ABOUT ME & WILDFORWAGS.com
Welcome! I hope you’ll find some valuable information here on stretching your dollar when shopping at my favorite pharmacy, Walgreens. As for me, I’m a financial educator, certified by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. I teach a variety of classes covering such topics as improving your credit, saving for retirement, buying your first home, getting out of debt, saving on groceries and more.
I realized that many of my clients were spending a log of their income on basic necessities. If I could help them lower their costs they would have additional money to put towards their debt or put towards meeting their goals. So I decided to create my own site (wildforwags.com – Walgreens coupons & Walgreens Deals) dedicated to helping them save at Walgreens.
In addition to my responsibilities as an educator, I’m also a licensed Realtor in the state of Florida and a member of the National Realtors Association. I’m actively involved with various community organizations serving as a volunteer mentor with my local Domestic Violence Shelter and volunteering on the family selection committee for Habitat for Humanity.
I’m a graduate of the University of Miami with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Communications and Political Science and a proud alumni of the Kappa Kappa Gamma organization. I reside in Florida with my fabulous husband and some very spoiled cats!
Thanks for stopping by 
Recent Press
Retailers Fret Over Coupon Craze – May 14th, 2011 – Palm Beach Post & Sun-Sentinel
Cutting Coupons – May 15th, 2011 – ABC World News
Morning News – Quad Cities Today – KWQC
Hi, I'm Christie and I love helping people save money! In my family, it's all about saving more and spending less. I started using coupons to help pay off debt. Once I realized we could save literally hundreds of dollars a month with coupons, my life has never been the same. Join me in saving money at one of my favorite stores - Walgreens!
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Hi Christy,
I read about you and it says you reside in Florida. I thought you were in Hawaii? Where are you? I thought you also give classes about couponing here?
Please advise.
Thank you,
Dawn
Hi Dawn,
No, I’m in Florida. I’ve never been to Hawaii but it sounds delightful!
What part of Florida??
shucks, it would be nice to see a mentor in hawaii so we can follow the scenarios to a t and it will work. Our prices are different here. I wish we had more sales like you folks and even our other grocery stores are not as good with sales. I like your site and there are others I check out but it spend alot of time because I need to keep double checking the prices and our inserts are always lacking. Any suggestions. Do you order your coupons from the clipping services on Thursday or Friday since WAGS has their sneek peaks? Any tips would be greatly appreciated so I can free up some time…
Thanks again
What a nice pic! Love the coupon binder
Hi Christie,
I recently started a blog and I love your site. I have your button on my blog but I was wondering what the proper etiquitte for sharing your scenarios on my blog. Do I reference your blog, and is that ok?
I am so glad I found you! Thanks for the Wild Wags Tips I just now stumbled across your website in 2011, and love it!
I went to my Wags today bought Colgate toothpaste on clearance for .49 cents each I did buy 7…what a great deal, they also had lots of icecream on clearance.I feel so good when I save money.
Hi Christy,
I live on the North Coast and have always used coupons and I’m enjoying learning how to use them even more than I ever knew, i.e., stacking, bogo, cash rewards, etc. This is fun and exciting but my friend and I have noticed that the cashiers are getting attitude problems with us when we hit the store. Walgreens isn’t the only place we got attitudes from, and one local market has banned internet coupons in their store altogether. Any advice on how to get these people to stop acting like it’s money coming out of their own paychecks?
Is that a binder you’re holding in your picture? If so I’d love to know where to find one like that.
Hi Melinda – Yes it is! You can check them out HERE.
Hi,
I have the same exact coupon binder
and soo far I like it. I holds a lot of coupons…I just started couponing abt a month ago, but I put a lot of work into it my very fist months…now i got the hang of it and loving it!
i tried to contact you through you’re Contact page, but it comes up blank (tried on a couple different computers) I found a great deal on something at Walgreens with this weeks ad, but not sure where to post it. Where do you prefer things like that go?
Hm, I thought I fixed that. Oh, the site is never done! You can e-mail me at christie (at) wildforwags.com
Hey Christie…I couldnt wait for a reasonable hour to head to my Wags for this weeks deals! thanks to your awesome site…I was actually able to “educate” the store managers and cashier about the deals this week…(Splenda & Stayfree)Anyway…I noticed that you maintain a page for clearance items. I found Skintimate Shave Gel marked down to $0.75…I used my Skintimate $0.55/1 and scored 4 for $0.80 plus tax!! Yay!
Really cool information, thanks!
Just wanted to share that the little $1.00 boxes of cereal (capt crunch and honey Graham oh’s) are .25 but not marked that way. Add in a q for $1 (redplum or smart source) off of 2 any size cap’t crunch and you make .25 on each box you buy.
Hi Christi, my name is Denise and am new to couponing-I would like to ask a questions about coupons in general-hope you can help. Can I use a buy one oldspice bodywash get one free(I was planning on using 3)along with a 1.00 off two oldspice body wash(I was planning on using 1)??? 6 body washes and 4 coupons-or do I have this couponing thing all wrong??? Thanks for your help I am on your site daily without fail!!! Love, love, love it!
Hi Christie…I am new to couponing and also live in S. Florida. I read your article in the Palm Beach Post today and would like to get some tips on couponing in the real world with our local Publix, Walgreens and CVS. Thanks in advance for any help in the matter..!!!!!
thank you Christie for all your help! I have saved hundreds of dollars following your scenarios. you are one busy gal!
thanks for all you do
Tonya
Hi,
I just wanted to send you a BIG Thank you for your Walgreens scenarios! I am having so much fun doing this and saving lots of money! My friends are begging me to show them how.
Thanks again and enjoy your weekend!
Dawn
Seattle, WA
I read your post today about a giveaway to FBFans, but I haven’t been able to find you. May you point me in the right direction? I would really like to be involved in the discussion. Thank you!
If a coupon expires say with today’s date on it-can it be used today?
It states you started couponing to pay off debt, well about a month and a half ago I started the same. My 1 year old has has many surgeries in his first year, one being open heart surgery, so the medical bills, even after insurance are just overwhelming. Couponing has started to help a lot in this short period, but do you have any other pointers to help? Any extra advice would be appreciated greatly!!
Thank you so much for your blog! It is such a little rush to know how much I am saving and how much you are helping! You are appreciated greatly in this household…and I have told MOST my friends about you as well!
Hi Christie,
Im not sure what part of florida you are in, but I think I remember reading you are south, and I see you had an article in the palm beach post, I am also in palm beach, and looking to donate and get involved with the commmunity, but cannot seem to find many places. If you know of anywhere to donate items too and volunteer around palm beach I would greatly appreciate the help. Who knew it was so difficult to find a place to volunteer or donate.
Christie,
I read on someones blog this week about a $10 Ensure rebate but didn’t have time then to check it out. They gave credit to you, now I have no idea where i saw it. Can you tell me where to find the rebate info?
Thank you
Lisa, you can read about it below…
http://wildforwags.com/walgreens-deals/2011/06/21/free-money-making-ensure-mail-rebate/
I am looking for the bogo for stayfree do you know where i can find it at.
my walgreens says all monthly booklets, summer beauty guides and infant care booklets are manufacturer coupons and cannot be combinded, is that correct or should i call corporate? Any advice is appreciated.
They are wrong. They are store coupons. I stack them every week. Hope you get them straightened out!
i had one 8 rr that i wanted to use for a few items but the walgreens said i can only use it for one item, is that correct?