Here is my scenario for the 3 day Black Friday ad starting Thursday, 11/25. I created this scenario using coupons that most of you should have. I also created it starting with a $5 RR since most of you should have this. If you don’t you’ll just have to spend $5.45 out of pocket in Transaction #1 vs. $.45.
Using these scenarios you will end up with $19.50 in Register Rewards, over $58 in merchandise and only spend $.77 out of pocket! Yeah, I love Black Friday! 🙂
I didn’t include every single item that was free but you’ll have $19.50 in RR at the end so you can always purchase those items in a 4th scenario you create for yourself. I really want to pick up a couple of the Secret, Olay, Colgate & Herbal Essences so I created my scenario with that in mind. Remember Red coupons are store coupons and DO NOT count in your coupon total!
*Also if you have the coupon for the FREE Zest, Ivory or Safeguard WYB Olay, you can add one of those products into transaction #1 and use the FREE product coupon.
-FREE Zest, Ivory, or Safeguard Bar, Body Wash, or Liquid Hand Soap, WYB any Olay Body Wash – Rouge, Fall 2010 – to $1.99 x 12/31
TRANSACTION #1 BUY
1-Secret Scent Expressions Body Splash 3oz $3.49
1-Olay Body Wash, 10oz $3.49
1-Colgate Total Advanced $2.99
1-Herbal Essences Hair Care $2.49
1-Scunci Hair Elastics No Sip or No Damage $1.99
Total = $14.45
USE
-$5 off Olay Bar, Body Wash, In Shower Body Lotion Or Hand & Body Lotion, Any (1) WYB (1) Secret Product, Any – 10-31-10 PG x11/30
-$1/1 Colgate Total, Any 4oz+ (x 3/31/11) Diabetes &You Winter 2010 x3/31/11
-$2/1 Clairol Family, one – 10-31-10 PG x11/30
-$1/1 Colgate Total, Advanced or sensitive 4-6 oz (x 2/28/11) D&Y Winter 2010
-$5 RR Sinex
Total = $.45, Get Back $12.50 in RR
($3.50 RR Secret, $2.50 RR Olay, $3 RR Colgate, $1.50 Herbal Essences, $2 RR Scunci)
Click Below for the rest of the Scenario!
TRANSACTION #2 BUY
1-ThermaCare Heat Wraps $2.49
1-Crest 3D White Vivid Toothpaste 4oz $2.99
1-GUM Eez-Thru Flossers 90pk $2.25
1-Fiber Choice Fruit Tablets, 10ct $2.49
1-Robitussin To Go DM, 2ct $2.49
1-Advil PM 4ct $.99
1- 2 Litter Dr. Pepper, 7up, A&W, Sunkist, Canada Dry or Hawaiian Punch $.99
3 – Mars Candy 1.1 to 2.17 oz. $.89 each or 2/$1.59
Total = $17.17
USE
-$1/1 ThermaCare Heat Wraps PRINT
-$1/1 Crest toothpaste 4.0 oz+, or liquid gel, any one (EXC Cavit, Baking Soda, Tartar) – 10-31-10 PG x11/30
-$.75/1 Gum Flossers PRINT
-B2G1 FREE Dove Promises (1/16 – 1.3oz) PRINT (Takes off $.79)
-Use In ad Q for Mars (Takes Off $1.01)
-$3.50 RR Secret
-$2.50 RR Olay
-$3 RR Colgate
-$1.50 Herbal Essences
-$2 Scunci
Total = $.12, Get Back $14.75 in RR
($2.50 RR ThermaCare, $3 RR Crest, $2.25 Gum, $2.50 RR Fiber Choice, $2.50 Robitussin, $1 Advil, $1 RR Pepsi)
TRANSACTION #3 BUY
1-Nivea for Men Shave Gel, 7oz $2.99
1-Just For Men 2-in-1 Shampoo & Cond. $4.99
1-Secret Scent Expressions Body Splash 3oz $3.49
1-Olay Body Wash, 10oz $3.49
1-Colgate Total Advanced $2.99
1-Herbal Essences Hair Care $2.49
2-Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice 2/$5
3-M&M’s Theatre Box Theater Pack Candy 2.54 – 7.8oz 2/$1
Total = $26.94
USE
-$5 off Olay Bar, Body Wash, In Shower Body Lotion Or Hand & Body Lotion, Any (1) WYB (1) Secret Product, Any – 10-31-10 PG x11/30
-$1/1 Colgate Total, Any 4oz+ (x 3/31/11) Diabetes &You Winter 2010 x3/31/11
-$2/1 Clairol Family, one – 10-31-10 PG x11/30
-$2/2 Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice PRINT
-$1/2 Welch’s Sparkling Grape Juice, 25.4oz (5075) Dec. Coupon Book
-$1/1 Colgate Total, Advanced or sensitive 4-6 oz (x 2/28/11) D&Y Winter 2010
-$.99 off 3 Mars M&M’s Theater Box, 3.4oz (5388) Dec. Coupon Book
-$2.50 RR Thermacare
-$3 RR Crest
-$2.25 RR Gum
-$2.50 RR Fiber Choice
-$2.50 RR Robitussin
-$1 RR Advil
Total = $.20, Get Back $18.50 RR
($3 RR Nivea, $5 RR Just For Men, $3.50 RR Secret, $2.50 RR Olay, $3 RR Colgate, $1.50 Herbal Essences) (Still have $1 RR Pepsi)
{ 48 comments… read them below or add one }
Wow this is so awesome! Thank you so much for doing this.
I’m off to find my coupons.
Thank you for help with the scenario shopping, so much fun !!!!!!!
with the thermacare coupon how many can you print ?
Quick Question- I am forming a scenario for Friday and want to make syre everything runs smoothly. I know there is a certain way to hand over the coupons in order for them to work. Does anyone know that certain order? Thanks so much for everything Christie!
Unfortunately, at WAGS, you cannot hand them over in a certain order. In their coupon policy, it states the order in which the cashiers are to scan the coupons. My local store does indeed follow this sequnece.
Amanda – I think that’s something happening just at your store. Here is the Walgreens coupon policy.
http://www.walgreens.com/topic/help/generalhelp/coupon_policy_main.jsp?_requestid=37856
Does this sale start at midnight (at the 24hr wags) or do we have to wait til a certain time in the morning?
Just wanted to point out that although this is a ‘black friday’ ad, the deals actually start on Thursday. (In case you don’t have any plans for that day 😉 )So if you go on Friday at midnight, it should work. For example, lets say that it is a normal 7 day Sun.-Sat. ad. And you went shopping on Monday morning at midnight, you would get your RR. Same concept applies.
Claire,
I was able to print 2 thermacare coupons per computer I have.
YIPPY SKIPPY I am so excited…my first Black Friday as a coupon princess.
Hi can anybody suggest a good transaction to buy
Nivea for men shaving gel
Walgreens humdifier
Huggies diapers
Venus Razor
i dont have any previous RR.Please help as i am new to couponing &RR.
Thanks in advance.
Does anybody have any 2 off 1 clairol family spares ?
If you do, please email me at [email protected]
I’ve read elsewhere that the Jingle Cash is different from the RR in that it can’t be used the same day (therefore can’t be rolled), you may want to check on that.
In transaction #2, is it o.k. to purchase Crest, a P&G product and pay with the previous P&G RR you listed and still get a RR?
Thanks.
Julie – The Jingle Cash can be used it’s the “bonus $” that will start in 2 weeks that you have to wait till the following week to use. I already have some “Jingle Cash” and it doesn’t exclude you being able to use it immediately.
Kristen – Yes, if you were using a $3 RR from P&G (since that’s what the Crest gives) you’d have a problem but since all the P&Gs you are paying with are other amounts you’ll be fine.
Christie,
Thank you for clarifying. I always thought the company was the important thing to remember and did not know that it was the amounts that I had to watch.
Thank you again and Happy Shopping!
Will there be a problem to use the P&G RR from transaction #1 to purchase a different P&G product in transaction #2?
Just saw the answer from above. Thanks.
What is bonus $
Diapers Almost Free Today I did this deal 5x. I bought 2 olay 2pks, (2./$4) and 2 Secret Deo Trial sized for .99 each. I added a Huggies 8.99. I used 2 Olay $5 coups (10) and one Huggies coup (2.50) Total after coupons was 3.87 and then I got 3.00 In RR. Soooooo drum roll please .87 OOP! YEAH
@ Laci, I checked with the manager at one of the 24 hour stores here, and was told that the jingle cash would print at midnight Thursday morning, so I may go in and try it out.
Any idea on whether the rewards card/points test area will have a different ad? 🙁 It’s ruined so much at Wags for me; I won’t be surprised. I may have to just call corporate and ask. Bah!
I just read a commenter on another site saying that she saw a PDX-local ad and it was all RR deals without the bonus points nonsense. Woohoo!
One More Question,
If I have jingle cash from P & G for the Olay deal, can I use it with the Herbal Essence and still get the Herbal Essesnce RR or Jingle Cash. I am using the Olay Jingle Cash will prohibit a Jingle Cash for the Herbal Essence??? ANybody know???
Leigh – Since the Olay is $1 and the Herbal Essence is $1.50 you should be ok! 🙂
New to walgreens couponing…what is the D&Y coupon book and where do I get it?
Nevermind, I did some recon and figured it out. Thanks tho!
I work a a 24 hr Wag & the manager told us that the Jingle Cash will start printing shortly after midnight, but we can’t price adjust anything (like we normally do for the weekly ad). The weekly ad usually doesn’t kick in until 3-4 am. Obviously, all Wags are different, but I just wanted to give a heads up that going at midnight might not work out.
found a 1.00 for neiva mens product in a redplum. printable for the gum flossers and bic razors too.
What is the coupon -$2/1 Clairol Family, one – 10-31-10 PG x11/30 being used on in Transaction 1 and 3. It must be to early for my brain to work.
Thank you Christie for the scenarios!
The $2/1 Clariol is being used on the Herbal Essences Hair Care which is a Clariol product (look on the back of the bottles). Don’t forget to hand over manuf. cpns first, then the store (i.e. IVC’s or in-ad cpns) coupons.
I may go at midnight to get some of the toy deals and dog beds. Then head there in the morning to do the RR deals. Last year there were several ladies at my local store loading up on the toys. Plus the dog beds (of all things!) went fast.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
anyone else see the nivea for men coupon? I looked at redplum and didnt see them…..also I got the BIC soliel BELLA printable is that the only bic one? thanks
ohhh it was a red plum insert not printable ohhh well
I also did recon on the D&Y, but I didn’t see anything about it. Is it something found in the Walgreens store?
You should find it in the pharmacy. It’s a Diabetes magazine (Diabetes & You).
This link may help out the people who can’t find the magazine in the store. It has all the coupons that are in the magazine and they are in .pdf version.
http://www.walgreens.com/marketing/library/diabetes/archive.jsp
ACK!!! I don’t have any RR’s to start & I don’t have any more Olay coupons – wish I would have waited to use mine!!! Now, I’ll have to sit down & see how I can start my scenerio with the least OOP! 🙁
Christie,
Isn’t the Diabete’s and you a manufacturer’s coupon? How do you use 2 of them in the last transaction?
Rose – There are 2 different coupons one is a MQ (blue) one is a Store Q (red)
Christie, I do see that there are indeed 2 coupons for the colgate however in the Diabetes and You magazine it is a manuf. coupon not a store coupon. Just wondering how that works if it’s technically 2 separate manuf. coupons. -$1/1 Colgate Total, Advanced or sensitive 4-6 oz (x 2/28/11) D&Y Winter 2010 isn’t that just another manuf. coupon? I’m so confused- last time I checked the colgate q was a manuf. Help!
Rose – The one in the bigger 8 1/2 x 11 magazine is a MQ. In the small magazine that wraps around it, it’s a store coupon. The one that is just a bunch of 00000s and then a 4 digit code is the store coupon. In fact if you didn’t even have the coupon, you could just give the cashier the 4 digit code and it would take off a $1. They really don’t even need those coupons since they aren’t sent to be redeemed anywhere.
Even if it says MQ on it, it’s not, you couldn’t use that anywhere but Walgreens. They can call it a MQ it doesn’t make it so. I can call my cat a German Shepard but he’s still not a dog. See my post today about the Pistachio coupon for an example. Hope that helped!
Can we use the $5 RR from the Sinex (P&G brand) on the other P&G products and still get the RR’s?
Lisa – The only one I wouldn’t try it on is the Venus Razor with the $5 RR.
There could be a problem with transaction #2. You’re purchasing (2) Pfizer items that produce the same RR amount (Robitussin and Thermacare each yield a $2.5o RR).
Here is a $.75 of Gum flossers http://bricks.coupons.com/Start.asp?bt=vi&tqnm=zkndfto36185647&o=64964&c=SS&p=UT45YdWc
When I went to Walgreen’s earlier this morning, they were having a problem with the 2 Liter Dr Pepper products not printing the RR. They were aware of the problem and were trying to fix it.
Also, for the ThermaCare, make sure that you are only buying the products listed in the ad. I purchased the back product, and it wasn’t on sale. It still printed the RR though.
Hi Christie, are you sure you got 5 off Olay Bar from 10/30 PG?? my coupon is only for .50 cents off one? do you know where I can buy some of them?? couldn’t find them online?
aww just saw it was last year deals!!! omg I would have loved that olay and secret body spray!!!!