Walgreens Black Friday Deals

I am NOT a Black Friday shopper, I am of the Cyber Monday persuasion because I really hate crowds. But I did venture out to Walgreens today to take advantage of their Black Friday deals. I got all of the above for $2.73!! Without coupons, rebates and RRs this would've cost $60.79!

Hip2Save has a great post on Black Friday deals HERE.

Wags 11/15

I had a good trip to Wags this morning. I got all of the above for $11.85. Without coupons and RRs this would've cost me $83.25!

Check out Hip2Save's recent Walgreens posts HERE.

Deals worth mentioning

I scored a few deals worth mentioning today.

Smiths has select GM cereals on sale for $2.99 each. Buy 4 and get $6 off instantly which makes them $1.49 each. Use $1/2 coupons making each box only $.99. That is pretty okay but the best part is that there are speciality marked boxes which can score you free movie tickets. For each 2 specially marked boxes you get a free movie ticket. So I bought 8 big boxes of Lucky Charms (the only specially marked boxes my store had) for just over $8 and will get FOUR free movie tickets!! That is a pretty sweet deal!!!

Then I went to Target and got the following Olay deals:

Buy 2 Select P&G items get a $5 Target gift card
Buy 2 Olay Refreshing Toners $2.84 each
Pay $5.68
Get back a $5 Target gift card
Final cost only $0.68 for both items (no coupons needed!)

Olay Beauty Bar (Single Bar) $0.97
Used the $1/1 coupon from the 10/31 PG
Final cost FREE!

Olay Body Wash $5.04 AND Secret Travel Size Deodorant $0.97
Total = $6.01
Used the $5/1 Olay Body Wash with Any Secret product coupon from the 10/31 PG
Final cost only $1.01 for both items!

Walgreens 10/27

I know I haven't posted for a long time. Honestly, I am not going to post often because most of the deals are shown on the other blog links on this site. But I will post when I find a really good deal.

Today I was able to get all the above at Walgreens for a total of $3.72!!
(I spent $5.22 OOP, used $9 in RR to pay down my OOP but got back $10.50 back in new RRs.)

Hip2Save had a good deal scenario which I have listed below:

Transaction #1:
Buy Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste $3.49
Use the $1/1 coupon from the 10/10 SS or found here
Pay $2.49
Get back a $3.50 RR

Transaction #2:
Buy Contac Cold & Flu $6
Buy 1 Small Filler item (Laffy Taffy, $0.10)
Total = around $6.10
Use the $2/1 coupon from the 10/10 RP or $2/1 printable (no longer available)
Plus, use the $3.50 RR earned from the 1st transaction
Pay $0.60 (+ tax)
Get back a $6 RR

Transaction #3:
Buy Huggies Diapers $7.99
Buy Filler item (M&Ms single packs on Mega Saver $0.59)
Total = around $8.58
Use the $2.50/1 Huggies coupon found here or $2/1 coupon found here
Plus, use the $6 RR earned from the above transaction
Pay as low as $0.08
And get back a $1 RR

Your final out of pocket expense after all 3 transactions– ONLY $3.17! Plus, you’ll still have a $1 RR to use at a later date!

Since I had a bunch of RRs already I didn't do the above transactions, I just put it all together in one transaction but this will give you some ideas.

I actually don't have a kid in diapers anymore (YEAH!!!) but my best friend does so the diapers go to her and I still scored some great deals!

Cereal Deal at Smiths this Week

We were down to almost no cereal and my kids know that I won't buy things like cereal until there is a great deal. Well, lucky them ... Smiths has a great deal this week.

40 boxes of cereal for less then $40. Each box cost between $0.88 and $0.97. Smiths promo this week takes $6 off instantly when you buy 4 boxes of GM cereals. That takes $1.50 off each box. Then with coupons the amount drops below $1 per box. Check out the Grocery Smarts Planner to find details on the deal and coupons to use.

Smiths Deals 8/12

By combining sales, promotions, coupons and catalinas I was able to get all of the above for $45.16! Normally this would've cost $112.74!!

The pizzas worked out to be $3.74 each.
The fruit snacks worked out to be $.74 each.
The granola thins worked out to be $.54 each.
The cereal averaged out to be $.43 each using regular coupons and e-coupons.
The nut clusters worked out to be FREE!

Here are the catalinas I took advantage of today.

General Mills Fruit Shapes, Fruit By the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Stickerz Catalina Offer (Valid 8/9/10 - 9/5/10)
• Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO {.50 savings per item}
• Buy 4, get $2.00 OYNO {.50 savings per item}
• Buy 5, get $3.00 OYNO {.60 savings per item}

California Pizza Kitchen Catalina offer (Valid 8/9/10 - 9/5/1)

• Buy 2, get $1 OYNO {.50 savings per item}
• Buy 3, get $2 OYNO {.67 savings per item}
• Buy 4 + get $3 OYNO {.75 savings per item}

General Mills Granola Bars and Snack Items offer
• Buy 3, get $1.50 OYNO {.50 savings per item}
• Buy 4, get $2.50 OYNO {.63 savings per item}
• Buy 5, or more get $3.50 OYNO {.70 savings per item}

Remember these items that have catalinas also work with the buy 8 items get $4 off instantly promo so make sure you buy in increments of 8. You want to buy 8 items but you don't want to buy more the the number that will trigger the catalina in a transaction. So here is what I did. Hopefully this will help you think about how to capitilize on this easily.

1st transaction:

4 pizzas
4 fruit snacks
5 nut clusters
3 boxes of cereal
= 16 items, two $4 off promos
Got back a $3 cat for the pizzas, a $2 cat for the fruit snacks and a $3.50 cat for the nut clusters.

2nd transaction:
4 pizzas
4 fruit snacks
4 granola thins
1 nut clusters
3 boxes of cereal
= 16 items, two $4 off promos
Got back a $3 cat for the pizzas, a $2 cat for the fruit snacks and a $3.50 cat for the nut clusters/granola thins.

Wags Deals 8/4

I went to Walgreens this morning to take advantage of the 15% off Fans & Family coupon. I used that coupon in conjunction with some other deals this week and was able to get all of the above for $20.32! Without sales and coupon this would've cost $114.04.

Check out Hip2Save's Walgreens posts HERE for more deal details.