CVS Shopping Trip

1 CVS pain relief 2.00

2 Excedrin 2.50 each

2 Revlon nail polish 4.99 each, buy one get one free sale

= 11.99

- 4.00 Excedrin IPs 2.00/1 x 2 (no longer available to print)

- 2.00/1 Revlon mfr

- 2.00/1 Revlon CVS coupon

= 3.99 + tax oop

Look what you can get for less than the price of ONE nail polish! I didn't have any coupons for the CVS brand acetaminophen, but it was a very good price. I'm having minor surgery in a few weeks and I can only take acetaminophen, so I wanted to grab one. I also couldn't pass up .50 a box for Excedrin. I like to buy nail polish on sale and include it in gift bags for my friends. These prices are good through tomorrow 3/6/10.

CVS Shopping Trip

I was going to skip CVS entirely this week, but popped in on Saturday night. And Sunday. It's because CVS is sandwiched between Genuardi's and Blockbuster. I swear.

Saturday (CVS ads run Sunday through Saturday, so this deal are no longer available)

4 Nivea Lip Balms 2.99
= 11.96
- 5.98 Nivea mfr coupons (buy one get on free)
- 5.00 ecbs
= 1.04 oop, earned 5.00 ecbs for buying $10 worth of Nivea products, and earned 1.00 ecbs for using my own bag. You can buy a "green tag" for 1.00 and attach it to a reusable bag. You earn 1.00 every fourth time you use it.

Sunday
1 Glade reed diffuser 6.00
1 Glade soy candle 6.00
1 Newspaper 1.75
= 13.75
- 6.00 Glade coupons 2 x 3.00/1 Glade mfr coupons
- 6.00 ecbs
= 1.84 (there's always tax!), earned $4 ecbs for buying $12 worth of Glade products.

These deals were both done with just two of each coupon. Even if you start off by buying one newspaper per week and asking a neighbor for their coupons, you can score many things for free/cheap!

This will also go well with the SC Johnson $5 Rebate. Buy three products from the SC Johnson family of products, get a $5 rebate!

Did you get any good CVS deals this week?

Another CVS trip

The deals at CVS were slim over the last few months, so I'm happy to get a few good ones now!

My family had a terrible stomach virus over the weekend, but I had to run out to the store on Sunday morning. So, I stopped by CVS since I had a $4/20 CVS coupon that was emailed to me and expiring soon. I forgot to take a picture because, well, that one trip completely wore me out. I guess I was not as recovered as I thought.

Anyway, on to the deals!

Transaction #1

2 Dove for men body wash 5.49 each, earn 5.49 ECBS each, limit 2
1 newspaper 1.75
= 12.73
- 2.50 2 x 1.25 mfr coupons
- 10.00 ECBs earned here
= .23 oop, earned 10.98 in ECBs

Transaction #2

2 mega packs Pull-Ups 10.00 each
1 newspaper 1.75
= 21.75
- 4/20 CVS coupon
- 4.00 2 x 2.00 mfr coupons
- 10.98 ECBs from previous transaction
= 2.77 oop, earn 5.00 ECBs

So, all in all, I spent $3.00 of my own money for all of the above, plus I have 5.00 ECBs to roll next week!

Sometimes it pays to separate your transactions. There is nothing wrong with this at all. The key is to have your card and all of your coupons ready. I also make sure that there is not a long line. Otherwise, I will do my one transaction and get back at the end of the line to to the next.

CVS Shopping Trip

Remember that $10 in ECBs I got last week? I was able to roll that with zero money out of my pocket this week. I had a raincheck from a few months ago when Electrosol tabs were on sale, plus extra bucks. They did not have any in stock at the time. The deal was buy at least $20 of Electrosol, get $10 ECBs. The tabs were also on sale for 4.50/box.

So, here's my deal: buy 5 boxes 22.50, used (5) 2.50/1 Electrosol mfr coupons and 10.00 ECBs = FREE! I also earned another 10.00 ECBs, which I will be rolling on Sunday to buy some Pull-ups. Here's the receipt for proof:)

You may be asking, how do I get so many coupons? Sometimes I buy multiple copies of the Sunday paper. For a while now, the coupons haven't been that great, so I've only been buying one or two. I also have two neighbors who don't use coupons and pass their inserts along to me. At my Acme, there is a free local paper that includes the Smart Source insert. If the coupons are good that week, I'll grab a few while I'm there. The Red Plum insert now comes in the mail, so there's another for free. With a minimal investment and a little time, I make couponing work for me!

CVS = FreeVS

This week's CVS score:

6 12-pack Pepsi products 3.33 each
3 3-pack Ivory soap .99 each (raincheck price)
1 Tums 3.29
1 CVS brand travel face cloths 1.49
= $27.75

- 4.00/20.00 purchase CVS coupon emailed to me (sign up for a CVS card and then register the card online so you get these emails too!)
- 2.97 3 x 1.00/1 Ivory soap coupons (register adjusted down to actual cost)
- 4.00/1 Tums CVS coupon (check the bottom of your receipt AND scan your card at the price scanner/coupon printer to get CVS coupons) This did not adjust down, so I did get .71 overage.
- 1.50/1 CVS brand skin care product

Total out of pocket (oop) cost, including tax: $16.08 + 10.00 back in ECBs

The Pepsi was part of an ECBs promotion, buy $20 worth and get $10 ECBs. So, I earned 10.00 in ECBs to use on whatever I want at CVS! (Excludes gift cards, prescriptions and a few other things.) I will try to roll that into another purchase with ECBs again next week.

About a year and a half ago, I started couponing. Hard core. Many of you tuned out right there, right? It takes a little while to figure it all out, but I haven't paid for shampoo or toothpaste in over a year!

How? CVS + Coupons + CVS Extra Care Bucks (ECBs).

So many bloggers explain it better than me, so click below if you would like to learn more.

Tara has a great CVS 101 post. It covers the basics, plus a little more.

I always check for the weekly CVS posts from Mindi and Shannon.

When I was getting started, the CVS forums at Hot Coupon World were a huge help.

All of this is just to prove that I am not a nut job. And if I am, there are hundreds of others like me!