Rolling Rewards

Hey everybody.

Today's post should be simple enough. I made a trip to Walgreens because I had about $20 Register Rewards about to expire. Since there were a few things I really wanted, it was simple enough to decide what to go. But there were a few complications. For one, the first Walgreens I went to did not have the Omega Smart vitamins. I was expecting this and headed to the 24 hour Walgreens since they tend to have the best stock. Unfortunately that is the Walgreens I've had a couple of bad experiences at but I had to just suck it up and go there since my rewards were gonna expire. And finally, I had so many low RR ($1 and $2) So I had to find a lot of fillers. I was also worried the cashier might be overwhelmed with all the rewards I was using... 

I was able to find everything I needed in stock. There was even a ton of the crayons and full stock of toothpaste, plus a great selection of nail polish. Luckily, the cashier in cosmetics was one that I've seen before and I knew she was well educated on how to handle couples. On top of that, the manager was SO friendly! When the register froze up she just laughed it off until it was fixed and then told the cashier to push through my Revlon coupon (since it beeped). In the end, things went so smoothly and I got some amazing deals! 

Transaction 1:

1 Pert 2 in 1 Dandruff control shampoo/conditioner $3.99 get $3 RR 

- (1) $1/1 from 8/14 SS

1 Revlon Nail Polish $3.99 get $3 RR

- (1) $1/1 from 8/14 SS

1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste $4.99 get $3 RR

- (1) $1.50/1 from 7/31 SS

1 Omega Smart Krill Oil $10 get $10 RR

- (1) $2/1 here

1 Envelopes in Ad .69

3 Crayons in Ad .29

3 Rulers in Ad .29

Used $19.50 in RR and got $19 back.

Total:

$1.36 including $.96 of tax! 

That means my transaction was only $.40 before tax !!

Total Saved:

$58.49

I think the reason why the savings seems so high is because the Omega Smart Krill Oil is normally about $28. 

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Transaction 2:

1 Pert 2 in 1 Dandruff control shampoo/conditioner $3.99 get $3 RR 

- (1) $1/1 from 8/14 SS

1 Revlon Nail Polish $3.99 get $3 RR

- (1) $1/1 from 8/14 SS

1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste $4.99 get $3 RR

- (1) $1.50/1 from 7/31 SS

1 Omega Smart Krill Oil $10 get $10 RR

- (1) $2/1 here

5 Gelatin  in Ad .20

3 Crayons in Ad .29

3 Rulers in Ad .29

Used $19 RR and got $19 RR back

Total: 

$2.12 with .91 tax

Total Saved:

$59.44

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Total Spent:

$3.48 including $1.87 of tax!

Total Saved:

$117.93

Again, the savings seem a bit outrageous but it makes sense when your realize the vitamins are normally about $30 each. I was already able to give these to my FIL =D

I hope you all have some luck with the deals this week. I personally plan on going back later to hopefully get some more vitamins, plus more nail polish. Let me know how you guys end up doing!!