coupon shopping doesn't have to mean a long time in the store.

I was passing Walgreen's last night on my way home and decided to make a quick stop even though I didn't have my coupons with me.   

I walked in, grabbed the currents week flyer and the monthly book.
3 boxes of blink eye drops, one had the $4 coupn on it
3 bottles of some healthy fruit juices $2 each.
3 boxes of arnicare pain gel

Time in store 15 minutes.

End result
I used a $3.50 old ready reward and $5.59 cash (9.09)
I got back $6 in RR

My deal cost me $3.09

The amount of money I saved $63.00

My family LIKES the three bottles of fruit juice that normally sells for $2 a bottle. During this deal, I feel I got the juice for half price and all the blink and pain relief cream for free.

The juice, candy,tax is about 2.45. That means IF I had gotten milk instead, I would have had THREE gallons of milk and the other stuff for $3.50
Another thought. What if ALL the blink tear drops had coupons? and I still got three boxes? I would have a credit of another $8 AND walked out of the store with all the items.

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I made little discovery.  There are coupons in the boxes of Arnicare.  Possible profit!

This is a break down. Don't read this if you get lost in the math. Sometimes its nice to think it though to understand how everything feel in place.

Round robining the deals I Paid for
1 box blink at 7.99 - $4 coupon - $3.50 ready reward from last week
Paid oop (out of pocket) 49 cents
I recieved a ready reward for $8

1 juice at $2
1 annicare 5.99
total $7.99 here's where I slightly messed up. with ready rewards the
amount must be more than the buck. If I had added milk I would have been fine,
as it was I threw in
1 piece of candy 39 cents
tax 16 cents.
Paid with the $8 reward and 54 cents oop

repeated TWice with

1 box blink at 7.99
I paid with a 6 I got from annicare
and 1.99 oop
I recieved a ready reward for $8

I bought
1 juice at $2
1 annicare 5.99
1 piece of candy 39 cents.
Paid with the $8 reward and 54 cents oop