, get an $8 RR

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Zantac – $8.99
Buy 1 Glade scented oil candle tin – $2.50
Buy 1 Glade scented oil refill – $2.50
Buy 2 Trident packs – $1/each
Buy 1 Halls Refreshe – $1/each

Use $5 Zantac printable
Use BOGO Glade coupon
Use BOGO Trident coupon (from 10-18 inserts)
Use $8 RR

Spend $.49 OOP, get a $8.99 RR (Zantac), $1 RR (Glade), $1 RR (Trident), $1 RR (Halls)

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion – $6.99
Buy 3 Triaminic – $4.99/each
Buy 3 Scotch mailers – 3/$1 w/ in ad coupon

Use 3 Triaminic $1.50/1 coupons
Use $2 Triaminic Walgreens coupon
Use $8.99 RR
Use 3 $1 RR

Spend $.47, earn $7 Vaseline RR, $8 Triaminic RR

Transaction #4:
Buy 1 Gillette MVP razor – $8.99
Buy 1 Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99
Buy 3 Halloween coloring books – $.39 w/ in ad coupon

Use $4 Gillette coupon
Use $8 Triaminic RR
Use $1 Discover card holders coupon

Spend $.15, earn a $6 RR (razor), $3 RR (Chapstick) (Still have $7 Vaseline RR on hand)

Transaction #5:
Buy 3 Excedrin Migraine – $6.99/each
Buy 3 Halloween coloring books – $.39 w/ in ad coupon
Buy 1 Scotch mailer – $.34 w/ in ad coupon

Use 3 $1.50/1 coupons (from 10-18 inserts)
Use $6 Gillette RR
use $3 Chapstick RR
Use $7 Vaseline RR
Use $1 Discover card coupon

Spend $.98 OOP, get a $8 RR

Scenarios for “rolling” your RR from last week’s deals:

If you have the $5 Quaker RR:

Buy 3 Theraflu – $4.99/each
Buy 1 Zantac – $8.99/each
Buy 1 Halloween pencil – .13

Use 3 $2 Theraflu coupons
use $2 Walgreens Theraflu coupon
Use 1 $5 Zantac coupon
use $5 RR

Spend $2.09 OOP, earn a $8 RR (Theraflu) and an $8.99 RR (Zantac)

*follow scenarios above for further “rolling” ideas

If you have the $4 Huggies RR:
Buy 3 Theraflu – $4.99/each
Buy 2 Trident – $1/each
Buy 1 Halloween coupon book – .39 w/ in ad coupon

Use 3 $2 Theraflu coupons
Use $2 Walgreens Theraflu coupon
Use BOGO Trident coupon
Use $4 RR

Spend .36 OOP, get an $8 RR (Theraflu) and a $1 RR (Trident)

*follow the scenarios above for further “rolling” ideas

Some helpful tips:
*At Walgreens, you cannot do a promotion more than once in a transaction and earn Register Rewards. So, if you buy more than 1 Halls cough drops this week, you will not earn more than 1 RR. You will only get $1.

*You also cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion on the same promotion and earn Register Rewards again. For example, if you buy Halls cough drops, get a $1 RR and use it to buy another Halls cough drops, another RR will not print.

*Typically, you cannot use the Register Rewards earned from a promotion with the same manufacturer and earn Register Rewards again. For example, you cannot buy a Vaseline lotion and use the RR from the promotion to buy another Vaseline lotion because your RR will not print.

Here is information on the manufacturers for this week’s RR (thanks HCW!):
Vaseline = Unilever
Emergen C = Alacer
Chapstick = Wyeth
Fusion Razor = P & G
Robitussin = Wyeth

My add-ons:
Theraflu/Triaminic/Excedrin – Novartis
Zantac = GSK

*Register Rewards are considered to be “manufacturer’s coupons” and you can only use one manufacturer’s coupon per item. You will have to add “filler” items. The in ad coupons often have good, inexpensive filler items. (this week, my favorite fillers are the Halloween pencils, Halloween coloring books, and Scotch mailers)

*If you are buying items that would result in a “free” item or “overage” when combining a store coupon and a manufacturer’s coupon, give the manufacturer’s coupon FIRST, and the store coupons LAST to avoid beeping/issues at the register! Make sure that you are purchasing enough items in your total transaction to “cover” the overage. You will not get cash back and you will have to add items to cover the overage or they will not take the coupon.

*If your Register Reward doesn’t print for some reason and you have fulfilled all of the obligations for the “deal” (including not using RR from the same parent company to pay) DO NOT let them tell you it is because you used coupons! Chances are they didn’t print because the catalina machine is not working. You have two choices: you can return your items and try again or you can contact the catalina company by doing the following:
*The store will give you a form to fill out and mail in to catalina
*Call 1-888-8coupon, option 3
*Use the online form to contact them: Contact Catalina Marketing (when I have tried contacting them this way, my results have not been very good….your best bet is to call)

Thrifty Thursday: Sunday coupon preview and coupons to print for upcoming deals!

Click on the banner above to access the coupon preview and see what coupons are coming in this Sunday’s paper. There will be a Smartsource and a Red Plum insert. Among other things, there will be coupons for Trident, Theraflu, and Triaminic that will match up well with Walgreens deals next week. There will also be a .50/1 Bird’s Eye coupon, which means veggies for .25 at Kroger (if your store doubles coupons)

For CVS next week:

Dimetapp – $2/1 printable here

Robitussin – $2/1 printable here

For Walgreens next week: I didn’t post any Walgreens deals this week. They have some decent deals, but I was so discouraged because all of my RR were in my purse when it was stolen and so the deals weren’t quite as good if you were starting from “scratch” – I am hoping to rebuild my RR with deals that are coming up next week.

Theraflu – $2/1 printable here (click on the link on the left hand side) – if you missed the last Theraflu deal, they will be on sale next week for $4.99. Buy 3, and get an $8 RR. **Try to get your hands on a Healthy Living book with the $2 Walgreens coupon, too, if you can. Check in the pharmacy area**

Triaminic – $1.50/1 printable here (click on the link in the lower left hand corner to print) – these will also be part of a RR earning deal next week.

Zantac – $5/1 printable here – These will be free after RR next week (and a moneymaker if you are “rolling” RR into the deal!

Other “hot” printables:

*Join Kraft First Taste and get a $2/1 Wheat Thins printable

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PSA to all my readers

This morning started out like any other Saturday morning. I ran to Walgreens to “roll” some RR and decided to stop off at Kroger to pick up a few things on my way home. While I was unloading my groceries, a car pulled up behind me, someone jumped out, pinned me against my vehicle, and stole my purse. While this was all happening, I had no concept of time, but the officers that responded said it probably happened in a minute or so. This was in a busy parking lot in broad daylight (around 9 a.m.). The offiers told me that people are becoming more and more desperate and willing to take greater risks as a result. They said this is becoming more common.

I know that you probably get those e-mails all of the time just like I do about safety in parking lots. I read through them, but I guess I just never thought that it could happen to me and certainly not during the day in a busy parking lot. So, my PSA (“public service announcement”) today is to travel in pairs or be SUPER careful when you are out doing your bargain shopping!

Here are a few articles about parking lot safety that may also be worth checking out:

*Parking Lot Predators

*How to Stay Safe in Parking Lots

*Safety Tips for women

After today’s events, I will probably be taking a break from shopping for awhile…