Works of God - Providing $400 through 41 Monitors

Okay - this has been an amazing week for us. God provided for us through a Walgreens sale and 41 little pieces of paper.

You see, Walgreens was selling blood glucose monitors for $10.00. They were also giving $10.00 in Walgreens Register Rewards (basically Walgreens money) for each one. I managed to get my hands on 41 coupons that would make the monitors completely free. So, I would go into Walgreens, get a monitor, take it to the register and hand them the coupon. They would ring it through bringing the balance to $0. I would pay nothing. They would hand me the monitor, a receipt and a $10.00 Register Reward that I can spend on anything in the store (except cigarettes and alcohol, but I think I'm okay with that). :)

Here is the picture from my first day. I was excited because baby formula was on sale for $9.99. I always had to add filler to get to $10.00 in order to use the Register Reward they just gave me free. So, I added a .39 package of pudding and payed .38 cents using my Walgreens gift card to get a package of pudding and formula that will last Jonathan about a week.


This was from part way through the week. I used a few of the $10 Register Rewards to hook us up with some toilet paper as well as more formula and more pudding.

This was at the end today with the total of monitors gotten all week long - 41 (though two of them are missing because I already sold them on Amazon for a profit of approximately $9.00 each.

So the grand total came to 41 monitors procured during the course of the week. One of the Register Rewards didn't print, so I "only" got 40 of the $10.00 Register Rewards. For those of you doing math, that is $400.00 in Walgreens money. I'm down to about $250.00 now after stocking up on toilet paper and formula (of which I was able to pick up 11 cans and I think that will be enough to get me through to the end of Jonathan needing formula - WHOHOO).

In the next two weeks before they expire, I plan to stock up on non-perishables and other things that we may be needing in the near future.

I must thank my super awesome husband for being so great and going with me on two outings to round up as many as we could. He would be my driver on the route and if I needed him to come check out a few monitors, I would call him and he and Jonathan would come in and help with the checkout. I love having a husband who is super supportive.

Tonight I praise God for providing for us through "unconventional" means. We are working hard to be wise stewards and give Him all the glory for showing Himself as Jehovah Jireh - our God provides.