There are a couple of monthly deals that are worth checking out: (These are all freebies or moneymakers after RR)

Almay makeup:

Buy 1 or more Pure Blends eye shadow, mascara, or lip gloss, get a $5 RR

The One Coat mascara is $6.99 and is BOGO 50% off this week.

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Almay One Coat mascaras – $6.99 and $3.49 (these are still ringing up BOGO free in my area)

Use $4 Walgreens coupon in the November coupon book (should be located near the front of the store where the ads are kept) – this will take $8 off (the coupon reportedly does not work on bonus packs with eye makeup remover pads)

Spend $2.48 OOP

Almay Pure Blends Foundation is $9.99, get a $10 RR

Lubriderm is also a monthly deal – buy 6 oz Lubriderm (priced at $3.79-$4.29), get a $2 RR when you buy 2 or an $8 RR when you buy 3

There is a $2/1 Lubriderm coupon in the 10-11 RP
There is a $2/1 printable here
There is a $1 Lubriderm coupon in the Diabetes & You booklet

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Lubriderm – $3.79/each

Use 3 $2 printables
Use $1 Diabetes & You coupon book coupon (should take off $3)

Spend $2.37 OOP, get an $8 RR

Dulcolax is a monthly deal – Spend $7, get a $4 RR

There is a $2 printable coupon here and some bottles also have $3 hang tags
There is a $5 MIR here

SCENARIO:
Buy Dulcolax – $7

Use $3 hang tag coupon

Spend $4 OOP, get a $4 RR (send in for the MIR and it’s a $1 moneymaker!)

Robitussin To Go is $2.49, get a $2.50 RR!

You can find the rest of my Walgreens deals and scenarios for the week here.

RR DEALS:

This is not a “hot” week at Walgreens, but there are still some options for “newbies” to earn RR without spending much out of pocket and for those who have RR to “roll” them (you will lose some when you roll them, though).

*Buy Alka-Seltzer Plus – 2/$10, get a $3 RR
$1/1 Alka Seltzer printable here
$1/1 Alka Seltzer Plus – Walgreens Healthy Savings coupon book

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Alka Seltzer (must get Day/Night variety to use the printable coupons) – 2/$10

use 2 $1/1 printables
use Walgreens Healthy Savings book coupon (will deduct $2)

Spend $6, get a $3 RR

*Buy Aussie, Herbal Essences, or Pantene – 2/$7, get a $2 RR
$1/1 Aussie product – 10-11 PG insert
Buy Herbal Essence shampoo or conditioner, get a free styler – 10-11 PG insert
$1/2 Pantene products – 10-11 PG insert

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Herbal Essence Shampoo
Buy 1 Herbal Essence styler

Use Free styler WYB shampoo/conditioner coupon

Spend $3.50 OOP, get a $2 RR

*Buy Blistex – $2.49, get a $1.50 RR

*Buy Claritin Allergy relief (40 ct Liqui-gels or 45 ct tablets) – $24.99, get a $5 RR
$2/1 printable on claritin.com

*Buy Dial foaming hand or yogurt soap or 3 pack bar soap – $1.99, get a $1 RR
.35/1 Dial Multibar Pack, Foaming Hand Wash or Liquid Hand Soap

*Buy Gillette or Old Spice Body Wash (12 or 18 oz), Tag or Old Spice Body Spray (3.5-4 oz), Old Spice/Secret/Gillette Antiperspirant/deodorant – 2/$8, get a $2 RR
$2/2 Gillette deodorant – 9-27 PG insert
Free Gillette body wash when you buy Gillette deodorant – 11-1 PG insert
$1/1 Gillette deodorant – 11-1 PG insert
$1/2 Old Spice antiperspirant/deodorant – 9-27 PG insert
$2/2 Secret Flawless, Fresh Effects, Scent Exprssions, or Smooth Effects – 9-27 PG insert

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Gillette deodorant
Buy 1 Gillette body wash

Use free body wash WYB deodorant coupon
Use $1/1 Gillette deodorant coupon

Spend $4 OOP, get a $2 RR

*Buy Gillette Fusion or Venus razor system – $8.99, get a $3 RR
$2/1 Gillette Fusion razor – PG Year of Savings booklet

*Buy Glade products – $3.99, get a $1 RR (includes 2 pk PlugIns scented oil refill and 4.5 oz soy candle)
$1/1 Glade Fragrance Collection 2 oz soy based candle or 4.9 oz soy candle – 10-4 SS
$1/2 Glade Plug-Ins scented oil refills printable here
$2/1 Glade Reed diffuser, 3 wick soy-based candle, 4.9 oz soy candle, 2 2 oz soy based candles printable here

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Glade scented oil candle – $3.99

use $2/1 printable

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $1 RR

*Buy Head & Shoulders Shampoo or conditioner – 2/$8, get a $1 RR

*M&Ms – 2/$5, get a $1 RR

*Mars or Dove Minis/Holiday candy – 2/$6, get a $1 RR

*Buy Mucinex (14 or 20 ct) – 2/$20, get a $5 RR
$1/1 Mucinex – 10-11 SS insert

*Buy Nivea skin care – $6.99, get a $1 RR

*Buy Omron automatic blood pressure monitor – $44.99 or $74.99, get a $5 RR

*Buy Olay (23.6 oz) body wash or Natural Instincts hair color – 2/$12, get a $2 RR
$1/2 Olay Bodywashes, Bar Packs or In-Shower Body Lotions – 10-11 PG insert
$2/1 Natural Instincts – 10-11 PG insert

*Buy Oral B Advantage Plus toothbrushes (4 pk) – $5.49, get a $1.50 RR
$1/1 Oral-B Pulsar, CrossAction, Advantage or any 2 Indicator Toothbrushes – 10-11 PG insert

*Buy Pampers Cruisers – 2/$20, get a $2 RR
$2/1 Pampers jumbo packs – PG Year of Savings Booklet

*Spend $10 on P&G participating products, get a $2.50 RR: Bounce/Downy/Tide Stain Release – $3.99/each, Febreze Flameless Luminary Starter Kit – $12.99, Febreze Air Effects – 2/$5
$1/1 Bounce dryer bar – 10-11 PG insert
.25/1 Bounce dryer sheets – 10-11 PG insert
$1/1 Bounce – PG Year of Savings booklet
$1/1 Downy – PG Year of Savings booklet
.50/1 Downy – 10-11 PG insert

*Buy Schick Quattro cartridges (8 pk) – $16.99, get a $3 RR
$2/1 Schick Quattro Titanium razor or refill – 10-4 SS

*Buy Sambucol or Sinus Buster – $9.99, get a $5 RR

*Buy Vicks products – 2/$9, get a $3 RR: 12 or 12 ct DayQuil or NyQuil or liquid, VapoRub
$1/1 Vicks NyQuil or DayQuil – 10-11 PG insert

*Buy 3 or more of the following, get $8; buy 2, get $2: TENA Serenity protection – $10.99, Johnson & Johnson First Aid – $3.99, Neosporin – $6.99
$2/1 TENA Overnight, Ultimate, or Aloe Vera pads – 10-4 SS
$1.50/1 October Family Circle
$1/1 J&J Red Cross product – 8-2 SS2
$1/1 Neosporin printable here
$1/1 J&J Red Cross printable here

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*Arizona team (includes bottles and cans)
*Arm & Hammer laundry detergent
$1/2 printable on armandhammer.com
*Blue Diamond almonds
*I-Caps Eye vitamins
*Move Free Advanced
*Nature Made vitamins and supplements
*Walgreens alkaline batteries
*Wal-Flu cold relief
*Wal-Tussin
*Wal-Zyr 24 hour allergy relief

CHEAP FILLERS:
*Campbell’s chicken noodle or tomato soup – .50/each
*Geisha mushrooms or mandarin oranges – 2/$1 w/ in ad coupon (you do not have to buy 2)
*Hunt’s tomato sauce – 3/$1 w/ in ad coupon
$1/3 Hunts printable here (you have to play the game to get it)
*Mars candy – .49/each with in ad coupon

OTHER DEALS:
*Charmin Ultra Soft bath tissue – $3.49 – $2.49 after coupon!
$1/1 Charmin – PG Year of Savings Booklet

*Glade Lasting Impressions, Sense & Spray, Reed Diffuser or 3 wick candle (10 oz) – $4.99
$3/1 Glade Fragrance Collection multi-wick candle or scented reed diffuser – 10-4 SS
$4/1 Glade Sense & Spray starter kit – 10-18 SS, 10-17 Family Circle, July Parents Magazine

*Walgreens spring water – 24 pack, 16.9 oz – $2.99 w/ in ad coupon

*$10 off 2010 entertainment book!

The following scenarios are for those who are new to shopping at Walgreens and have little (or no) RRs to start out with:

Transaction #1: $14.76 in merchandise for for $3.91 OOP
Buy 1 Herbal Essence shampoo
Buy 1 Herbal essence styler

Use free styler WYB Herbal Essence coupon

Spend $3.50 OOP, get a $2 RR

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Dial foaming hand soap – $1.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce

Use .35/1 coupon
Use $2 RR from HE
Use Walgreens in ad coupon for Hunts

Spend $.03, get a $1 RR

Transaction #3:
Buy Glade Sense & Spray starter kit – $4.99
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce

Use $4 Glade sense & Spray coupon
Use Walgreens in ad coupon for Hunts
Use $1 RR

Spend $.38

If you have an $8 Theraflu RR to roll:
Buy 3 J&J First Aid Products – $3.99

use 3 $1/1 J&J coupons
Use $8 RR

Spend $.97 OOP, get an $8 RR

If you want to roll your $7 Vaseline RR:
Buy 1 Herbal Essence shampoo or conditioner – $3.50
Buy 1 Herbal Essence styler – $3.50
Buy 1 Gillette deodorant – $4
Buy 1 Gillette body wash – $4
Buy 3 Hunts tomato sauce – .39/each with in ad coupon

Use free styler WYB shampoo – deducts $3.50
Use free body wash WYB deodorant – deducts $4
Use $1/1 deodorant coupon
Use $7 Vaseline RR

Total after coupons = .67, earn 2 $2 RR

If you want to roll your $6 Fusion RR:
Buy 2 Alka Seltzer Day/Night variety – 2/$10
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39

Use 2 $1/1 printables
Use Walgreens Health Savings booklet coupon (will deduct $2)
Use Walgreens coupon – tomato sauce
Use $6 Fusion RR

Spend $.39 OOP, earn a $3 RR

If you want to roll your $3 Chapstick RR:
Buy 1 Herbal Essence Shampoo
Buy 1 Herbal Essence styler

Use Free styler WYB shampoo/conditioner coupon

Spend $3.50 OOP, get a $2 RR

My scenarios: The only deodorant my husband will use is the Gillette deodorant and it hardly ever goes on sale, so that is mainly what I will be getting this week.

I have a $9 Zantac RR, so I will be buying:
1 Gillette Body Wash – $4
1 Gillette deodorant – $4
1 Herbal Essence shampoo – $3.50
1 Herbal Essence styler – $3.50
1 Dial handsoap – $1.99

Use free body wash WYB deodorant coupon
Use free styler WYB shampoo coupon
Use .35 Dial coupon
Use $9 RR

Spend $.14 OOP, get 2 $2 RR and one $1 RR

I have an $8 Theraflu RR, so I will be buying:
1 Gillette body wash – $4
1 Gillette deodorant – $4
1 Herbal Essence shampoo – $3.50
1 Herbal Essence styler – $3.50
1 Glade 4.5 oz candle – $3.99
1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39

Use free body wash WYB deodorant coupon
Use free styler WYB shampoo coupon
Use $3.50 Glade candle coupon (no longer available)
Walgreens tomato sauce in ad coupon
Use $8 RR

Spend $.38, get 2 $2 RR and a $1 RR

I have 2 $6 Fusion RR: (I will do this twice)
Buy 2 Alka Seltzer Day/Night variety – 2/$10
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce – $.39

Use 2 $1/1 printables
Use Walgreens Health Savings booklet coupon (will deduct $2)
Use Walgreens coupon – tomato sauce
Use $6 Fusion RR

Spend $.39 OOP, earn a $3 RR

Then, I will use the two $3 RR to do this twice:
Buy 1 Gillette deodorant
Buy 1 Gillette body wash
Buy 1 Hunt’s tomato sauce

Use free body wash WYB deodorant coupon
Use $1/1 deodorant coupon
Use $3 RR

Spend .39 OOP, get a $2 RR

I have 4 more of the $3 Chapstick RR and 4 of the $1 Glade/Trident/Halls RR, so I will do this deal 4 times:
Buy 1 Gillette deodorant
Buy 1 Gillette body wash
Buy 1 Hunts tomato sauce – $.39

Use free body wash WYB deodorant coupon
Use $3 RR
Use $1 RR
use Walgreens in ad coupon for tomato sauce

Spend $.39 OOP, get a $2 RR

So, for $4.47 OOP, I end up with $94.76 in merchandise and I will have $22 in RR left to spend.

I will probably also buy some of the Charmin toilet paper and pay with my RR.

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 Blistex this week, you can still only earn 1 $1 RR.

*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 Blistex, get a $1 RR and use it to buy another Blistex, 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 Herbal Essence stuff this week and then use it to buy other PG products because most likely, your RR will not print.

Here is information on the manufacturers for this week’s RR:
Alka Seltzer – Bayer
Blistex – Blistex
Claritin – Schering-Plough Healthcare
Glade – SC Johnson
These are all PG – Aussie/Herbal Essence/Pantene, Gillette razor/deodorant/body wash, Olay, Oral B, Bounce/Downy/Tide/Febreze/Vicks

*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 filler is the Hunt’s tomato sauce)

*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)

FREEBIES:

*Buy Chapstick Fresh Effects – $2.99, get a $2.99 RR

*Buy Dulcolax Balance – $7, get a $4 RR
There are supposed to be $3/1 coupons attached to these and there is a $2/1 printable here plus a $5 MIR!

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Dulcolax – $7

Use $3 coupon attached to product

Spend $4 OOP, get a $4 RR – send in for your MIR (they should base it on the $7 purchase price, so you should get $5 back!)

*Buy Fiber Choice or Beano To Go – $2.49, get a $2.49 RR

*Poli Grip – $2, get a $2 RR

*Buy Robitussin To Go (2 ct single dose packs) – $2.49, get a $2.49 RR
(in some stores, a catalina for $1 off your next Robitussin purchase is also printing) – I have been finding these near the registers in my stores

OTHER RR DEALS:

*Buy Always maxi pads or pantiliners or Tampax tampons – 2/$11, get a $2 RR
.50/1 Always Pad, Clean or Feminine cleansing cloth – 9-27 PG
$1/2 Always Pad, Clean or Feminine cleansing cloth – 9-27 PG
.50/1 Always Pantiliner, 34 ct or higher – 9-27 PG
$1/1 Tampax, any – 9-27 PG

*Buy 2 Biotene Dental care – 2/$14, get a $5 RR

*Buy Colgate dental care (2in1 or Total toothpaste or 360 clean toothbrush) – $2.99, get a $1 RR
.75/1 Colgate 360 Degree Toothbrush on any ONE – 10-25 SS
$1/1 Colgate Total Advanced Whitening, Colgate Total Enamel Strength, Colgate Total Advanced Clean or Colgate Total Advanced Fresh Toothpaste on any, 4 oz or larger – 10-25 SS
$1/1 Colgate Total, Colgate Max White, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Sensitive or Colgate Kids Toothpaste – 10-11 SS

*Buy Degree Anti-perspirant, deodorant, or body spray – 2/$7, get a $2 RR
$1.50/2 Degree Absolute Protection, Clinical Protection, Fine Fragrance or Ultra Clear – 9-13 RP
$1/1 Degree for Women, Ultraclear printable here
$1.50/1 Degree for women Fine Mist or Stick product printable here

*Buy 2 DiGiorno frozen pizzas, 2/$10, get a $1 RR
$1.50 DiGiorno Ultimate toppings pizza here

*Buy 2 Doritos, Tostitos, Salsa Con Queso, Stacy’s Pita Chips, or True North Crisps or Clusters – 2/$6, get a $2 RR
$1/1 True North Printable here (this is a Smartsource coupon)

*Buy Glade or Oust Surface disinfectants or air sanitizers – $2.99, get a $1 RR
$2/2 Oust Surface disinfectant & sanitizer printable here
$2/2 Oust Surface disinfectant & sanitizer – 10-4 SS insert
BOGO free Glade Fabric & Air Odor Eliminator, any – August and September 2009 All You Magazine
Look for $2 peelie coupons on the Glade Fabric & Air Odor Eliminator

*Buy Glad trash bags – $5.99, get a $1 RR
$1/1 Glad printable here

*Buy 2 Kellogg’s Cereal or Nutri-Grain bars – 2/$5, get a $1 RR
$1.50/2 Kellogg’s Frosted Mini Wheats printable on redplum.com
$1/2 Kellog’s Nutri-Grain bars printable here (must register to print)

*Buy Softsoap Ensembles pump ($5.99) and base ($3.99), get a $4 RR
Buy Softsoap Ensembles liquid pump, save $3 on base – 10-25 SS

SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Softsoap Ensembles Pump – $5.99
Buy 1 Softsoap Ensembles base – $3.99

Use $3 manufacturer’s coupon

Spend $6.98 OOP, get a $4 RR (look for MIR hang tags or peelies attached to the product)

*Buy Sudafed – 2/$12 get a $3 RR
$1 (any Sudafed/Sudafed PE/Sudafed OM) printable or $2 Sudafed Triple Action or Sinus & Pain printable here

*Buy Suave or Rave hair care, antiperspirant, or hairspray – 3/$5, get a $2 RR
B2G1 free Suave deodorant – 10-25 RP
$1/2 Suave Professionals shampoo or conditioner – 10-25 RP

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Suave deodorant

Use B2G1 free coupon

Spend $3.34 OOP, get a $2 RR

*Buy Zicam Cold Remedy – $9.99, get a $3 RR
Look for $3 peelie coupons on the product

*Get a $5 RR when you spend $20 on the following products: Poise 36 – 72 ct Pads $10.99, Depends 14 – 20 ct Underwear $10.99, Citrical $8.99, Aleve 80 ct or 100 ct $7.99, Aleve 80 ct Liquigels $10.99, One-A-Day Multivitamins $6.99, Bayer Contour or Breeze2 $14.99, Bayer Aspirin, Quick Release, Heart Health $4.99

MONTHLY RR DEALS: (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

*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
.75/1 Trident layers printable here

*Vaseline Sheer Infusion Body lotion (6.8 oz) – $6.99, get a $7 RR
$1.50/1 printable here (print limits have been re-set!!)

Filler ideas:
*Act II popcorn – 4/$1 w/ in ad coupon (.25/each – you do not need to buy 5 to get the discount)
*Butterball chicken broth – 2/$1 w/ in ad coupon
*Dove or Caress bar soap – $.99 w/ in ad coupon
*Kleenex facial tissue – $.89 w/ in ad coupon
*Nestle candy – 2/$1 w/ in ad coupon
*Royal Gelatin – 5/$1 w/ in ad coupon (.20/each – you do not need to buy 5 to get the discount)

BOGO free deals:
*5 hour energy pack
*Carmex – buy one @ $1.59, get one free
*Dove hair care ($4.99) – see monthly deals
*Finest Natural vitamins or supplements
*Foster Grant reader glasses
*Tylenol pain or sleep relief
*Walgreens bandages or antibiotic ointment cream

OTHER DEALS:
*Revlon Colorsilk hair color – $1.99 w/ in ad coupon
$1/2 Colorsilk products – 10-4 SS

If you are new to shopping at Walgreens, here are some low OOP scenarios to get you started: $59.97 in merchandise for $4.24 OOP (plus you get a $5 MIR back, so it’s like you make .75 shopping!)

Transaction #1:
Buy 2 Bayer Contour or Breeze 2 monitors – $14.99/each

Use 2 “up to $30 off WYB” coupons (10-25 inserts)

Spend $0 OOP, get a $5 RR

Transaction #2:
Buy Dulcolax balance – $7
Buy Halls Refreshe – $1

Use $5 Bayer RR
Use $3 Dulcolax coupon (attached to product)

Spend $0 OOP, get a $4 RR and a $1 RR (don’t forget the MIR for the Dulcolax!)

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion – $6.99
Buy 2 Act II popcorn – $.25/each (w/ in ad coupon)

Use $1.50 Vaseline coupon
Use $4 RR
Use $1 RR

Spend $.99, get a $7 RR

Transaction #3:
Buy 2 DiGiorno Ultimate Toppings pizzas – 2/$10
Buy 1 Act II popcorn – $.25/each (w/ in ad coupon)

Use 2 $1.50/1 printable coupons
use $7 Vaseline RR

Spend $.25, get a $1 RR

Transaction #4:
Buy 2 Kellogg’s Nutrigrain bars – 2/$5
Buy 1 Act II popcorn – $.25 w/ in ad coupon

Use $1 DiGiorno RR
Use $1/2 Nutrigrain printable

Spend $3 OOP, get a $1 RR

Here are some suggestions for “rolling” your RR from last week:

If you have the $8 Theraflu RR:

Buy 1 Dulcolax – $7
Buy 1 Chapstick – $2.99
Buy 1 Halls Refreshe – $1
Buy 1 Act II popcorn (or other filler item) – $.25

Use $3 Dulcolax coupon
Use $8 Theraflu RR

Spend $.24 OOP, get a $4 RR (Dulcolax), a $3 RR (Chapstick), a $1 RR (Halls) and submit the $5 MIR for the Dulcolax!

or

Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion – $6.99
Buy 1 Robitussin 2 Go or 1 Fiber Choice/Beano to Go – $2.49
Buy 1 Act II popcorn – $.25

Use $1.50/1 Vaseline coupon
Use $8 RR

Spend .23 OOP, earn a $7 RR (Vaseline) and a $2.50 RR (Robitussin or Beano)

If you have a $9 Zantac RR:
Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion – $6.99
Buy 1 Robitussin 2 Go or 1 Fiber Choice/Beano to Go – $2.49
Buy 1 Halls Refresh – $1
Buy 1 Act II popcorn – $.25

Use $1.50 Vaseline coupon
Use $9 RR

Spend $.23 OOP, get a $7 RR (Vaseline), a $2.50 RR (Beano or Robitussin) and a $1 RR (Halls)

or

Buy 1 Dulcolax – $7
Buy 1 Softoap Ensembles Pump – $5.99
Buy 1 Softsoap Ensembles Base – $3.99

Use $3 Dulcolax coupon
Use $3 Softsoap coupon
Use $9 RR

Spend $1.98 OOP, earn $4 Dulcolax RR and $4 Softsoap RR, send in for MIR for Dulcolax ($5) and MIR for Softsoap ($4) if you have it

My scenarios for the week:

Transaction #1:

Buy 1 Vaseline Sheer Infusion – $6.99
Buy 1 Robitussin 2 Go or 1 Fiber Choice/Beano to Go – $2.49
Buy 1 Halls Refresh – $1
Buy 1 Act II popcorn – $.25

Use $1.50 Vaseline coupon
Use $9 RR (Zantac)

Spend $.23 OOP, get a $7 RR (Vaseline), a $2.50 RR (Beano or Robitussin) and a $1 RR (Halls)

Transaction #2:
Buy 2 DiGiorno pizzas – 2/$10
Buy 1 Dulcolax – $7
Buy 1 Chapstick – $2.99
Buy 1 Act 2 Popcorn – $.25

Use 2 $1.50/1 DiGiorno coupons
Use $3 Dulcolax coupon
Use 2 $7 Vaseline RR (I had one from last week)

Spend $.24 OOP, earn a $1 RR (DiGiorno), a $4 RR (Dulcolax), and a $3 RR (Chapstick) – plus I will submit the Dulcolax rebate – earn $5

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 Tostito’s
Buy 1 Stacy’s pita chips
Buy 1 Tostito’s salsa

Use 2 $3 Chapstick RR
Use Free salsa WYB 2 Frito Lay chips coupon

Spend $0 OOP, get a $2 RR

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
Robitussin = Wyeth

*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 Royal gelatin and the ACT II popcorn)

*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)