I went over the course of two days.  The first night I didn’t spend a whole lot of time working out my deals, I just got things I knew we could use while on vacation like Dr. Pepper and Pringles.  (I bought Swiffer refills too because I was out at home and I didn’t know if I would get to go back to Walgreens.)  Here is what I did.

1^st deal:   3 cases Dr. Pepper for $11 & 2 Oral B toothbrushes @ $4.49 each – got $4 back in Register Rewards (RR) for the Dr. Pepper and 2 $4.50 RR for the toothbrushes

2^nd deal:   4 Swiffer Refills @ $3.49 each = $13.96 – used 3 $.55 man. Coupons and $4 RR for a total of $8.31 – got $5 RR

3^rd deal:   10 cans Pringles for $10 – used $5 RR for a total of $5 – got $3 RR

Now, I spent a considerable amount of time figuring out my next set of transactions.  I had 5 transactions planned that should have cost me $17.93 out of pocket and gotten me $20 in RR and $12 in rebates.  Well, they had everything in stock except the Nivea Men’s Body Wash which sounds really good, the only bad thing is that it was right in the middle of the long list of deals I had worked out and I was in no place to change things at that point so I decided to get some candy to take the place of the Body Wash.  The downside there was I grabbed a kind that didn’t match my coupons!  Arrgh!  Anyway, here is what actually transpired.

        Deal 1:     3 Children’s Tylenol @ $4.99 each
                        1 Lypsyl Lip treatment @ $2.99
                        -$3 Tylenol man. Coupon
                        -$9 in RR from the t.brush trans. Yesterday
                        -$4.50 Easy Saver Tylenol coupon
                Total Out of Pocket (oop) $3.00 + got $5 RR

Deal 2:     2 Fun size Reese’s Peanut Butter cups @ $3.99 each
2 Revlon Colorsilk hair colors @ $1.99 each
- $1 off 2 Revlon coupon
- $5 RR from Tylenol transaction

Total oop = $6.67 + got $2 RR (this transaction if I had been able to buy the body wash instead of candy would have cost only $.97+tax!)

        Deal 3:     2 Puffs tissues @ $.99 each after in ad coupon
                        2 Gillette Shampoo @2/$5
                        2 Soft Soap @ $.99 each after in ad coupon
                        3 caramels @3/$.99
                        -2 $2 Gillette coupons
                        -2 $.25 Puffs coupons
                        -2 $.35 Soft Soap coupons
                        -$3 RR from Pringles transaction yesterday
                        -2 $1 RR from Revlon transaction earlier
                Total oop = $5.78 + get a $5 Rebate from Gillette

        Deal 4:     2 Febreeze Air Effects @ $2.49 each
                        2 Febreeze Noticeable Kits @ $6.99 each
                        - 2 $5 Febreeze Noticeable coupons
                        - 2 $1 Febreeze Air Effects coupons
                        - $2 RR (I’m not sure what this one was from)
                Total oop = $6.94 + got $5 RR

        Deal 5:     2 Gillette fusion razors @ $8.99 each
                        - 2 $4 Gillette coupons
                        - $5 RR
                Total oop = $5.43 + got back $4 RR   Now, here is the deal on this particular transaction.  This was the last transaction and the Walgreens people were starting to look at me funny so my wonderful husband offered to do it for me.  Since it was just the 2 razors I figured it shouldn’t have any glitches so I gave him the coupons and instructions and left the store.  The only thing I told him to make sure of was to check out at the cosmetics counter because I had trouble at the regular checkout with the RR machine not printing before.  (They fixed it for me at cosmetics.)  Well, it turns out the cosmetics checker went on break right after I left the store so he had to check out up front.  As I suspected, he came back out without the $8 in RR he should have had.  I showed him the ad and what to tell the cashier when he went back in.  When he came out again he had only been able to get 1 $4 RR instead of the 2 he was due but he appeared in no mood to fight for the $4 so we called it a day.  (Keep in mind that my 3 year old had been having a meltdown for about ½ an hour at this point.)

So, how did I do total for these 42 items?  Drum roll please!

        Total oop = $24.31 (1^st day) + $27.82 (2^nd day) = $52.13 (Oh yeah, I actually only spent $5.93 oop because the rest of it was on my gift card from last month’s rebates.)  That’s less than $1.25 per item!  (Without coupons it would have cost $123.48.)  I received $37 RR and am getting over $8 in rebates.  I am well stocked on medicine, shampoo, cleaning supplies and air fresheners.  All in all it was a pretty good deal, and I still have $4 RR to spend!