More CVS deals!!

We don't keep cans of soda at home, but hubby likes to take the to work. Problem is, he rides a combination of the bus/subway to get to work and doesn't want to carry them. So, today I had an appt. in the town he works in, so I called to see if he wanted me to bring anything to him and he said he was out of soda. Now, when I say soda, I should say Mt. Dew. So, I went to Giant thinking it might be on sale, but it wasn't....it was $5.29 for a 12 pack. Well, I knew it was on sale 4/$12 at CVS plus $3 ECB back!! Lucky for me, CVS was right across the street from Giant. So I head on over. As soon as I went in, I scanned my card at the little scanner and a $2 ECB printed. I already had a $9.99 one and a $3.49 one. So, I used the $9.99 one along with the $2 and I payed a whopping PENNY for four 12 packs of mountain dew...and got the $3 back!! Yippee!!!

Add to that----I got a new prescription at my doctor's appt. today. I had a coupon to get a $25 gift card with a new prescription. Now, I know the real thing is for that to cover your co-pay. It has been years since I have taken this med and my insurance had changed, so I had no clue what the co-pay would be. Guess what it was?? NOTHING!!! I paid nothing out of pocket and got the $25 gift card---can't beat that!!

CVS weeks 3, 4, and 5....

Okay, so I am a bit behind on posting my CVS deals!!!

I'm so behind, in fact, that I don't remember by deal on this one...all I know is that I got it.

Week #3--I bought 4 power Oral B toothbrushes. I used two BOGOF coupons along with my ECB from the week before. I don't remember how much I was out, but it wasn't much. Then I made the ECB back. (please note this is for June 15-21)
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Week#4--I got a bit off with this one. When I went to CVS, they only had two packs of Charmin--and the deal I had planned out required me to buy 3 packs. I should have just left and come back another time, but I didn't. I did okay on my first trip--it is my second trip that I was out more money. (please note this is for June 22-28)
First trip:

Two packs of Charmin on sale for $5.99
3 packs of Colgate toothpaste--on sale for $2.99
3 packages of Wild Cherry M&Ms (one didn't make it home for the picture!)

Total was: $23.32 (before tax)

I used 2 $1/1 coupons for Charmin
3 $1.50/1 coupons for the toothpaste
$4/$20 coupon
and $12.82 ECB

Total OOP = $0.27!!
made $6 ECB

Trip #2, transaction #1--

1 package Charmin
1 Aussie shampoo
1 pack batteries
1 Colgate Wave toothbrush
1 Colgate toothpaste
1 CVS bandaid

Total was: $22.24 (before tax)

I used $4/$20, $1/1 Charmin coupon, $1/1 Duracell coupon,
$1.50/1 Colgate coupon, and $6 ECB

Total OOP = $9.65
Made back: $10 ECB (Charmin/Duracell), $2 ECB Colgate toothpaste, $2 ECB Aussie shampoo, $1.99 ECB CVS bandaids, $2 ECB Colgate toothbrush = $17.99 ECB!!!



Trip #2, transaction #2


2 boxes Kashi cereal
1 bottle Listerine mouth wash

Total was: $12.87 (before taxes)

I used 2 $2/1 Kashi coupons, and $7.99 ECB from previous transaction.

Total OOP was: $1
Made: $3.49 ECB
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Week #5, transaction #1 (June 29- July 5)


1 box Kashi cereal--on sale for $2.50
1 Accucheck Compact--on sale for $9.99 (reg. $76.99)

Total was: $12.49 (before tax)

I used $2/1 Kashi coupon, $10 ECB from previous week

Total OOP was: $0.55
Made $9.99 ECB

Transaction #2

8 boxes Kashi cereal--on sale 2/$5

Total was $20 (before tax)

I used $4/20, and 8 $2/1 Kashi coupons

Total OOP was $0.50!!!

I have $13.48 ECB left over!!

CVS round 2

I did pretty well at CVS last week....but I forgot to get pictures of most of my things.

First Transaction:

• 2 bottles Listerine Smart Rinse @ $3.49 each
• used 2 $1/1 coupons and $4 ECB
• paid 98 cents plus tax OOP
• made $6.98 ECB

Second Transaction:

• 6 boxes Fiber One cereal bars @ 3/$10 (which I have found to be very tasty!!)
  
• used $4/$20 coupon, $3/$15 coupon, 2 $1/1 coupons (not sure how others got 6 to print), $6.98 ECB, and $3 ECB
• paid $1.02 plus tax OOP
• made $10 ECB

Third Transaction:

• Gillette Razor @ $9.99, Oral B toothbrush @ $6.99, 2 bottles Dove shampoo @ $4.99 BOGOF (they apparently cost more here)
• used $3/$15 coupon, $4/1 Gillette razor, 2 $2/1 Dove coupons, $10 ECB
• paid 97 cents plus tax OOP
• made $4 and $6.99 ECB

Fourth Transaction:

• 1 box CVS bandaids @ $1.99, Oral B toothbrush @ $6.99, 4 Degree Deodorants @ 2/$5, 1 Dove sample size deodorant @ $0.99, and a 75 count bottle of Advil @ $5.69
• used $4/$20 coupon, $3/$15 coupon, 2 $1/2 Degree coupons, 1 $1/1 Dove coupon, $2/1 Advil coupon, $1.50 off any pain reliever CVS coupon, $4 ECB, and $6.99 ECB
• paid $1.17 plus tax OOP
• made $1.99, $6.99, and $3 ECB

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Giving CVS a go...

A couple of weeks ago I had to go to CVS to get some medicine for the boys and decided to see if there were any deals that I wanted to take advantage of. I don't remember all that I got, but I do know that with my first purchase I got enough extra care bucks (ECB) to only have to pay 99 cents on my second transaction. Granted, I didn't get any ECB on the second transaction, but it was all the stuff I was going there for anyway and it wasn't on sale or anything.

This week I searched the newspaper coupons and compared it to the CVS ad to see what I could come up with. I made sure that I only got things we personally would use. There were a few things that I could have purchased, but we are already stocked up on them (tampons, for one--have two boxes from Costco...LOL--also, could use the diapers, but we prefer Huggies). I had to pay a bit out of pocket (OOP) on the first one since I didn't have any ECB to use on it. So, here is what I got...

First transaction...

• 4 bottles of Dawn dishsoap (on sale for 2/$2, plus had 3 coupons for 20 cents off, plus get $1 ECB for every 2 bottles purchased)
• Ascensia Contour (on sale for $30, plus had coupon for $30 off)
• Ascensia Breeze 2 (on sale for $30, plus had coupon for $30 off)
• 1 (2 pk.) size D Duracell batteries (on sale for $2.99, plus had coupon for $1 off)
• 3 (8 rolls each) Bounty paper towels (on sale for $5.99, plus had 3 coupons for $1 off)

Total before sale or coupons= $181.10
Total after sale= $84.96
Total after coupons and tax= $21.61 OOP
Total savings= $160.74

Earned $12 ECB ($10 from Bounty and Duracell purchase and $2 from Dawn purchase)

Second Transaction

• 3 bottles Pantene shampoo (on sale 3/$10, plus had 3 coupons for $1.50/1, plus earn $3 ECB---the coupons I had were for any Pantene Beautiful Lengths product...they didn't have any of that kind, but I tried the coupons on what I did get and they went through no problem)
• 1 Gillette razor (for $9.99, plus had coupon for $4 off, plus earn $4 ECB)
• 2 Colgate Total toothpastes (on sale BOGOF--$3.99 for one, plus had 2 coupons for $1.50/1)
• 2 Adkins Advantage granola bars (on sale BOGO 1/2 off--$2.29 for one, plus had 2 coupons for $1.00/1)

Total before sale or coupons= $37.52
Total after sale= $27.42
Total after coupons and tax= $14.61
Total after ECB ($12) from first transaction= $2.61 OOP
Total Savings= $35.60

Earned $7 ECB ($3 from Pantene, $4 from Gillette)


So, I'm feeling pretty good about my purchases. I'm even excited about the free blood sugar monitors since I am diabetic!! I get my testing strips for free through insurance (or I guess it is better to say I have no co-pay on them, since I DO pay for my insurance!!).