Sorry for all the exclamation points but I am so excited about free ice cream!  Here’s how it works:

First, I see on the ad preview that Ben and Jerry’s pints are 2/$6 next week, 1/4-1/9.

Now, go to this link and sign up to be a Chunk Spelunker (hehe!) and join the mailing list. They will then send you an email with a ‘bricks’ coupon (mine came in seconds) and you can print two of these by simply hitting the back button when you are done printing the first one. The coupon is for $3 off any pint of ice cream, frozen yogurt or sorbet.

So then you take yourself and your coupons down to our beloved Walgreens and get yourself two free pints! One for yourself and one to share. Or not. What you do with your ice cream is your business.

Thanks to Mercedes at Common Sense With Money for the heads up about the coupon!

PS.
To those who won the giveaway a while back, I’ve been dealing with weather and family emergencies. All your stuff is in the mail today.

I went to Walgreens on my lunchbreak Wednesday and yesterday to participate in the Holiday RR deal (missed it last week) and boy oh boy was it fun! As you might have read, your total only has to be $25 BEFORE coupons/RRs to get the $5 RR.  One thing my co-worker and I noticed after we got back:

Her holiday RR rolled into another one. I didn’t think this would work, but it did. She paid with a Robitussin RR and a holiday RR and got another holiday one back. YMMV on this, but it worked for her. If I had known that, my OOP would have been a lot lower! I tried it myself yesterday and it worked!

So, here are my transactions!

#1: 1 Sure Unscented 2.99
- 1/1 manu from Sure’s website
- 1.50/1 IVC

1 3-roll pack of Scotch tape, on sale for 1
-1/1 manu

3 Robitussin cough and cold 11.97
-3 3/1 manus from Lori’s link (thanks Lori!)

2 Bags Hershey’s Bliss 9.58
- 2.50/2 manu (not sure date/source, I got it on ebay)
- 1/2 IVC
$25.54 before coupons, 9.54 after, 9.96 oop, got $5 holiday RR and $5 Robitussin RR

#2: 4 bottles Arm and Hammer detergent 27.96
-4 1/1 manus from the A&H site
-$20 by using the in-ad coupon
= 3.95 plus tax, got back $5 holiday RR

#3 6 20oz Cokes 8.07
- 4.03 (I had 3 BOGO qs)

3 Robitussin (you know the drill)

2 Maybelline lipglosses 5.79 each
- 4/1 manu
- 5.79 (BOGO)
$31.62 before coupons, 8.93 oop, got one $5 holiday RR and one $5 Robitussin RR

#4 2 Bayer Contour meters $14.99 each (on sale, not marked on the shelf but in ad)
- 2 $30/1 manus
= FREE! plus got a $5 RR

Thursday
Transactions 1, 2 and 3
3 Robitussin 11.97
-3 3/1 manus
=2.97 before tax, used my gc and got $15 in RRs

#4 4 jars Gerber 3rd foods 4 for $4
- .75/4 manu (home mailer)

6 2 packs Gerber 2nd foods 6 for $10
- .75/6

1 2 pack Gerber 2nd foods on clearance for 1.09
total: 13.59, paid with 2 robitussin rrs so 3.59+ tax oop, got a $5 rr from Gerber ($15 before coupons)

#5 12 2-liter bottles of Pepsi products $15

3 Robitussin (blah blah)
$26.97 before qs, $17.97 after, paid with 3 RRS (Gerber and Holiday) so $2.97 plus tax oop, got a $5 RR for the Pepsi, $5 RR for the Robitussin, $5 holiday RR

I also did one more Robitussin by itself.

So I walked in the door Wednesday with $25 and walked out with all that stuff plus $30 in store credit (RRS and GC for RRS that didn’t print). Walked in with $30 credit on Thursday and walked out with all that stuff plus $20 in RRS. I love this promotion!

Yes, Walgreens made me use their $5 coupon TWICE yesterday Or maybe I should blame the Progresso Soup!

When we went to rectify my mistake from Friday night, I found some Mizzou (University of Missouri - Columbia) merchandise on the shelf. But of course I didn’t have any $5 coupons with me at the time. After a trip to the University (we didn’t want to go back home) to print some off, we went to another Wags store that was closer - and of course they didn’t have Mizzou hats or teddy bears there. Eventually, after running more errands, we ended back at Walgreens Store #1 and we used 2 x $5 coupons on the following items:

We got (in 2 separate transactions):

4 x Baseball Caps - for my Dad & Uncles

2 x Teddy Bears - for my niece & a family friend’s son

3 x Christmas Tins - I plan to make baked goods for our friends so these tins are perfect

Ramen Noodles (not pictured) - we needed something to get us over $20 & my husband wanted some

Luckily my Australian relatives don’t read this blog - then they’ll know what part of their present will be. Nothing like Missouri paraphernalia to ensure they don’t forget about us here in little ol’ Missouri Overall, we’re really happy with our purchases and Christmas shopping is nearly done. Thanks, Walgreens!

Did anyone else make a last dash trip to use a $5 coupon yesterday/last night? What did you score? Share by leaving a comment below.

P.S. Our Sunday paper was not delivered today Makes me sad - so not sure what are in my inserts. I hope your paper arrived!

So, how did everybody go with their $5 off coupon? Good, bad, ugly?

Mine was ugly . I stuffed up big time - I forgot to give the 4/$5 7-Day Coupon for the Progresso Soup, which meant I paid more than double for all that soup instead of the planned 60c. I knew something was “off” when the total after coupon was much higher but I was just “off my game”. Trust me, I’m kicking myself about it. I’ve never returned an item knowing that it was my fault that I didn’t hand over a 7-Day coupon - has anyone done this before and been successful in getting credit?

Anyway, I ended up getting the Kellogg’s Cereal (Hmm…Special K with Red Berries), Progresso Soup, Energizer Batteries and some Arthritis Cream for my Grandmother. After all that, I still have some $3.50 on my Gift Card (which should really be $8.50 if I didn’t make my mistake).

So, how did YOU go at Walgreens this week? I think the consensus was that it was a pretty quiet week, especially for a $5 coupon. Nevertheless, I’m sure you made a Walgreens trip! Leave a comment below with what you scored at Walgreens.