We finally have our own Walgreens store in my town. Woohoo! Manuevering and understanding the Walgreens system can be daunting to a newbie, but this helpful tutorial will give you a basic understanding of what Register Rewards are and how to maximize your savings at Walgreens. Thanks to It's Hip to Save for the info and details on the following deals...

FREE Carefree pantiliners (good thru 9/26)
Deal Scenario:
Carefree Ultra Protection Pantiliners $1.99 =$1.99RR
Use the $1/1 coupon from here or from the 8/30 Smart Source coupon insert
Final cost FREE + a $1 moneymaker!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FREE Velveeta Shells & Cheese Single Cups
Velveeta Shells and Cheese single cups are still printing Register Rewards thru 9/9: buy 2 and get a $1 RR. Combine this deal with this week's in ad coupon and manufacturer coupon to snag these FREE and/or make some money!

Deal Scenario:
Velveeta Shells & Cheese Cups $1.39 each
Buy 2 for a total of $2.78
Use the buy one get one free coupons from the 8/9SS or the August issue of All you mag or
Use the Walgreens in ad coupon--making each cup $0.89 (will deduct $1 total)
Pay $0.39 OOP but get back a $1 RR
Final cost 2 for FREE + a $0.61 moneymaker!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theraflu FREE or Moneymaker
This is a great time to stock up on cold medicine so that you're prepared for cold & flu season. I mean...what could be better than FREE?!

Theraflu Cold, Cough or Sinus Relief $4.99 (8.3 oz syrup or 6 packets)
Use the $2/1 coupon from here: IE or Firefox
Plus, use the $2/1 Walgreens coupon available in the Health Savings Booklet
Pay $0.99 and get back a $3 RR
Final cost FREE + a $2 moneymaker!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coffeemate Creamer 16 oz liquid 50¢
This is a great stock up price for all that cool Fall morning coffee we'll be sipping!

Coffeemate Creamer 16 oz liquid $1.50
Use the $1 coupon from here
Or $0.55/1 coupon from here
Or $1/2 coupon from the 8/9RP
Final cost as low as 50¢!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It's back to work for me today and back to school for the kids tomorrow, so my blog posts may be a little sporadic as we try to find a balance with new schedules (as if the posting hasn't already been pretty sporadic, right?!).

Peninsula Market Sale Workup

This is for my local frugal ladies Ü. Peninsula Market (or Vashon Market for those of you on the island) has some great coupons running August 26-September 1! Their entire sales ad can be viewed here, but these are the deals that stuck out to me:

Golden Ripe Bananas 39¢ lb. (no limit)

Ragu Pasta Sauce 16-26 oz selected varieties $1.79 (no limit)

Super Coupons (each coupon is good with a $5 purchase which can easily be met if you just use a couple of the coupons):

Sunny Delight Citrus Punch 128 oz. 2/$5 (limit 2)

Flavorite Medium Cheddar Cheese, 2 lb loaf $3.99 (limit 1)

Yoplait Original or Whips! Yogurt 10/$4 (limit 20)

Kellogg's Eggo Waffles 8-10 ct 2/$3 (limit 4)

Kellogg's Cereal or Pop-Tarts 8 ct selected varieties or 14 oz Frosted Flakes, 12 oz Corn Flakes, 9 oz Rice Krispies, 8.7 oz Honey Corn Flakes, 11.3 oz Cocoa Krispies, 10.5 oz Keebler Cookie Crunch, 9 oz. High School Musical or 9.5 oz Hannah Montana 5/$10 (limit 10)

Totino's Pizza Rolls 7.5 oz 10/$10 (limit 10)

Banquet Pot Pies 7 oz 10/$5 (limit 10)

Red Baron Pizza 14.76-32.4 oz 3/$9.99 (limit 6)

Best Foods Mayonnaise 22-30 oz selected varieties (limit 2)

Gatorade Thirst Quencher 8 pk 20 oz bottles $4.99 (limit 2)

Here are some deal scenarios that I've worked out to sweeten some of those deals a little more:

Buy 2 Eggo Waffles
Use (1) 2/$3 store coupon
Use (2) $1 printable coupons
Final OOP $1/box WYB 2

Buy 12 Yoplait Original or Whips! Yogurts
Use (1) 10/$4 store coupon
Use (2) 50¢/6 MQ's from Coupons.com
Final OOP 32¢ each WYB 12

Buy 2 Best Foods Mayonnaise
Use (1) $2.99 store coupon
Use (1) $1/2 MQ's from Coupons.com
Final OOP $2.49 each WYB 2

Buy 2 Totino's Pizza Rolls
Use (1) 10/$10 store coupon
Use (1) 55¢/2 printable coupon from Pillsbury
Final OOP 73¢/box

Buy 5 boxes Kellogg's Rice Krispies and
Buy 2 boxes Kellogg's Pop-Tarts
Use (1) 5/$10 store coupon
Use (5) $1 off Rice Krispies coupons from Vocalpoint mailer
Use (2) 55¢/1 printable coupons from Pop-Tarts

Final OOP $7.90 for 5 boxes of cereal and 2 boxes of Pop-Tarts (or $1/box cereal and $1.45/ea Pop-Tarts)

Ragu Pasta Sauce on sale $1.79 each

Use $1.00 off printable coupons (hopefully you snagged a bunch when they on Coupons.com!)

Final OOP 79¢ per jar

Again, these are just the coupon stacking deals that jumped out at me. Your mileage may vary, so be sure to check out the entire sales flyer for yourself.

One Last Summer Fling

We've been busily back-to-school shopping, living a life that revolves around youth football, we just returned from one last Summer fling to the beach. I'm exhausted, so here are some photo highlights...