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Walk With Walgreen & Save Money by Being Healthier + An Awesome DAILY Sweepstakes #BalanceRewards #cbias

The weather is warming up and bathing suit season is looming, taunting me with unflattering suits that I will be forced to wear while I take my kids swimming. And though I have lost 30 pounds, I still have 20 to go and, at some point, I am going to have to tone it all up.

So when I saw that one of my favorite Rewards programs, Balance Rewards with Walgreens was not only having a DAILY Step Up to WIN Sweeps with TONS of prizes – INCLUDING the Grand Prize of a Trip to the Biggest Loser Resort!! – but also working really hard to reward me for being active, I was all over that serious motivation!

In fact, the prizes coming up just for the week of April 23 – April 29 range from Walgreens Gift Cards to Fitbit Zip to $100 scales! They are just awesome and more than one person wins each day too!

See the Rules and Regulations to the Sweeps

The awesome sweeps- rewarding thousands of winners is live NOW and ends May 31, 2013. There is so much time left to WIN! Just bookmark the page and enter daily!

OK, now to the task of getting Lori in a bathing suit without scaring the neighbors at the pool this summer!

Motivated by the sweepstakes and the fact that I can actually EARN points to save at the cash register at Walgreens just by getting out and getting active, I loaded up my three year old and headed to the store. I wanted to learn what I could about the awesome Walk With Walgreens program now in full swing! And I need some things to help keep me motivated and take care of me while I am getting all cute in a bathing suit!

I always love that when you walk into a Walgreens it is clean and organized and the best ideas and deals are advertised everywhere. And I like that I can fill a prescription, be rewarded for that and then shop and save even more inside. So as we walked around the store looking for awesome deals and ideas to stay healthier, I kept an eye out for Balance Rewards points.

As we strolled around, picking up protein bars to help curb my unhealthy snacking and some Calcium chews to help me keep my bones healthy, I noticed that the easy instructions on how to join and earn rewards were everywhere. And the Walk with Walgreens program was well promoted as well! I walked over the the Photo Kiosk just to see how complicated it was to sign up.

All I did was enter an email, got the confirm on my phone and I was off! Of course, I signed up for Balance Rewards a while back online just as easily but it was good to see how incredibly fast it was in store too!

See my entire shop below in my Google + Story

As I looked around some more for some more healthy inspiration for my cart, I noticed that the info packets on the Walk With Walgreens was right at the register!

When I got home I went online to log in my walk that I took yesterday! All I did to link my Balance Rewards card to the Walk With Walgreens program was to sign in and and sign up! It is just that easy. Once in, I can log my miles, weigh, goals, and more to not only help me earn points, but to help me keep on track to the itty bitty one piece I’ll sport this June!

Not only is this a great way to hold yourself accountable for your daily exercise and health routine, but when you are having a blah day, you can get a ‘Motivate me’ message that will get help redirect you to the I CAN DO THIS side of thinking!

If you like to save money, want to be motivated to get healthier and stay healthier and want to WIN some awesome prizes, then sign up, get up and enter DAILY! This is so much fun and I want to know how all of you are doing! Comment on this post and let me know how many points you have earned and how many miles you have tracked! And GOOD LUCK in the daily sweeps!

Be sure to check out all of the awesome discussion about Walk With Walgreens and more on AisleShare!

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Join us for the #HappyHealthy Twitter Party January 23, 2013 at 1pm EST PRIZES

I know very few people who do not have the goal to be healthier and happier in 2013! But without an easy way to keep us on track, it can sometimes be hard to do! That is why FREE apps like the Walgreens Mobile App for iPhone and Android should be on everyone’s smart phone. Not only can you use it to shop online at Walgreens, but you can reorder prescriptions, track vaccination schedules, use coupons from your phone automatically and so, so much more! It will even give you Get Healthy tips to help you keep on track this year! And if convenience does not make us happy, I don’t know what does!

So whether is be to drink more water, exercise more or just eat better and never miss a vitamin, the Walgreens Mobile App can keep you on track!

To help celebrate a happier, healthier YOU for the New Year, we are throwing a Twitter party to talk about the New you, the app and the awesome Balanced Rewards program that Walgreens offers! Do you want to get remotivated and reenergized? Then RSVP below, mark your calendars and Join Us for a fun hour of conversation!

And if you RSVP and Participate, you will be eligible to WIN Walgreens Gift Cards!!

Four (4)$50 GC at 30m, Two (2) $75 GC and One Grand Prize $150 GC!!

Share this with your friends too by tweeting the message below! The more, the merrier!

Join us for the #HappyHealthy Twitter Party 1/23/2013 at 1pm EST. *PRIZES* http://bit.ly/10Pbsl9 #cbias

What: Walgreens #HappyHealthy Twitter Party

When: January 23, 2013 at 1 – 2pm EST

Who: Follow your hosts @lomargie and @proverbswife

Where: Twitter under hashtag #HappyHealthy and on the Custom Tweetgrid

How: RSVP below, tell your friends and mark your calendars!

Rules and Regulations for the Walgreens #HappyHealthy Twitter Party

I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This party has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ #CBias #SocialFabric.

RSVP below to be eligible to win and we will see YOU on January 23, 2013 at 1pm EST for the #HappyHealthy Twitter Party!

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WIN 1 Million Loyalty Rewards Points from Walgreens #BalanceRewards – 10 Will WIN

I love Walgreens Drug Stores. They have everything I need from prescriptions to diapers to shampoo. And they are everywhere which makes them convenient. Years ago, my best friend worked at Walgreens. She was a pharmacy tech for 10 years and absolutely loved it. Walgreens has that old time, small town feel while still providing modern features and innovative ideas!

Like the Balance Rewards program! The Balance Rewards program rewards YOU just for shopping online, in store or on the Walgreen App! Since you do that anyway, it is just a no brainer to presign up for the program! Right?

Check out the video below for more info:

Basically, the Balance Rewards program, which STARTS September 16, 2012, gives you points on items you buy. As you accumulate your points, you can choose to use them to purchase products for free, save on things you already buy, fill prescriptions and so much more! AND, you can earn 10 points for Walking with Walgreens! Get healthy and motivate AND get points to use on everything that you do anyway at Walgreens!

I love this! Especially since I like to shop online, in stores and on the Walgreens App for my items!

Check out how easy it is to sign up and shop!

Yep, I can order everything from shampoo to Pull-Ups right from the app. In fact, the other day I ordered some essentials after presigning up for the balanced Rewards Program and it was SO EASY!

All I did was download the app from the iTunes store – they have it for Android too and it is FREE – and start shopping! I needed some lotion, some shampoo and conditioner and some Pull-Ups. I could have gone to the store for these items, sure. But then I would have had to load of three kids, use gas to go to the store, unload the kids, listen to them ask for everything from candy to toys to fun shirts and then deal with them on the way out when they did not get some candy. All for a few items that I need within a few days!

So the Walgreens app came to my rescue! Shopping, ordering and paying were super easy and I had everything done in less than 5 minutes! And after the launch of Balanced Rewards, I will have earned valuable points to help me purchase these items for less in the future, no matter how I spend them. They translate online, in store and on the app!

Pretty cool right?

And to get you even more excited about Balanced Rewards and signing up NOW, Walgreens is giving away – are you ready for this – 1 MILLION Points to 10 WINNERS who preregister for the program!

1 MILLION POINTS to 10 different people!

Thing of all the Pull-Ups I can buy with that! Wowzers, that would be awesome. Especially since a loaf of bread is 500 points, cookies are 200 and so on! Shoot, filling a prescription is only 500 points! It would take a long time to spend those 1 Million Points!

SO sign up NOW and get your shot at 1 million points!

The sweeps ends SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 at MIDNIGHT so HURRY!

And remember, you can shop online, in store and on the Walgreens app for quality items anytime and earn points on it all!

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SAFESKIN Kid’s Antibacterial Gel Helps Prevent MRSA & $100 Walgreens Gift Card Giveaway

Kids love germs. Or rather, germs love kids. But running the kids to the bathroom every five minutes when they are playing on the playground, at school, or just in a crowded restaurant, to wash their hands is virtually impossible. But we want to protect our kids. Especially if your child has a cut or scrape because the dangers of some germs can quickly turn serious!

Thank goodness for amazing products like SAFESKIN Kid’s Antibacterial Gel! SAFESKIN* Kids Antibacterial Gel from Kimberly-Clark Professional is a new first aid topical antibacterial gel that provides a barrier to MRSA, a highly contagious staph bacteria that can infect skin invade other parts of the body and is resistant to many antibiotics.

I am particularly aware of the places we go and what my kids touch now as all three of my kids seems to be accident prone! With Katie learning to ride a bike without training wheels, she has constant scrapes on her knees. And when we are on a public play area at a restaurant or park, she crawls on her knees to play. I worry constantly that she will pick something up in those scrapes that could prove harmful.

Megan, my three year old, fell off a curb the other day and scraped her hands and knees on the concrete. As the bright red blood indicated a skin tear, I worried about our trip to the library later that day and the floor that she would be crawling around on as she went from play station to play station.

While SKINSAFE Wraps can protect open wounds I feel there is always the need for added protection, in my opinion! Since MRSA is highly prevalent in places where children come in close contact with one another like day care centers, playgrounds, locker rooms, classrooms, gymnasiums and sports facilities, I need to make sure my little ones are as safe as possible!

Using SAFESKIN* Kids Antibacterial Gel when caring for a wound when it happens can help protect my children from dangerous staph infections like MRSA. Why wouldn’t I use it? I certainly don’t want my kids dealing with such a serious illness when I can just head to my local Walgreens and get a tube for my kids! Be sure to pick up your $1.00 Off coupon for the Gel and the Wraps too on the SAFESKIN Kids Facebook Page!

Walgreens and SAFESKIN want’s every child protected so they are generously offering (1) of my readers a chance to WIN a $100 Walgreens Gift Card to use in store or online! Jut enter using the Rafflecopter form below!

**I received compensation from Kimberly-Clark Professional in the form of a gift card and product samples to participate in this campaign promoting the SAFESKIN* Kids Antibacterial Gel. In addition, Kimberly-Clark Professional provided the gift card I am using as the prize in my promotion. All opinions and writings are my own and can not be duplicated without prior permission. Please see my Disclosure Policy for more information.** [Read more...]

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Walgreens Prescription Savings Club Saved Me During My Illness #RXSavingsClub

I have learned the hard way this month that illness can be expensive. Especially if you are hospitalized and released with a myriad of prescriptions that need to be filled, refilled, or added to. I left the hospital with 6 medications a week ago and since then have had three more to my regimen.

While the Doctor’s try to figure out what is going on with me, I needed to figure out how to save some serious money on the medications I need to keep me well and out of the hospital!

My favorite pharmacy for years has been Walgreen’s. My best friend worked in one for 10 years and I got to know them and the quality of service they always offer on my many visits to see her on her shifts. I never have a problem finding a location, the pharmacist and staff are always nice, educated and working hard to get you in an out and it is clean, organizes store!

But I still need to save money on my medications.

Knowing that Walgreen’s had a new – well, new to me – Prescription Savings Club, I took my documents from the hospital to them. I wanted to see what it was all about and if even I, an insured patient, could benefit from the #RXSavingsPlan.

See my entire experience below:

I walked in and resisted the urge to shop like crazy as I noticed summer fun items, make ups, personal care items, whimsical novelty items and more. I would have to shop later when I was feeling better! I needed my meds!

At the pharmacy, big as day, was the sign talking about the Savings Plan. $20 for an individual, $35 for a family of any size. It may not seem like much but I still wanted to see what it could offer me as a benefit to my insurance! Otherwise there was no point.

So I asked the pharmacy tech behind the counter if this was a program only for the uninsured and she said, “Absolutely not!” She explained that insurances don’t always offer great coverage on some medications and that the Savings Plan acts as a rider. So, if I went to have a medication that were covered, but only 70% of the cost, and it would be cheaper with the Savings Plan, I could opt to use the Savings Plan instead!

That sounded pretty good to me. I could choose the lower priced option. When does that ever happen?

So the pharmacy tech and I stool there and signed up my whole family, costing me $35 for the year. It was really easy. Names, birthdays, address, allergy notations and done. That’s it! Super simple!

She handed me my paperwork, my six prescriptions, showed me how I saved $35 - hmm -the cost of the plan – by using it and I went home. A few days later, back at the Doctor, I was prescribed three more medications. I headed to Walgreen’s to use my Prescription Savings Club membership!

On this trip, it was cheaper on two of the meds to use my insurance. But on the third, my prescription was $5 as opposed to $235. Yes.. that is a true story! With insurance, I would have paid $35.

And here are some other things I learned about the Walgreen’s Prescription Savings Club:

- Members ear rewards to be redeemed in store on freebies like Photos and Nice! Walgreen’s Brand Products.

- Over 700 value generic medications are specially priced and offered under a three-tier structure:

Tier 1: $5 for a 30 day generic prescription or $10 for a 90 day prescription
Tier 2: $10 for a 30 days generic prescription or $20 for a 90 day prescription
Tier 3: $15 for a 90 day generic prescription or $30 for a 90 day prescription

Look at what you spent on your last prescription and tell me what you would have saved being a member!

In addition, members get:

10% bonus added back to your card when you purchase Walgreens and Nice! brand products and photofinishing services
10% discount on Take Care clinic services
Discounts on nebulizers, diabetic supplies, and immunizations

I really like this program and hope you take a moment to read about all of the benefits that it offers. 8,000 drugs are included on their qualifying list so you know yours is probably there! And with a family, not knowing what tomorrow brings as far as flues, infections and more, it just makes sense to have a plan that can help you saving as a rider to your insurance!

Check out Walgreen’s Prescription Savings Plan and sign up online! They will mail you your cards and then you will be all set to save as much as you can on your prescriptions!

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