Walgreen's / Pick N' Save 12/17/10

Back to Pick N' Save for more of the 8/$10 Kellogg's deal.  I also went to Walgreen's to take advantage of the 2 day "Buy $25, Get $5 Register Rewards" deals.  There wasn't anything earth-shattering in the ad this week, but I was able to make it worth it.

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First stop:  Walgreen's
1 20.2 oz. Olay Quench Body Lotion- $9.99
1 10oz. Olay Ribbons Body Wash- $5.29
1 Gillette Fusion Shaver-  on sale $8.99
1 Complete Lens Solution-  on sale $7.99
6 Paper Gift Sacks- $1.50

Subtotal:  $33.76

Used $1/1 Olay Body Wash MQ
Used 1 "Buy Olay Body Wash get Olay Body Lotion Free" MQ (took off $9.99)
Used 1 $4/1 Gillette Fusion Razor
Used 6/$1 Paper Gift Sack in-ad Walgreen's Q (took of $.50)
Used $18 Register Rewards (4 $2 RR's  from Scunci/Stayfree deals last week, 1 $10 RR from ReNu Lens Solution)
OOP:  $.27 + tax
Register Rewards received:  $17 ($8 Complete, $4 Gillette, $5 "Buy $25, get $5 RR")

Next stop:  Pick N' Save
The deal for Kellogg's is "Buy 8 selected Kellogg's, Keebler or Sunshine items at $2.50 each, get $10 off your grocery total with your Pick N' Save card."  I asked the manager if it buying 16 items would take off $20 and he wasn't sure, said to be safe and do two separate transactions.  So I did.

Transaction #1
3 Special K Vanilla Almond
1 Honey Smacks
1 Special K Blueberry
3 Cocoa Krispies
Subtotal before card:  $20
Swiped PNS card, took off $10
Used $1.00/1 Special K Blueberry MQ
Used $.75/1 Honey Smacks MQ
Used 2 $1.50/3 any Kellogg's cereal CAT from last night's double coupon outing
Total after card and coupons:  $5.25

Transaction #2
3 Frosted Flakes
3 Corn Flakes
2 Raisin Bran Extra (aka "Mommy's Shabbos Cereal")
Subtotal before card:  $20
Used $2/3 Frosted Flakes CAT from last night's double coupon outing
Used $1.50/2 Raisin Bran
Used $1.50/2 Corn Flakes
Used $1/1 Corn Flakes
Total after card and coupons:  $4.00

Altogether I saved over 82% on 16 boxes of Kellogg's cereal, one large Olay lotion, a medium Olay body wash, an awesome shaver (my legs don't care if it's a "man's" shaver, they only care to get shaved close and not get cut), lens solution, and 6 cute gift sacks for holiday teacher gifts and I *still* had change from a $10 bill and $17 in fresh Regsiter Rewards.

KCM Lessons Learned:

• When presented with a good deal, do it again and again and again.  There's nothing wrong with 30 boxes of cereal in your cupboards that cost less than 6 would have.
  
• Save every coupon, even if you don't think you'll need it or ever use the product.  Why?  There were $1 Complete coupons floating around a while back that I could have used on the lens solution making them a $1 money maker after Register Rewards.  I don't have contacts, didn't care if the lens solution ever went on sale so I skipped the coupons.  As it was I was able to convert difficult to use $2 RR's into a larger $8 RR, and get some free stuff to add in to my sister's care package.  But an extra dollar would have been better.
• A good shaver is a good shaver whether it's pink with flowers on the package or black with an orange racing stripe.  My legs don't care if I'm using a "man's" shaver, they only care to get shaved close and not get cut.