Welcome, my fellow Walgreens fans! It’s Sunday, time for our weekly Walgreens $5 Challenge. The place to come for simple scenarios with step-by-step instructions.
It is a much better week at Walgreens vs. CVS! There are several possible $5 scenarios for newbies. Grab your weekly ad, a printer and some scissors to get started.
If you are new to shopping at Walgreens, and wanting to learn the basics, check out this post.
If you are a first time visitor, here’s the lowdown:
Join me each week as I host The Walgreens $5 Challenge!
Seasoned WAGS shoppers: share your best scenario(s) for the upcoming week at Walgreens.
Your budget: $5.00 out-of-pocket cash.
Your mission: to grow that $5.00 into more Register Rewards (RR) to use in upcoming weeks.
Want to participate? Start by reading the rules here.
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Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of November 29th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy (2) Oral-B Floss Picks @ $2.50 each
Buy 1 Ecotrin 45 count @ $1.99 w/ in-ad coupon
(2)$1.00/1 Floss Picks (10/11 P&G insert)
$2.00/1 Ecotrin (10/11 RP insert)
Total After Coupons= $3.00
RRs Earned= $3.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Village Naturals Sleep or Stress Therapy @ $3.99
Buy (2) Nivea Lip Balm or Gloss @ $0.99 each
$1.00/1 Village Naturals printable here
B1G1 Nivea Lip Care Product (11/1 RP insert)
Pay with $3.00 RR from above
Total After Coupon & RRs= $0.98
RRs Earned= $2.00
Grand Total OOP= $3.98
Total Value= $12.96 with $2.00 in Register Rewards remaining!
Keep rolling those RR’s for more savings!
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Let’s see what fabulous scenarios you come up with for $5.00 or less!
Simply post your scenarios on your blog, then drop by Keeping the Kingdom First and add your permalink to Mr. Linky below. (If you are reading via email or in a reader please click through to see the Mr. Linky)
Please link directly to your scenarios. Links directly to your homepage will be deleted. Linking back to this meme to share it with others is greatly appreciated!
Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too. I invite everyone to participate.
Great scenarios!
Please, delete my “Calif CVS $5 Challenage” I entered it in the wrong spot.
Thanks!
.-= Ms Benjamins´s last blog ..I broke out my Piggy Bank… =-.
Thanks for accidently putting this here, it is a interesting idea to get a $10.00 bonus
.-= Grace´s last blog ..Turn Your Loose Change Into a $10.00 Bonus =-.
Great deals… remember to use the BOGO Nivea Lip Balm coupons with the Buy 3 get free Nivea lotion for a really great deal.
.-= Denise@TogetherWeSave´s last blog ..PacSun Online Deals =-.
Here is my shopping at Walgreens this week for the $5.00 challenge. Hope every one has a great week
.-= Grace´s last blog ..Walgreens $5.00 Shopping Challenge =-.
The real $5 challenge:
I started with $17 in RRs after spending $11.85 out of pocket on Saturday.
Trans # 1:
3 Ecotrin 10.49
Oregonian 2.00
2 Trident Layers 2.98
4 Bandaid Characters 6.00
Complete 7.99
Used:
$2/1 bandaid wags coupon from coloring book – took $6 off
BOGO Trident – took $1.49
$10/3 Ecotrin
Trident in-ad coupon – took 0.98
Ecotrin in-ad coupon – took 4.50
$6 RR
Total = .47
Got $8 RR
Trans # 2:
3 Oral-b toothpaste 7.50
1 Oral-b toothbrush 2.50
2 Oral-b floss picks 5.00
Olay lotion 7.99
Olay in shower lotion 4.99 (deducted by register automatically)
Olay shower gel 2.99
3 Ecotrin 10.49
Used:
Ecotrin in-ad coupon – took 4.50 (this time cashier insisted to do this first)
3 $2/1 Ecotrin (cahser ignored 0.01 overage & forced coupon manually)
$1/1 wags oral b toothbrush coupon (coloring book)
$1/2 oral-b toothpaste (PG insert)
$1/1 oral-b toothbrush (PG – expired on Monday)
$7.99 (Free body lotion wyb shower get – PG insert)
$1/1 Olay shower gel
2 $1/1 oral b floss – PG
$8 RR
$3 RR
Paid 0.96
Received $5, $3 RRs
Trans # 3:
1 Goody hair bands $2
1 Dentek floss 1.99
1 pencil 0.13 after in ad coupon
Used
$1/1 Dentek
$3 RR
Paid 0.12
Received 2 $2 RR
Trans # 4:
3 Ectortin 10.49
1 Glade candle holder 2.50
1 Glade candle refills 2.50
1 pencil 0.13 after in ad coupon
1 goody hair $2
1 dentek$1.99
Acai $4
Used:
Ecotrin in ad coupon – took 4.50
Ectorin $5.97/3 – cashier adjusted $10/3
Free candle refill wyb candle holder – took 2.50
1.50/1 candle holder – found in candle holders before
$3/1 Acai printable
$1/1 Dentek
$5 RR
Paid 0.12
Received: 2 $2, $1 and $4 RRs
Started week with $17 RRs
Out of pocket 1.67
Have $22 RRs