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!

Giant Shopping Trip

I don't normally shop at Giant because there's not one close by. But, if there's a super great deal I will pop in. I ran in to get two free (with coupon) items, and ended up finding another great deal.

The Oikos and Chobani Greek yogurts are on sale for 1.00 each. I had 1.00/1 coupons = FREE! There is also a deal on several items--if you buy seven of the items in the group, you get a $3.00 instant discount. So I got four Polaner, one I Can't Believe It's Not Butter baking sticks, and two ICINB tubs.

My final cost for all of the above = $3.43!

Giant's ad runs from Sunday to Saturday, so you still have time to make some deals.