Sunday = CVS Shopping!

Yup, I'm an official CVS'er. I love it! I went in today with a plan, as always and I scored pretty big. Even though I wanted to pay less out of pocket, I still think I did great.

Here's what I bought:

Bumble Bee Pink Salmon - $1.50

Speedstick Deodorant - $1.99

Gillette Venus Breeze Razor - $9.99

2-Oral-B Pro-action toothbrush - $4.99 ea. ($9.98)

2-X-tra large Easter Eggs - $.99 ea. ($1.98)

2-Newspapers - $1.50 ea. ($3.00)

Total: $28.44

Coupons Used:

$5 off $15 purchase

$1.00 off any Speedstick Deo.

$2.00 off 2 Oral-B toothbrushes

$4 off Gillette Venus razor

$2 ECB's from buying 2 bags of Dove chocolates last week

$2 ECB's from buying 2-Juicy Drop pops last week

$6 ECB's from buying Gillette razor last week

Total Coupons and ECB's: $22.00

Total: $6.44

N.Y. Tax: $0.73

New Total: $7.17

Got back $18.96 in ECB's.

$1.98 ECB's: Easter eggs

$9.98 ECB's: Oral-B toothbrushes

$1.00 ECB's: Speedstick

$6.00 ECB's: Gillette Venus

So I made $11.79. Not bad for a few minutes cutting coupons and making a plan.

CVS, again :)

OK, I have to admit. I spent about 3 hours figuring out scenarios on how to use my coupons wisely and save the most money. To save and earn some money, I have to go to 4 different CVS stores. I know, it sounds crazy but as a SAHM, that seems logical to me. I'm all about saving money and using coupons. My family calls me the Coupon Queen. I almost always have a coupon for just about anything. I search blogs, the Internet and magazines for coupons. On Sunday, I buy at least 2 newspapers. Too bad I don't know anybody that buys the newspaper and never uses the coupons.. I wish I did. That's ok. I usually buy my newspapers at CVS and most of the time I use my trusty ECB's. I know I don't get any more ECB's back but that's fine with me.

So, after I was done with 4 different scenarios, I decided to hit one of the stores that is about 4 miles away from me. I was going for the Gillette razors (I have a $4.00 coupon and I get back $6 in ECB's) and a couple of tubes of Colgate Total but they didn't have the razors. I was like, Oh man!! I wasn't too upset because I know they get a delivery tonite so that means they will have many things stocked on the shelves, just for me..lol

Since I had a CVS coupon for their products; $2 off a $10 purchase off cvs brand, I went with scenario #4. They had their cookies on sale for $1.99 and their crackers on sale for $1.50 each so I went for that. I bought 2 boxes of Chocolate Chip Macadamia cookies, 1 box of Baked Cheese crackers and 1 box of Chocolate Chip cookies. I also bought a Tresemme Mousse for $4.69 because you get $5 in ECB's when you buy $10 worth of Tresemme products. I just needed to buy $4.79 worth to get my $5. I also bought CVS brand Vitamin C, which was $2.99 and you get $2.99 back in ECB's making it free. The total should've been $15.15 but since I had my 2 year old and I was making sure she didn't grab candy, I couldn't look at the screen, as usual. I thought it was a bit too much but I paid for it anyway after my coupons and ECB's. After I gave her the CVS coupon for $2, the $5 off $15 purchase (Click here to sign up and get your coupon) [ BIG Thanks to MoneySavingMom] and $5 ECB's, my real total was $9.14. I earned $7.99 in ECB's. So total oop (out of pocket) was $1.15.

FYI: ALWAYS check your receipt! I told the cashier, which was also the manager that I changed my mind about the Garnier Nutritioniste Gel cleanser because I left my coupon at home and that I'll buy it another day. Do you know when I got home I noticed the gel cleanser was in the bag.. At first; I said to myself, cool, I guess I got it for free but when I looked at my receipt, I noticed I was charged for it. I could not believe it! I specifically told her not to add it to my stuff. So now I have to go tomorrow to CVS and return it. I plan on purchasing it but I wanted to use my coupon.. It's worth $2 so after that, it would cost only $3.99... Much better..
Anyway, it was another great day and hopefully tomorrow will be even better!

CVS, I love that store!

Today I went to CVS for some deals. As always, I look for products that will give me back ECB's. What are ECB's? They are Extra Care Bucks you earned when you buy any qualified item.

Here is what I bought:

Softsoap Body Wash - $3.99 ($1.00 ECB's)

Maybelline Volume Seduction Lip Gloss - $5.99

Purell with Aloe - $3.99 ($2.00 ECB's)

Cottonelle Wipes - $2.99

Softsoap liquid hand soap - $1.79 ($1.00 ECB's)

Gillette Fusion Shaving gel - $2.15 (clearance price)

Total: $20.90 Tax was 8.125% $1.05

After manufacturer coupons, cvs coupons and ECB's, my grand total was $8.60

Coupons I had:

.35 off for Softsoap hand soap

2.00 off Maybelline Seduction lip gloss

1.00 off Softsoap body wash

1.00 off Purell

1.00 off Gillette Fusion Shaving gel

4.00 off $20 CVS email coupon

4.00 ECB's

Total coupons and ECB's: $13.35

I also received $4.00 in ECB's. So total oop (out of pocket) was $4.60.

I say today was a good day. Hubby is happy. I'm happy.

Click here for more information about the Extra Care Bucks rewards. CVS