As I’m sure you have all noticed, I have been really busy lately and rarely posting. Thankfully Naomi and Monica have picked up some of the slack, although we’re collectively posting a lot less. Now that things have settled down again, I went to Walgreens and CVS this morning. I’ll be posting the full trips later, but I wanted to take a moment to let you know about a few surprise moneymakers I encountered when I shopped today.
I thought my Glade Expressions and Stride iD gum would be free, but both turned out to be moneymakers. Also, I found some Vicks Nature Fusion Cough on clearance and they became a moneymaker too after the Walgreens Balance Rewards points were factored into the deal.
Also, I ran a little test to see if you could do the point deals more than once and get credit for all you purchased and that worked as well. I did both the Stride and Vicks deals twice in the same transaction and received points for all four deals. Here are the scenarios:
STRIDE ID GUM MONEYMAKER:
BUY TWO STRIDE ID GUM, on sale 2/$2
Get 1000 points (value $1-$1.25, depending on how you redeem them) when you buy two Stride ID Gum
Use one BOGO Stride ID Gum printable coupon
***This coupon automatically deducted the max value of $1.28
Price at Register: $0.72, but earned 1000 points ($1-$1.25 value)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: UP TO $0.53 MONEYMAKER!
GLADE EXPRESSIONS MONEYMAKER:
BUY TWO GLADE EXPRESSIONS FRAGRANCE MIST STARTER KITS 7 OZ, on sale $2.99
Get $1 Register Reward (advertised) and one bonus $1 Register Reward (unadvertised) when you buy one Glade Expressions Fragrance Mist Starter Kit 7 oz
Use one $2/1 Glade Expressions printable coupon
Price at Register: $0.99, but get two $1 Register Rewards
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.01 MONEYMAKER!
POSSIBLE VICKS NATURE FUSION MONEYMAKER (if you can find the clearance I found today):
BUY TWO VICKS NATURE FUSION COUGH, on clearance $2.24
Get 2000 points (value $2-$2.50, depending on how you redeem them) when you buy two Vicks Nature Fusion
Used one $3/2 Vicks Products, 8/26 P&G newspaper insert
Price at Register: $1.48, but earned 2000 points ($2-$2.50 value)
NET PRICE FOR ALL: UP TO $1.02 MONEYMAKER!