I went to Walgreens to stock up on some of their deals this week.  I spent $1.49 including tax at Walgreens this week on health and beauty purchases and received $4 Register Rewards back from that visit to use towards my next purchase at Walgreens.  For those of you who haven’t used Walgreens Register Rewards here’s what I got and how I spent only $1.49.  I had a couple other Register Rewards but they were more than $1.49 so I have to save those for another trip as well

• 2 – Colgate Toothpastes (both Colgate Total) – $3.00 each with $4.00 Register Rewards Back
• 1 – Classic Game Set in a Silver Tin – Checkers, Chess and Tic Tac Toe (on clearance) – $2.19
• 1 – Walgreens Pack of Healing Bandaids (30 count) – $1.29
• 2 – Jumbo Crayon Packs (great road trip material for the girls backpack – $0.90 each
• 2 – Ban Deodorant – $1.99 each
• 3 – Aluminum Foil (20 ft) – $1.29 each

The total was over $21 with tax before using coupons.  Here are the coupons I used on the five items.

• Used $1.50 Colgate Manufacturer Coupon for 1 toothpaste
• Used $1.00 Colgate Walgreens Store Coupon for 1 toothpaste
• Used $0.75 Ban Manufacturer Coupon for 1 Ban Deodorant
• Used $0.75 Ban Manufacturer Coupon for 1 Ban Deodorant
• Used $1.00 Walgreens Ban Coupon Insert for both Ban Deodorants
• Used $1.80 Walgreens Aluminum Foil Coupon Insert for all 3 Aluminum Foils
• Used $14 Register Rewards from previous purchase

I received $4 ECB’s back today:

• $4.00 Register Rewards for Colgate

Walgreen’s Register Rewards will expire two weeks from the date they are printed so you will need to make sure to use them before their expiration date.  I always keep the ones that are expiring the soonest on top of the stack to make sure to use them first.

Another important fact regarding Walgreen’s Register Rewards you will need to know if you haven’t used them before is you can only use 1 coupon per item.  If you use a manufacturer’s coupon for every item you are purchasing you will not be able to use any Register Reward for that transaction.   If you do have a coupon for each item then check Walgreen’s weekly ad because they will have items on sale each week for pennies up to $1 that you can use as “filler” items but they won’t raise your total too much.  Once you get started using coupons and rewards you may discover, like I did, how to purchase many of your health and beauty items for nothing or very little.  Since using coupons and reward programs I rarely pay full price for any of our health and beauty items plus I usually have extra to share with guests visiting us or to give away.

For those of you who shop regularly at Walgreens I encourage you to share how you were able to save this week!  Although the weekly ad sales are similar every family and situation is different so you may have found items better suited to your household.  In your comment please feel free to share a link to your blog article showing us how you were able to save at Walgreens.