shopping cart challenge

I have never been able to comprehend Walgreens and the way that Register Rewards work. I was browsing around online and lots of people said that this week was a slow one for Wags. Perfect for me to start learning.Heres how it went.I did 17 transactions at 5 Walgreens.I started with 0 RR and ended with $19 RRI spent $23 OOP (I bought $17.50 worth of soda for someone else so really my OOP was $6)I saved $161I am actually ...

This past week I have been scanning all the stores I go in. I am looking for coupons. Blinkies, Tearpads, you name it I looked for it.By the end of the week I had accumulated over 200 coupons. I did not ever take all the coupons, I did not take coupons I would not use, and I did not tear off coupons from products I was buying.I sorted them when I got home. Most of my blinkies do not expire till the end of December. I ...

This is my first Walgreens trip in a long, long time. I have not gone because it is so far from home and I could not seem to get it right before.Well this time it went great. I went to 2 stores. I did 7 transactions total and had $26 in Register Rewards left. I spent about $26 so I am pleased.One reason I spent that is I grabbed the wrong razor on my trip and no RR spit out. I realized what I had done and it was too ...

This summer I spent some time picking blackberries. I froze them because I was too busy to do anything with them.Last night I was bored and the kitchen was clean and the dishwasher was just a few dishes away from needing to be ran. I looked in my freezer and decided it was time to make some jam.It took less than 30 minutes from beginning to end. All you do is use one packet of freezer jam pectin, some sugar and some ...

I just read a wonderful article here.I read the article and made it apply to my life. I am using the article as inspiration.It is about starting off the new year on the right foot. Becoming clutter free and organized before the new year. If you do this you can start January off on the right foot.I think I read this at the right time. I am trying to organize my life, my home, and my office. It is a big task to take on ...

So I went to Albertsons the other day and did my transactions I listed earlier on this week. It was very successful and the cashier was super nice. I had two transactions and the cat's did not print so she just credited them for me.I decided to try my luck and go again Saturday because I had such good luck earlier. I made up my list. Got my coupons together and had stuff for two transactions again.Well, I did not read ...

What to do.....I have 24 cups of Strawberry Yo-Plus Yogurt with expiration dates all around 11/11.I need to think of some way to eat this yogurt because truthfully no one here likes yogurt, and I am not a super huge fan myself. Well, as I was looking through my shelves it came to me. Granola and Yogurt. Delish!So I looked through my pantry and found no granola. I did find some other crunchy cereal that would work. I ...

I am so excited. Albertsons is doing a deal where when you buy $25 of select products you get a $10 cat. I planned it all out:Transaction #12 pillsbury cookies $52 pillsbury crecent rolls $3.341 Cheerios $26 Yo Plus 4pk Yogurt $15Total $25.34Use Coupons1 pillsbury cookies $1/21 pillsbury crecent rolls .50/21 Cheerios $1/16 Yo Plus 4pk Yogurt $1/1Total $8.50 coupons25.34-8.50=16.84Receive $10 cat (gen mills) & $2.50 ...

So here I am behind...I need to make up for lost time. I sat down tonight and e-mailed all these companies. This should help me feel caught up on my little challenge. Now I will really be excited to go and check the mail. I hope I get some good ones. I always feel so lucky when I check the mail and there are coupons there.Companies I e-mailed today:Rotel Darigold Best Foods Tony's Pizza Fiber One Jimmy Dean Barilla Sweet Baby Rays Fruitabu Vlasic Pickles Scrubbing Bubbles Birdseye Voila Chicken Life Pillsbury Banquet Tims Campbells Mission Motts Hidden Valley Ranch Tillamook Chiquita Dole Tropicana Santa Cruz Sunny D Treeptop Buddig Meats Newmans Own Ocean Spray ...

So far I have gotten good responses when I have e-mailed companies complimenting them. It is exciting to check the mail knowing that you might have something exciting inside. I have e-mailed about 20 companies and these are the coupons I have received. 2- .50 off Lea and Perrins2- FREE Life water Q's3- $1 off Hansens 6-pk Soda1- $1/2 Hellmans MayoI am still e-mailing, not everyday like I wanted but at least a few times a week.I am going to continue to do this through the end of the month if not long ...

Yesterdays e-mails went well. I received a lot of automatic responses back and then a couple that said they would put some coupons in the mail for me. I am excited. It makes me keep e-mailing for more.Today I e-mailed 6 more companies. We will see what their responses are. I am not going to be e-mailing this weekend because I have to work long hours Saturday and Sunday. I am hoping that when I get to the mail on Monday there might be a coupon or too. It is kinda like Christmas. Waiting, anticipating, not really sure what you are going to get. Anyways it is exciting this far. I will continue to update more as I receive repli ...

I started my month long adventure with coupon gathering.I have e-mailed nine companies today.I was going to make it a goal to e-mail 5 companies a day. I do not know how that will work. I know at first I will really be into it, but I might slow down at the end. I hope to make this fun and exciting. Also I hope it makes me want to go check on my post office box more often as well. It is always fun to have exciting things in the mail and not just the usual bills.I will continue to update here as well as to brag about my best replies on this blog.This should be a good project to keep me distracted from the changing seasons, where has this year go ...