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 fantastic week to start shopping at Wags! Grab your weekly Walgreens 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. New to couponing? Learn the lingo here.
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 January 3rd:
*coupons in red (scenarios do not include tax as this will vary by region)
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent @ $3.29
Buy 1 Revlon Matte Eye Shadow @ $4.99
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs (SS insert 1/3/10)
$2.00/1 Revlon Cosemetic Product (SS insert 12/13/09) AND
$3.00/1 Revlon matte Collection (in-ad coupon, pg 10)
Total After Coupons= $0.79
RRs Earned= $1.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Visine Eye Care @ $3.99
Buy1 2 Pocket Folder with prongs @ $0.19 w/in-ad coupon (filler)
$2.00/1 Visine printable on RedPlum
Pay with $1.00 RR from above
Total After Coupons & RR= $1.18
RRs Earned= $1.00
Transaction #3
Buy (2) Neosporin Lip Health Products @ 2/$8.00 (megasaver price all month long)
Buy 1 Hunts Tomato sauce @ $0.39 w/in-ad coupon (filler)
(2) $3.00/1 Neosporin Lip Health printable (IE Link) (FF Link)
Pay with $1.00 RR from above
Total After Coupons & RR= $1.39
RRs Earned= $3.00
Grand Total OOP= $3.36
Total Value= $20.85 with $3.00 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.
This is pretty darn awesome! I had no idea Walgreens could be so cheap! I think I am going to have to spend some time reading some other articles so I can participate to!
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Thanks for visiting, DiscipleshipGuy. Yes, Walgreens is a great way to save money on everyday items, when you know how to combine coupons and sales. I hope you find the challenge helpful!
Hi,
I just came back from Walgreens and the Finish dishwashing soap was not on sale and they didn’t offer the RR either. Do their deals vary by state? I’m from Utah. I did get a good deal on the Neosporin and found some Sammy haircare items on clearance for under $3 and they still qualified for the weekly BOGO offer.
Hi Kate- Walgreens deals do not usually vary by region. However, not all stores are consistent about correctly labeling prices and sales on the shelves. Perhaps the Electrosol was not marked as on sale on the tag? If so, it will still ring up at the sale price and generate RR. I could be totally wrong, but that is my theory. 🙂
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent 1 @ $3.29
Buy 1 Jiffy Peanut Butter w/jelly below 2 @ $4.00
Buy 1 Strawberry Smuckers Jelly 2 @ $4.00
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs (SS insert 1/3/10)
$1.00/1 Jiffy Peanut Butter (SS insert 1/3/10)
Total After Coupons= $3.79 +tax
RRs Received $1.00 RR
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent 1 @ $3.29
Buy 2 Stayfree maxi 32 cnt 1 @ $6.49
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs (SS insert 1/3/10)
$BOGO 1 Stayfree any (SS insert 1/3/10)
$3.00/1 Stayfree,Carefree,pads 2 @ (WAGs inad clip CPN 1/3/10)
Total After Coupons= $1.48 +tax Must use cpns in this order (MF, WAG)
RRs Received $1.00 RR
Transaction #3
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent 1 @ $3.29
Buy 1 Clairol Perfect10 Hair Color 1 @ 7.19 (color clearance)
Buy 1 Clairol Root touchup that matched 1 @ 6.99
(FREE wyb Perfect10 Hair color above)
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs(SS insert 1/3/10)
$2/1 Clairol Perfect10 (SS insert ???unsure)
$2/1 Clairol Hair color not perfect10 (SS insert ???unsure)
$6.99/1 wyb Free (FREE wyb Perfect10 Hair color above)
Total After Coupons= $3.98 +tax Must use cpns in this order (MF, WAG)
RRs Received $1.00 RR
Transaction #4
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent @ $3.29
Buy 1 Revlon Matte Eye Shadow @ $4.99
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs(SS insert 1/3/10)
$2.00/1 Revlon Cosemetic Product (SS insert 12/13/09) AND
$3.00/1 Revlon matte Collection (in-ad coupon, pg 10)
Total After Coupons= $0.79 +tax
RRs Received $1.00 RR
Transaction #5
Buy 1 Finish/Electrasol Detergent @ $3.29
Buy 5 Softsoap liquid pump 5 x @ $1.00
$2.50/1 Finish Powerball Tabs or Gelpacs(SS insert 1/3/10)
$ .35/1 Softsoap liquid pump 5 x (SS insert 1/3/10)
Total After Coupons= $4.04 +tax
RRs Received $1.00 RR
Transaction #6
Buy 3 Loreal Everpure shampoo/condition 3x @ 5.99 = 17.97
(Needed 3)
Buy 2 Loreal lip clearance sale 2 x @ 1.09
$2.00/1 Loreal Everpure shamp/cond 3 x (RP insert 1/3/10)
$1.00/1 Loreal lip,eye 2 x (RP insert 1/3/10)
$1.00 RR above 5 x (RR’s above trx)
Total After Coupons= $7.12 +tax (Over $5 OOP but rec’d $5 RR)
RRs Received $5.00 RR **NOTE** When used Must buy 1 loreal product (lots of Nail polish for $1)
6 Transactions
Total RR Received $10.00
Total RR Remaining $5.00 next week
Grand Total OOP $21.20
Grand Total After Cpns & RR $16.20 (includes the unused $5 below)
Total Value $77.75 with $5.00 in Register Rewards remaining!
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The Walgreens in Idaho Falls don’t seem to have the Electrasol on sale, either. I tried today, thinking maybe it just wasn’t marked. But, no, I was charged $5.99. I did receive the $1 RR, though. I’m not sure what happened with that–usually Walgreens doesn’t vary by region, but we don’t have that sale here.
I have tried this in the past with no luck but have picked it up again about 3 weeks ago. I am amazed at the savings and able to help my mom and sister with their budgets too!
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