Monday: June 27

Today's Deal:  Today I'm going to teach you how to play a game I call "Register Reward Go Round" :)
A couple of weeks ago I received a $2 Register Reward for Blistex--the Blistex was $2.  I then used the Register Reward on a Reach Toothbrush that was on sale for $2.99.  Thus paying only 99 cents for the toothbrush.  A $2 Register Reward printed out for the toothbrush.  Then I used the toothbrush Register Reward on Pringles, that were on sale 4 for $5.  I had a $1 manufacturer coupon for the Pringles, and I used the Register Reward from the toothbrush, which brought my out of pocket expense to $2.  The Pringles also printed out a $2 Register Reward.
So for $4.99, out of pocket expense, I have purchased 1 lip balm, 1 toothbrush, and 4 cans of Pringles, and I have a $2 Register Reward to use on my next Walgreens purchase.  Not bad.
Now I can hear you thinking :)  How can Walgreens afford to give things away?  Well here's how.  That particular afternoon, I wasn't feeling well.  I had actually stopped to pick up a prescription.  I couldn't face stopping anywhere else, so I purchased a few things that I needed for dinner that night-sugar, milk, and 2 diet sodas.  It was worth it to me, to pay a little more for those things, so that I could rush home and throw up.  Just kidding :)  Normally I would have picked those items up where they were cheapest, but not that day.  Multiply millions of people who are just too tired, sick, or lazy:)  to go anywhere else for that one more thing, and it more than offsets their cost.

Today's Recipe:  Quick Ground Round Skillet Pasta, using ground round on sale at Harter House.
1 lb. ground round, 1 onion, 1 green pepper, 2 cups chopped tomatoes
Cook meat and onion-drain.  Add rest of ingredients, with salt and pepper to taste.  Cook on low heat for 15 min.

I'd like to thank Teresa for putting me on her Facebook page.  Please feel free to do the same if you are a Facebook user.  I would be very appreciative.

Live long and save,
Cindy

Yeah, I'm a closet trekkie :)