1st day of March Savings/Spendings

Does anyone else think the deals at Walgreen's this month aren't real impressive?

Walgreens:

Transaction 1:
1 - Blink Tears: $9.99 on sale for $7.99 - $2 MQ = $5.99

Total before sales/Q: $9.99
Total sales: $2
Total Q: $2
Total OOP: Zero ($5.99 on gift card) and received $8 RR ($2 bonus!!!)

Transaction 2:
1 - Blink Tears: $9.99 on sale for $7.99 - $2 MQ = $5.99

Total before sales/Q: $9.99
Total sales: $2
Total Q: $2
Total OOP: Zero ($5.99 on gift card) and received $8 RR ($2 bonus!!!)

Transaction 3:
1 - Axe shampoo - $5.99 (will receive ESC rebate for $6)
2 - Hershey Mix bags of candy - on sale for 2/$4- $2/2 MQ = $2 ($1 per bag)
2 - Nabisco Ritz crackers - BOGO for $1.99 - $2/2 MQ = Free (with $0.01 overage)
2 - Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup - used wag Q to get the cans to $1 each - $1/2 = $1 total for 2 cans
1 - Colgate toothpaste - $2.99 - $2.50 ESC - $0.75 MQ = Free (overage of $0.26)

Total before sales/Q: $19.54
Total sales: $1.99
Total Q: $16.83 (includes $8 RR)
Total OOP with tax: Zero ($0.72 on gift card) If I include the rebate, I actually made $5.28 on this transaction!

Transaction 4:
2 - Hershey Mix bags of candy - on sale for 2/$4- $2/2 MQ = $2 total ($1 per bag!)
2 - Nabisco Ritz crackers - BOGO for $1.99 - $2/2 MQ = Free (with $0.01 overage)
1- Walgreens Headache relief - on sale for $2.99 (will get rebate for this)
1 - Colgate toothpaste - $2.99 - $2.50 ESC - $1 MQ= Free (overage of $0.51)

Total before sales/Q: $13.96
Total sales: $1.99
Total Q: $7.50
Total OOP with tax: $0.18 ($4.29 on gift card) If I deduct the $2.99 rebate, the total cost would be $1.30 - 91% savings).

Walmart:

I did this in 2 transactions, but am going to combine them. I needed to have the soup on a different receipt for a rebate.

1 - can of Progressive soup: $1.50 (will receive $1.50 rebate so will be free minus a stamp)
2 - Beggin dog treats - total of $4.48 - BOGO free Q = $2.24 total for 2 (my babies haven't received a new treat in awhile, and they've been so good with our foster guests!)
1 - bunch of bananas = $1.15
1 - Hillshire Farms Deli Select sliced chicken: $3 - $0.55 MQ = $2.45 (will receive $3 in a rebate so I made $0.55 on this purchase)
1 - Band-aid box: $2 - $1 MQ = $1
1 - First-aid gauze pads: $1.63 - $1 MQ = $0.63 (we go through these like crazy with our thin-skinned greyhounds)


Total before sales/Q: $13.76
Total sales: some things were on sale, but I didn't catch their original cost
Total Q: $4.79
Total OOP with tax: $8.97 (take off rebates and cost would be $4.47)

I don't know what happened with today's items, but no tax was on any of my Walgreen's receipts. Weird.

March grocery budget:
Start = $85 (I had $5 LO from last month when rebates came in.)
Used = $8.97 (I'll add the rebate value back in the budget when it is received)
Left = $76.03