Walgreens & Wal-mart Deals

Have I mentioned that I'm hoping to be less busy and frazzled in the month of May? Part of my plan to simplify is to stay home a lot more. I enjoy shopping and running errands to a point, but it also stresses me out. Crystal over at Money Saving Mom just wrote a post that echoes my thoughts almost perfectly - check it out here.

So, now that I've declared my less-spending-and-running-around-goals to the world, let me recap my last two days of running around and making purchases like a crazy woman. However, in my defense, I planned for these shopping trips, used sales and coupons to my advantage, and made a lot of great deals.

On Wednesday, I made two trips to Wal-mart and three trips to Walgreens. Here is what I picked up...


And now for the breakdown...

Walmart Trip #1
Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner: sale price $12 minus $7/1 MFC = $5
Huggies Clean Team flushable wipes: 1.64 each minus $3/2 MFC = .28 or .14 each
10 oz. Gerber Nuk bottle: 4.87 minus $5 rebate = FREE (.13 over)
Muir Glen organic tomatoes: 1.24 minus $1/1 MFC = .24
Honey Bunches of Oats cereal (2): 1.98 each minus 2 $2/1 MFC = FREE
Trail Mix Crunch cereal: 2.98 minus 2.98 MFC = FREE
Kashi cereal: 2.00 each minus 2 $2/1 MFC = FREE
Old Spice Red Zone trial size bodywash: .97 each minus $2/2 MFC = FREE
Johnson's Buddies soap (8): .94 each minus 2 $1/1 MFC, 2 $2/2 MFC = FREE (.49 over)
Feline Pine cat litter: 3.42 minus 3.42 rebate = FREE
Paid 13.22 OOP
Rebates 8.42
Total = 4.80 for 53.19 worth of merchandise

Walgreens Trip #1
Lady Speed Stick: 2.39 minus $1/1 MFC minus $1.40/1 WAG = FREE
Zantac150 Cool Mint, 8 count: 5.49 minus $5/1 MFC = .49
Hallmark Gift Wrap (3): 1.50 minus .50/3 WAG = 1.00
Paid 1.48 OOP
Earned $3 RR
Total = 1.48 for 9.38 worth of merchandise plus $3 RR

Walgreens Trip #2
VanCamp's Pork & Beans (3): sale price 3/$2 minus .83 WAG = 1.17 or .39 each
Walgreens Ibuprofen: sale price 2.00 minus $2 rebate = FREE
Paid 3.17 OOP
Rebates 2.00
Total = 1.17 for 5.96 worth of merchandise
*I'm actually hoping to buy enough pork & beans to take advantage of a $5 rebate on those too, but that will be added in at the end...

Walmart Trip #2
Malt-O-Meal Honey Nut Scooters (4): 1.00 minus 2 $1.50/1 & 2 $1/1 MFC = (1.00 over)
Scotch Brite Toilet scrubbers refill: 3.87 minus 3.87 MFC = FREE
20 mule team borax: 2.56
Paid 1.56 OOP
Total = 1.56 for 10.43 worth of merchandise

Walgreens Trip #3
VanCamp's Pork & Beans (3): sale price 3/$2 minus .83 WAG = 1.17 or .39 each
Softsoap: sale price 2.99 minus $2 WAG = .99
Paid 2.16 OOP
Total = 2.16 for 6.96 worth of merchandise

When I spend $10 on beans (before Walgreens coupon making them 3/1.00), I will get a $5.00 rebate. I'll have spent 5.85 on beans, minus the 5.00 rebate for a total of .85 or .06 per can.

Grand Total Day 1: $11.17 ($9.19 after rebates on beans) for $85.92 worth of merchandise, plus $6 in RR at Walgreens!!