Walgreens Shopping Trip 12/30/09

I keep hearing that there are just no good deals out there on Toilet Paper, and when there are, it's for some awful TP that no one in their right mind would purchase. As for myself, I'm a Charmin girl! I don't want those "soft as sandpaper" toilet tissues touching my, um, err, tush.

The very unfortunate thing is that Charmin generally only puts out these 25¢ coupons and the packages are always about $4.00 or so. So then, you're thinking, "well, $3.75 instead of $4.00 isn't much of a savings now, is it?" And you're right. So today was 25% employee discount day at Walgreens. Remember, my daughter works at Walgreens, and moved back in with us last summer. (Yippee! I may never let her leave!) Charmin was on sale for $3.49 for a 6 Big Roll Packs, and with the discount, that made the only $2.62 per package, minus my 25¢ coupon, I'd only be paying $2.37 a 6 Big Roll Pack. But they have a deal that when you buy $30 in Participating Proctor and Gamble Products, you get a free 50 ounce Tide (8.99 value). And, as it turns out, I also was almost out of paper towels, so I needed to get Bounty as well.

So here's what I did:

Transaction #1=
3- boxes Cinnamon Toast Crunch = 2/$4.00 = 6.00 = after discounts 4.50
1- Gallon Milk = 1.99 (no discount)
3- 42 count boxes Prilosec OTC = 18.99 each = 56.97 = after discounts 42.72
2- Glade scented oil candles (I bought the wrong ones, oops!) = 3.79 each = 7.58 = after discount 5.68
Total Value =
72.54 = after discounts = 54.89
Minus:
General Mills Cereal Coupon = $1.00/3 = 1.00
Prilosec OTC coupons $3/1 x 3 = 9.00
Glade candle coupon $2/2 = 2.00
Total Out Of Pocket= 42.89
Recieved Back:
$10.00 Register Rewards from buying 3 packs of Prilosec
$2.00 Register Rewards from buying 2 boxes of General Mills Cereal and 1 Gallon Milk


Transaction #2:
4- 6 Big Roll Packs of Charmin = 3.49 ea. or 13.96 = after discount.. 10.48
4- Bounty 8 Roll Packs = 6.49 ea. or 25.96 = after discount.. 19.48
1- Dawn Dish Detergent= 99¢ = after discount.. 74¢
12- Soft Soap = 1.00 ea. or 12.00 = after discount.. 9.00
2- Sharpie Pens 2 packs = 2.50 ea. or 5.00 = after discount.. 3.74
1- penway portfolio = 39¢ = after discount.. 29¢
Total Value: 58.30 = after discounts.. 43.73
Minus:
4- 25¢/1 Charmin Coupons = $1.00
4- 25¢/1 Bounty Coupons = $1.00
1- 25¢/1 Dawn Detergent Coupon = 25¢
12- 35¢/1 Soft Soap Coupons = 4.20
2- Walgreens Sharpie Coupon for 69¢ = 2.70
1- Walgreens School Supplies Coupon for 19¢ = 15¢
1- $10.00 Register reward (from Transaction #1)
1= $2.00 Register reward (from Transaction #2)
Total Out Of Pocket:
22.43
Received Back:
Free Coupon for 50 ounce Tide




Transaction #3
50 ounce Tide = 8.99
Used Coupon from Transaction #2 = 8.99
Total out of Pocket = 0.00



So in total today's value was $135.33 or $107.61 (after discounts)
and I only spent 65.32 (just a little over the cost of just the Prilosec!)