I'm Breaking Up With Walgreens

It just causes me too much heartache and wastes my time.

Here's today's Wags trip:

Poise $2.99 - $3 - $2.  Should have been at least free.  Since the $2 was scanned first, though, it did not accept the $3.  The cashier didn't noticed, took my $3 coupon and kept going.  So I paid $1 for something that should have been free and lost the $3 coupon.

Sure APDO $1.99 - $1 = paid $.99, got 1,000 points

Brut APDO $1.99 - $1 = paid $.99, got 1,000 points

Goody Claw clips 8 ct. $1.99, should have gotten a $1 RR, but didn't!

Blue Bell ice cream 64 oz. $4.59 (great price!)

2 General Mills Lucky Charms
This store was not priced correctly, so I assumed they were just behind on their tags and hadn't put up the new week's sales prices.  Never assume.  What I thought were $2 a box turned out to be $3.99 a box.  What I thought was going to be $.89 a box after coupons turned out to be $2.89.  FML
2 boxes at $3.99 = $.98 - $.60 - $.60 - $1/2 IVC = $5.78 for 2.  I fail.

I tried the Almay deal again and it still wouldn't take the coupons over a measly 2 cents.

So, I ended up paying an extra dollar for an item, lost a $3 coupon, didn't get $1 RR, and overpaid $4 on cereal, and missed out on freebies over 2 pennies  = Total coupon fail.  I'm breaking up with Walgreens.

Total coupons used this trip: $5.40


We also went to Walmart!  Which was much more fruitful:

2 U by Kotex liners $1.24 - $2 = $.76 MM!

Birdseye seasoning mixes $.78 - $.80 = $.02 MM

Beech Nut fruit pouch $.98 - $1 = $.02 MM

Softsoap trial size $.97 - $.50 = $.47

Total coupons used this trip: $8.90


Total saved this year with paper coupons:  $607.61
This number is not reflective of savings as a result of sales, e-coupons, or gift cards.
Total spent this year to get coupons (printer ink, paper, and newspapers): $57.78