Bargain hunting at Walgreens

I'm not a "coupon queen" by any means, but I do have some good days. El Burrito and I trekked over to the "other Walgreens" (on the other side of town, out of our usual path) yesterday and did some shopping.

• 2 packs of Halls' Refresh mints/cough drops - $1 each, minus 75c coupon and $1 Register Reward each - so we effectively made $1.50
• 2 Chapstick Fresh Effects - $2.99 each, with a $3 RR each
  
• Herbal Essence shampoo - $2.99, minus $1 coupon, with a $2 RR - essentially free
  
• Nature Made calcium/magnesium/zinc and flax seed oil - $11.99 each - buy 1 get 1 free, minus a $7 coupon and a $1 coupon - so $4 total
  
• Cars plate for El Burrito - $1 (I thought it was 50c like the other plates on the shelf)
• Cars party favors, $2 on clearance
  
• 3 Peanuts Halloween coloring books - $1
• 3 Peanuts Halloween mini puzzles - $1
• 4 12-packs of Sunkist - $10.92
• Winnie the Pooh Halloween light-up decoration - $5.19 on clearance (before Halloween? go figure)

We used the $5 off a $25 purchase coupon, plus a handful of other coupons. Spent a total of $30.72 with tax. Total savings was $40 even, and we've got $10 in Register Rewards to spend in the next two weeks.

Not a bad trip. The south-side Walgreens is bigger, cleaner, and seems to be stocked better. They actually had everything in stock that I was looking for, although they were low on the Refresh drops.