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 very busy week for Wags shoppers! 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 17th:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)
Transaction #1
Buy 2 Wet Ones Canisters (40 ct.) @ 2/$4.00
(2) $1.50/1 Wet Ones printable coupon
Total After Coupons= $1.00
RRs Earned= $1.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Nivea Hydrating Shower Gel 8.4 oz. @ $4.99
Buy1 Valentine Candy @ $0.50 w/in-ad coupon (filler)
$2.00/1 Nivea Body Wash (RP insert 1/3/10)
Pay with $1.00 RR from above
Total After Coupons & RR= $2.49
RRs Earned= $2.00
Grand Total OOP= $3.49
Total Value= $9.49 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.
Hi. I’m a beginner and a little confused. When you write Transaction #1, then Transaction #2 and so forth, are you actually ringing through items and paying for them two separate times at the register? Or does the register take them all off at once? Thanks for the clarification.
Hi Heather! Welcome, and thanks for your question. This challenge is meant to help newbies like yourself. 🙂
To answer your question, yes, this is 2 totally separate transactions. You use the Register Rewards from the first one to pay for the second one, and so forth. You can do both in one trip if the cashier doesn’t mind (most don’t) or you can go back another time to do the second transaction. Hope this helps!
I’m confused because two weeks in a row you’ve had something that doesn’t make sense to me. The NIVEA Shower Gel is not what the coupon says it is for. My coupons clearly say NIVEA body wash and 16.9 oz. whereas the Shower Gel is only 8.4 oz. Have you really had them accept that coupon for that item?
Hi Karalin,
I do apologize. Looks like I missed your comment last week and you are totally right. I don’t always have a chance to test my scenarios before posting them. Several of my sources for coupon matches showed this scenario for the Nivea wash and apparently it is not valid. I plan to update the post. Thanks so much for the heads up and I am so sorry for the mistake!
Just wanted to give you the heads up. The coupon for the wet ones is printing for $.75 now, not $1.50.
So, its not as of a good deal as before. But if you need them, it comes out to be around $.75 each after coupon and RR.
Happy Shopping!
Mary
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Thanks for the heads up, Mary. I guess the $1.50/1 coupon reached its cap. Still a pretty decent deal! 🙂