CVS savings week of 2/21

I was able to go snag some CVS deals this week again. It feels so good to get great deals on household products I would otherwise have bought down the road anyway.

My transaction was pretty simple this week. I bought a Lady Speed Stick deodorant on sale for $2.99 and a Colgate toothpaste on sale for $2.99. I used one coupon for each product (0.50/1 and 0.75/1), bringing my total to $4.50. I also bought a resuable bag tag for $0.99, so before taxes my total was $5.49.

I had $4 from ECBs last week, so I only paid $1.49 plus tax for these three items. And I earned another $4 in ECBs to use next week as well! My resuable bag tag was scanned, so after three more trips to CVS, I will earn back the initial 99 cents I spent on it too.

I didn't go to Walgreens this week, since the deals were slim to none, and I always end up spending more out of pocket there anyway. I sure miss the days when Walgreens still had their giftcard rebate program!

Saving Money at CVS

I love shopping at CVS. It saves us a lot of money on toiletries and other household items when I use my Extra Care Card and earn Extra Care Bucks (ECBs). Since the closest CVS to us is over 15 miles away, I don't get a chance to go very often. Only when the deals are worth the gas to get there will I take the trip.




This is actually my first CVS trip for the year, and the first since becoming pregnant. I fell off the couponing bandwagon when morning sickness hit, and am just now starting to get back into the money saving groove. (And it was obvious I hadn't been in a while when we drove there last night, and found out, to my horror and immense disappointment, it was CLOSED!! I went back today in desperation). Here's what I snagged:

There was sale going on for Nabisco crackers- 5 for $10 (these are normally $3.99 each, so they were essentially half off) AND earn 3 ECBs (store credit I can use for furture purchases).

I had 2 $2/1 coupons that I printed as well as a $1/1 coupon. This brought my total down to $5.00. I also earned 3 ECBs to use.

After coupons and ECBs, I paid $2.00 OR $0.40 a box! Go me!

CVS and Walgreens

Today I scored big at CVS-- we had run out of laundry detergent and CVS had a special-- 2 CVS brand detergents for 5 bucks. I had a 5 dollar ECB from last week, making those containers of detergent FREE!

I also went to Walgreens and bought some Comet that we needed (on sale for 2/$1) and 3 reusable bags. I had 2$ in RR from my trip last week, which means I only paid 12 cents when combined with coupons!!! The girl at the checkout counter was laughing she was so impressed.

Yup. Feels good. Now I'm off to making next week's menu!

First CVS and Walgreens Trip

Today was my first CVS and Walgreens trip. I'll start with the CVS:

Went to buy the Gillette shampoo only to discover that they were sold out of Gillette everything! So, I this is what I got instead:

-Colgate Advanced toothpaste
$4.89
$1/1 coupon
$2 ECB
=$1.89 after ECB and coupon

-2 Pert Plus Shampoos
on sale for 1.99 each
used (2) $1/1 coupons
= .99 cents each

total spent OOP=$6.40
total spent after ECBs= $4.40 (included tax)
Not bad for a first trip in my opinion.

Now for Walgreens, which was a little more complicated and a lot more frusterating when I had trouble finding everything that I was going after.

Revlon Makeup
reg. 9.99 and 6.49
BOGO 1/2 off
(2) $1/1 coupons
$10 mail in rebate
=$1.25 after rebate (plus 10 percent!= .25!)

Walgreens Cold Medicine
BOGO Free
bought 4@ 3.49 for 2
bought 1@ 4.99 (ok, here's where I messed up. I accidently picked out one that wasn't matching-- you can look at the pictures and see-- and ended up paying 4.99 for one and 5.49 for the other when I should have gotten them both for a total of 4.99. However, I didn't go back and exchange anything since I didn't have time and there were a lot of people in line-- next time I'll be more careful!!)
bought 1@5.49
$10 mail in rebate
=8.50 after rebate (this should have been lower-- more like 3 dollars :-( )

(2) Hershey's bars
on sale at .89 each
used BOGO Free coupon
=.89

Edge Shaving Gel
1.99 Walgreens coupon
$1 manufactors coupon
=.99 cents

Colgate Toothpaste
on sale for 2.99
used .75 off coupon
$2 RR
= .25 after RR

All in all...
total before coupons-- $63.43
total spent initially OOP-- $41.65
total rewards in ECBs, RRs, and rebates--> $24.00
total after--> $17.65

So, that's it! I think I did fairly well (except for that medicine mistake!) and now I have some rewards pending for the next trips. I plan on going to CVS again this week to pick up some batteries and build my ECBs.

Kroger Savings

Today I went to Kroger to snag some really great deals.

2 4-packs of Cottenelle Toilet Paper--> FREE (used (2) .50 off coupons)
1 package of Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers--> .50 cents (used .50 off coupon)
1 box of Driscolls blueberries--> 1.00 (on sale!)

total paid: $1.60!!!

This was my first experience in advanced couponing and it was exhilarating! I can't wait to stop by Walgreens and CVS tomorrow where I plan to save even more. Here are the deals I plan on going after this week at Walgreens:

-Edge Shaving Gel--> .99 cents (using coupon in easysaver catalog and in weekly ad)
-Revlon Matte Collection Eye Shadow $4.99--> FREE plus $2 overage after rebate (using (2) 1.00 off coupons)
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total for Walgreens- FREE plus moneymaker of $1

My CVS plan is as follows:

-get Gillette shampoo for 3$ after coupon, get 3 ECB--> FREE
-get colgate toothpaste 2 pack and use 1.50 coupon, get 2 ECB--> FREE plus overage
-q-tips, 1.60, with coupon
-pert plus, 1$, with coupon
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total for CVS- $2.60