When I arrived at Walgreens on Sunday morning, my favorite beauty advisor gave me a couple of the Friends and Family discount cards, valid on Monday only. So obviously, I had to go back to take advantage of it.

This was one of the stranger purchases that I have made in a while.

100_0394 Total OOP: $24.51 (.59, 6.79, 6.79, 5.04, 5.30)
Total RR used: $70 (4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2)
Total Spent: $94.51
Total RR received: $36 (3, 5, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 2, 2, 2, 5)
Total Gift card reloaded: $65.00
Total Cost: $6.49 PROFIT

They were out of stock on the razors and toothbrushes that are free after RR this week, or I would have done even better.  The peroxide was a little embarrassing to buy in bulk (who needs that much peroxide??)  but it was .33 after the ad coupon (the 15% discount made it .26) so it was a really good filler.  I have said before that I just consider the fillers a cost of doing business, so if I sell them for no more than what I paid for them, I’m content.  In this case, though, I’m going to try to get $.50 each out of them, which will nearly double my investment.

The thing to remember about the Walgreens Friends and Family days is that not only are things cheaper, but you really want to buy things that produce Register Rewards then if you can.  The items ring up at the discounted price, but you still get the full RR value. For example, the toothpaste is $5 on sale, and you get a $5 RR for buying it.  With the discount, they were ringing up $4.24.  Plus, I had $1 coupons, so I "made" $1.75 for every one I bought.  That $6.49 profit is what’s left after the rest of my overage paid for $5.27 worth of peroxide and tax ($2.86) on everything–that’s some pretty significant savings.