Welcome, my fellow Walgreens fans! It’s time for our weekly Walgreens $5 Challenge. The place to come for simple scenarios with step-by-step instructions.
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.
CVS or Rite Aid shoppers, be sure to check out the other weekly challenges for more scenarios.
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.
Here is one $5 Scenario for the week of March 18th – 24th, 2012:
*coupons in red (scenarios never include tax as this will vary by region)
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Just For Men Hair Color @ $6.99
– $2.00/1 Just For Men Printable Coupon
Total After Coupon= $4.99, Send in for FREE Just for Men Printable Mail-in-Rebate (up to $5.99)
RRs Earned= $3.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 All Laundry Detergent @ $3.99
Buy 1 Easter Gift Sack @ $0.17 filler, with in-ad coupon
– $1.00/1 All Mighty Pacs or Liquid Laundry Detergent (RP insert 03/04/12)
Pay with $3.00 RR from above
Total After Coupon and RRs= $0.16
RRs Earned= $1.00
Grand Total OOP=$5.15
Total Value= $11.15 with $1.00 Register Rewards remaining!
Keep rolling those RR’s for more savings!
Let’s see what fabulous scenarios you come up with for $5.00 or less!
Simply post your scenarios on your blog, then leave your link 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, not your homepage. 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.
Well I don’t have a website but I figured id share mine anyways! this is a good trip for someone starting with no RR. I didn’t save mine last week so I started fresh! Total sale worth around $70.94 total OOP $16.88 and you don’t have RR left unforunately but you can always add something!
I did thhis in 3 transactions.
Tran #1
14 day acai berry cleanse @ $10.00
Total: $10.00
RR: $10.00
Tran #2
(3) All laundry detergent @ $3.99 ea.
(2) Mitchum deodorant @ $1.99 ea
– Use $10 RR Tran #1
-(3) $1/1 All laundry detergent
-(2) $1/1 mitchum deodorant (they wouldn’t work so he just put it in as a $2 mfg Q so I didn’t have to add a filler!)
Worth: $16.00+ tax
OOP: $.95
RR: $3.00
Tran #3
(12) mars easter candy eggs @ 4/$3.00
(6) carefree liners on sale for $.99
(4) mitchum deodorant @ $1.99
(3) reach toothbrushes @ $.99
(2) reach floss @ $.99
-use $3 RR Tran #2
-(6) $1/2 mars easter candy
-(6) $1/1 carefree product
-(3) $1/1 reach toothbrush
-(2) $1/1 reach floss
Worth: $36.97 + tax
OOP: $5.93
Grand total retail: $64.99+ tax
Grand total OOP: $16.88