CVS Scenarios - week of 9/21

Transaction #1
(1) L'Oreal Advanced Revitalist anti wrinkle $11.99
(3) Johnsons Buddies @ 1.19 ea
(1) ADIDAS deodorant $4.99
Sub-Total: 20.55

Coupons used:
$4/$20
$1 off LOreal Coupon
$1 off Adidas
$3 off Buddies Coupons

Sub-Total: 11.55
ECB's used: $9, oop - 2.55
ECB's back: 15.99 (11.99, 4.00, profit of $4.50!)


TRANSACTION #2
(1) Nivea for Men Bodywash $4.99
(1) Huggies diapers @ $15
(2) Papers - $3
Total: 22.99

Coupons used:
$2/$10
(1) $1.50/1
Total: 19.49
Use $17 ECB, oop 2.50
ECB's back: 4.99 (total: $14.51)

TRANSACTION #3
(2) Huggies clean team soaps @ 2.99 ea
(2) Huggies wipes @ 2.99 ea
Total: $11.96

Coupons used:
$2/$10
(3) $1 off Huggies
(1) .50 off Huggies
Total: 6.46
Use 4.99 ECB's, 1.47 00p
ECB's earned: $10 (Huggies deal) Profit of $3.54

All 3 transactions: Paid 6.47 for all this stuff!!

His Card:
Transaction #1
(1) Ambi @ 1.99
(1) Nivia @ 4.99
(1) Adidas Deod. @ 4.99
Sub Total: 11.97

Coupons:
$2/$10
$1 off Adidas
SubTotal: 8.97

ECB's used: $8, ECB's returned: $11.99 (3 Ambi, 4.99 Nivea, 4 Adidas)
Total: Profit of 3.99!!

Transaction 2
(1) Loreal Advanced Revitalift @ 11.99

Coupons:
$2/$10
$1 off Loreal
Sub-Total - 8.99

ECB's used: 8.99 - oop 0, His card total, profit of $4

Total for both cards: Paid just over $2.47!!! Not too bad considering I had to buy some diapers!

A few free things things from Walmart....

I got the following things free from WalMart this week!

(6) Johnson's Buddies Soaps @.97/ea - using $3/3 coupon from insert
(3) Kotex liners @ 1.00/ea - using $1 off coupon from insert
(4) Clean & Clear trial size facial cleansers @ .97/ea- using $1 off coupons

These are all everyday prices so you can get these as you please!

Did you Know? re: WAGS RR's

Did you know you could use your Walgreens RR's to buy Walgreens gift cards? I recently discovered this 'trick'. I had so many RR's from last weeks' Robitussin and Crest mouthwash purchases and wasnt' sure how to use them all before they expired. So, I bought some gift cards! The thing to remember, as always, is that the RR's are counted as coupons, so you have to have at least as many items as you have coupons. ~~Edited: I was informed today that the fine print on the RR's indicate that you cant use these to buy gift cards, so you may get denied by your cashier. I purchased my GC's in addition to a few other items and the cashier didn't give it second thought~~

For example:

Today I bought
(2) $10 gift cards
(2) Rimmel eye makeup $4.79, BOGO
(4) small pieces of candy @ 4/$1.00.

= 8 items purchased, total of 25.79.

Used:
BOGO Rimmel coupon - 4.79
4 RR's @ 4.50 each. ($18)

Total oop: $3, I have more RR's but none in lower increments. I feel much better though not having to run out and use all the RR's I had before they expired since those dates were fast approaching.

CVS run 9/17

Well, we've been without power for a few days now to due Hurricane Ike, but I'm back in business now! Here are the details of my CVS run today;

(2) Purex Laundry detergent @ 2.99 ea
(1) Excedrin Tension Headache @ 3.99
(1) Aleve D @ 3.99

Total - $13.96

Coupons Used:
1 - $1.00 0ff Purex coupon

Total: 12.96
Used 8.99 in ECB's, ~4.00 oop

ECB's received: $9.99
3.99 for Excedrin
3.00 for Aleve
2.00 for Purex

Be a CVS advisor for free ECB's!!!

I just recently came across the CVS advisor program where you can answer surveys for ECB's.

https://surveys.researchresults.com/mrIWeb/mrIWeb.dll?I.Project=SCREENERCVS


"From time to time, we will be contacting you via email to participate in online surveys. In appreciation of your participation in these surveys we will compensate you with Extra Bucks between the amounts of $2 and $15. "

I just signed up today and can't wait to get my first survey! They say that I should get an average of 4 per year.

Starting from scratch - new CVS card!

I wanted to keep better track of what I've spent at CVS, and how good I was doing at getting some good deals, (and have an extra card in case there are some REALLY good deals...) so we decided to sign my husband up for a card. This is going to be an ongoing thread to keep track of my oop spending over the next few months. Enjoy!

Bought:
Loreal Skin Revitalist Cleanser: 5.99 (5.99 ECB's)
3 Johnson Buddies Soaps @ 1.19 ea (used $1 off coupons) .19 ea
Aleve @ 3.99 (3.00 ECB's)
2 Purex @ 5.98 (2.00 ECB's) (used $1 off 2)
Excedrin @ 3.99 (3.99 ECB's)

Total cash paid: 20.52
ECB's received: 14.98

Paid out of pocket: 5.54

New $10 off coupon at Walgreens! Profit of $3

Walgreens has come out with yet another $10/$40 coupon. It is good on Friday 9/12 and Saturday 9/13 only. Here is the link to the coupon!

http://www.walgreens.com/hotbuys/default.jsp?ec=hn591_mainimage

One idea for a transaction assuming you already have bought all of your FAR items: How I ended up in red (due to some items being out of stock)

(3) Robitussin @ 3.99 = 11.97
(1) Crest ProHealth Mouthwash @ 4.49
(3) Chex Mix @ .99 = 2.97
(2) Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber @ 3.79 = 7.58
(1) Pert Plus 2in1 @ $4.99
(1) Glade Wisp Flameless Candle 9.99 - use Glade MIR on this.
(1) Glade Fabric Eliminator @ 2.99
(1) Pampers @ 9.49
(3) Crest Whitening Plus Scope @ $8
(3) Filler items @ 2.00
Total 64.48

Coupons used: 23.50
(3) $3 off Robitussin
(1) .75 off Crest Prohealth Mouthwash
(2) 2.75 off Scrubbing Bubbles
(1) $2 off Pert Plus
(3) .50 off Chex Mix
(1) Glade ESC $1 off
(1) 1.50 Glade Coupon
(1) $1 off Pampers dont think this one came off :(
(3) .75 off Crest = (2.25)

Total After Coupons: 40.97
- $10 off coupon
= 30.97

Get back $19.50 RR's($10 RR Robitussin, 4.50 RR Crest ProHealth, 3 Crest, 2 for Scrubbing Bubbles)
Get back 14.38 in Rebates: (4.39 Pert Plus ESR, 9.99 MIR)
Total of $33.88 I will get back.

Slight profit of almost $3!
Phew....that's quite a transaction!