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Excited! About! CVSing!

Jenny — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:44:48 +0000

This week I had my first good, fun CVS run in a few weeks. I have been kind of lazy about it, but when I saw that two of my fave new products were on sale this week AND that I had really good coupons for said items, I got myself together, threw (not literally!) Sophie in the car, and headed over to CVS. The two products I was excited about were Tide Stain Release and the Bounce Dryer Bar. Now, it takes A LOT to get me excited about laundry, but I got samples of these babies at BlogHer and they both rock my socks off. Now that I am on a schedule and am doing laundry more regularly (instead of only when NO ONE in my family has clean clothes), these products are really making my laundry life easier and I LIKE-A DA EASY.

So, anyhoo, here’s what I got at CVS!

Tide Stain Release $3.99
Bounce Dryer Bar $3.99
Two Skippy $6
Glade Soy Candle $6.99
Mountain Dew $1.49
Total = $22.46

Coupons used:
$4/$20 CVS email coupon (way expired but my CVS takes them for 30 days after)
FREE Tide Stain Release coupon from BlogHer swag bag!!
$2.50 off Bounce Dryer Bar coupon from Vocalpoint mailer
$2 printable Glade manu q
total= $9.97

I paid with 5.88 ECB, paid $4.85 in cash and got back 11.99 ECB! 1 each for the Tide & Bounce, 1 for the Mountain Dew (you had to buy 2, I had bought one previously), 6.99 for the Glade Candle and 2 for the Skippy.

I was pretty pumped getting all these products I love & use for such a great deal!

To see what great bargains everyone else got this week, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom.

I like Free Stuff and I cannot Lie!

Jenny — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:26:28 +0000

One of the benefits of being crazy and having a few new prescriptions is that i’ve been able to get a couple of CVS gift cards for said new prescriptions. YAY. So even though I have been a little low on ECBs of late, I still haven’t had to fork over any $$ at CVS. WOOT. Here’s what I got this week!

3 boxes of Kellogg’s cereal $10
Zantrex 3 $4.99
Colgate $2.99
Adidas $3.99
Total = 21.97

coupons: CVS $4/$20 email q (expired but my CVS takes for up to 30 days)
$1 Coldate manu q
Two $1 off Kellogg’s q’s
Total = $15.97
Paid with 12 ECBs and put the rest on my CVS gift card and got back 14.99 ECB

Then I bought this! WE needed Coke products to drink at our Mom’s Nite Out party!

4 Coke 12-packs $4 each
3 Vitamin waters 3/$4
Total $20
Coupons: CVS $4/$20
$1 coke coupon from My Coke Rewards points
Total = $15
paid with my $14.99 ECB from previous transaction. My total was one cent, but neither hubby or I had any change, so the manager gave it to me for free. What a guy! I got back 10 ECB for purchasing the Coke products!

That’s all the CVsin’ I did this week. Hope you all did great! To see how everyone else did, head over to CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Hairspray Score at CVS!

Jenny — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:44:05 +0000

As I wrote in a recent article on Blissful Style, Tresemme Tres Two hairspray is my fa-vo-RITE! So when I saw CVS had a good ECB deal on Tresemme this week I had to get me some o’ that. So here’s what I got!

Three Tresemme hairsprays, $10
Glade Soy candle $4.99
Edge Shave Gel $2.89
Crest $2.88
Total = $20.76
Coupons: CVS $4/$20 email coupon (expired but my CVS takes them for 30 days)
Glade $1 off coupon
$3 off Glade Walgreens coupon (my CVS takes competitor q’s)
$1 off any Glade CVS CRT
$3 off any $10 hair care purchase CVS CRT
Three $1 off Tresemme printable q’s
75 cents off Crest manu q

Total = $5.01

I paid with 4.99 in ECB and paid 36 cents cash and got back 5 ECB for the Tresemme, 2 for the Crest, and 2.89 for the Edge. That’s makin’ money! Woo-hoo!

That’s all the exciting couponing I did this week. Hope you all did great! To see how everyone else did, head over to CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Shopping Superstars at the Thrifty Mama and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Deal or No Deal?

Jenny — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:42:40 +0000

Well before the cold from H-E-L-L hit me this week, I was able to get out to CVS on Sunday. So the answer is, ONE deal at CVS, NO DEAL anywhere else. I haven’t even been to the grocery, I just sent Bobby out to get some staples. I’m very sad to say that I have both my Kroger and Meijer grocery runs all planned out, complete with coupons in separate envelopes, but I doubt I will be feeling good enough to even get there today. Waah! I hate missing those deals. But anyway, here’s what I got at CVS on Sunday.

Irish Spring Body Wash $4.99
Dry Idea $2.99
Bic Soleil razor $6.99
L’eggs trouser socks clearance 75 cents. (Score!)
Total = $15.72
Coupons: $3/$15 CVS email coupon (expired but my CVS takes these for up to 30 days)
50 cents off Irish Spring manu q
$2 off Dry Idea printable manu q
$2 off Bic Soleil manu q
$2 off Bic Soleil Walgreens q (my CVS takes competitor q’s also)

total = 6.22

I paid in ECBs and paid 70 cents cash and got back 9.99 in ECB. Not too shabby! I hear the deals aren’t too great in the coming week, so we’ll have to see if I can find a deal or not!

Well, I wish I had done more, but whaddya do? Hope you all did great! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

Couponin’ It Up!

Jenny — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:04:41 +0000

This was a week where once again, I two-timed CVS with Walgreens, something which, until LAST week, I hadn’t done for months! But seriously people, I CANNOT pass up practically free diapers! So here is what I got at Wags:

Three Huggies Supreme $10 each
1 Skippy peanut butter $3
Total = $33
Coupons:
Three $5 off Huggies printables
1 $8 RR from last week’s deals
Total with tax = $12.93
Got back 10 Register Rewards for the Huggies!

I used that RR and the 3.49 one I had from last week to buy the Splenda, grape jelly, orange juice, and milk and paid about $1.40 for all that! YAY!

Then I picked up some more Huggies for my friend and reader Gwen who broke her ankle recently. She was lamenting that she wouldn’t be able to get out of the house and get some cheap diapers, and I couldn’t let that happen! Because I??? LOVE my readers!!!

Next, I did of course go to CVS to get some sweet deals there as well. I needed some Garnier hair products to support my new penchant for wavy hair.

3 Garnier hair stylers $10
Palmolive $1.49
Schick Quattro $8.99
Crest $2.99
Batteries BOGO free $5.99
Total = 29.46
Coupons:
$5/$25 Rite Aid coupon (my CVS takes competitor q’s)
three $1 off Garnier manu q’s
three $2 off Garnier Walgreens q’s
$4 off Schick Walgreens q
$1 off Crest manu q
total = $10.46, but the cashier missed one of my $1 off q’s, don’t know which one, but I didn’t make a fuss. I paid with 10 ECB and paid $2.37 cash including tax and got back 13 ECB! Yippee!

Well that’s all for me this week! I am hoping to hit CVS one more time on Saturday to get some of their great trash bags which are on sale but we’ll see. Hope you all did great too! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

Coupons Make Mommy Happy

Jenny — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:53:16 +0000

Well it’s 6:39 PM and I’m just now getting this post up, because I didn’t even have the chance to do any of my coupon shopping until this afternoon! I hit CVS and Walgreens and did not come away disappointed. It’s amazing how much a good couponing run can lift my spirits. When I got home I felt like a a real winner. Here’s what I got!

First up, CVS:

One Touch Mini $14.99
Three Puffs tissues $2.91
CVS Vitamin D $2.99
Fusion Razor $7.99
Total = $28.88

Coupons:
$5/$25 Rite Aid q (my CVS takes competitor q’s)
$14.99 One Touch Mini manu q
$4 Fusion manu q
total= $4.89
I paid with a $4.99 ECB adjusted down to $4.89 and paid 63 cents cash. I got back 2.90 ECB for the Vitamin D and 4 ECB for the razor. Woot!!

Next I went to Walgreens, where I hadn’t been since I would guess, August or September. But the deals were too good to pass up this week!

Sambucol $12.99
Colgate Max Fresh $3.29
Excedrin $5.99
Two Extra gum clearance 65 cents each (filler!)
Blink eye drops $7.99
Total = $31.56

coupons:
$10 off Sambucol Walgreens q
$4 off Sambucol manu q
75 cents of Colgate manu q
$4 off Excedrin Walgreens q
$1 off Excedrin manu q
$2 off Blink manu q

Total (including tax) = $12.93, and I got back $11.50 in register rewards! $8 for the eyedrops and $3.50 for the toothpaste. Woohoo! I am going to use those register rewards on the sweet Huggies deal at Wags next week!

Well that’s all for me this week! Hope you all did great too! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer, Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom and Shopping Superstars at the Thirfty Mama.

Return to Dew Mountain

Jenny — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:56:56 +0000

So, yesterday I got out of the house FINALLY after the huge snow we had this week, and of course I went straight to CVS. Ok, that’s a lie. First I went to drop off some jeans to get hemmed but ONLY because it’s I have to drive past that shop to get to CVS. Oh, and did I mention my DADDY drove me in his 4-wheel drive? Yes, this CVS run was that important! Can you guess what I got? It wasn’t the most profitable transaction ever, but sometimes you gotta dew what you gotta dew.

Five 12-packs of Mountain Dew $3.34 each = $16.70(I already put on in the fridge when I took this picture. Couldn’t waste any time!)
Four L’eggs pantyhose clearance at $1.25 each! WOOHOO! (Couldn’t pass those up!) $5
Two Gatorade/Propel $1.25 each = $2.50
Tostitos $3
Fusion Gamer razor $7.99
Total = $35.19

I only had two coupons! A Rite Aid $5/$25 and a $4 Fusion q
Total = $26.19
I used 24 ECB and paid $3.05 on a CVS gift card, and got back 14 ECB – 10 for the Pepsi products and 4 for the razor!

AND I GOT MY DEW!

How did YOU dew (I can’t stop myself!) this week? For more couponing adventures, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer or Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom.

I Can Haz Mountain Dew? No?

Jenny — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:55:38 +0000

I only went to CVS once this week – crazy huh? The deals just weren’t too exciting and although I am feeling much better, I still haven’t regained 100% of my incessant desire to CVS shop all the time. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that there is a huge ECB deal on Pepsi products and I am still not drinking Mountain Dew, and it makes me VERY SAD! My mom brought me a 2-Liter when I was depressed last week, and I had one out to eat, but other than that I have been a very good girl. But anyways – you will see that I DID purchase a 2-liter on this transaction, but it’s for a dinner we are attending Sunday for our house church – we’re bringing the drinks. Perhaps with my Christian community holding me accountable I will be able to abstain from Dew at the dinner. (ha ha!) We shall see. Anyhoo – here’s what I got:

4 2-Liters of Pepsi products $5
8 Propel/Gatorade $15
1 Skippy $1.67
1 CVS baby wipes $2.99
Total = $24.66
Coupons: Rite Aid $5/$25 (my CVS take competitor q’s and the manager rounded up my total for me – I had planned to buy some Lays chips as part of the Pepsi deal which would have put me over, but they were out of them)
$3 off CVS brand q
60 cents off Skippy q
Total = $16.06

I paid with 16 ECB, paid 6 cents cash, and got back 10 ECB for the Pepsi/Propel/Gatorade products!

Next, I did this, because my particular hubby likes the yellow Axe body wash and it is never on sale!

2 Axe body wash $10
2 Skippy $3.34
1 CVS baby wipes $2.99
Total $16.33
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15 (expired, my CVS takes them for 30 days)
Two 40-cents off Skippy q’s
$3 off CVS brand q

Total = $9.53
I paid with 9 ECB and 53 cents cash, and got back 3 ECB for the Axe.

Nothing too exciting, but not bad! Hope you did great this week! To see how everyone else did, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

I’ve Got the Soy Joy, Soy Joy, Up in My Pantry! (Where?)

Jenny — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:57:45 +0000

Sorry I am late in posting my deals. I know you all sit by your computers and hit “refresh” on your browsers all weekend long until I post them so I’m really sorry for the delay. But you see I had this baby shower for my friend Megan Saturday which just kept me away from my laptop. But it is over, and it was great, and now you can all heave a sigh of relief as my coupon adventures are about to be displayed for all the world.

I got a TON of Soy Joys this week! My little Sophie, the world’s pickiest eater, loves Soy Joys for some reason. So I got 10 for $5 at Rite Aid, used my $3/10 coupon, paid $2 out-of-pocket, and will get back a $5 single check rebate. So I made $3 on that! Woohoo! CVS also has 6-packs of Soy Joys for $6 with 6 ECBs back. So, the other night I got this:

2 boxes of Soy Joy $12
2 CVS baby wipes $4.50 (they were B1G1 50% off)
M&Ms 50 cents
Total = $17
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
Soy Joy $3/10
$3 off CVS Brand purchase
total= $8
I paid with a 7.99 ECB – I can’t remember how much I paid in cash – less than a dollar – and got back 12 ECB for the Soy Joy! Yay! I loves me some profit!

Next, I got this:

4 infants/children’s motrin $22
CVS baby wipes $2.99
Total = $24.99
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
$2/$10 pain reliever purchase CVS CRT
two $2.50/2 Children’s/infants motrin
three $2 off Children’s/infants motrin Walgreens coupons (I had 4 but the cashier missed one. no biggie)
$3 off CVS Brand purchase
Total = 5.99
I used a 5.99 ECB to pay, paid $1.30 cash in tax and got back 10 ECB for the Motrin! Woohoo!

Finally, I stopped back by one day for some Fiber One bars (YUMMY!) and more Soy Joy:

Fiber one two-pack $6.99
Soy Joy 6-pack $6
CVS wipes $2.99
Sweet Tarts $.50
Total = $16.48
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
$1/5 Soy Joy coupon
50 cents off Fiber One coupon
$3 off CVS Brand purchase coupon
total = $8.98
I paid with an 8.98 ECB, paid zero out-of pocket and got back 9 ECB. Ta-da!!

Needless to say, Megan got a lot of baby wipes with her shower gift.

That’s all for me this week! Hope you did great! To see what everyone else was up to, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer!

Just Tryin’ to Hustle Up Some ECBs

Jenny — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:51:18 +0000

I made it to CVS twice this week, basically just to make some ECBs. Nothing too exciting, although it was fun as always!

Early in the week, I did this transaction:
Contour meter $14.99
2 Colgate $5.98
Propel $.40 (clearance for some reason – this surprised me!)
Schick Intuition razor $8.99
Total = $30.36
Coupons I used:
CVS $3/$15 (for some reason this only took off $1.50, but i didn’t complain!)
up to $30 off Contour meter (-$14.99)
two $1.50 off Colgate q’s
$2 off Schick Intuition q
Total = $8.87
I paid with 8 ECB and paid, with tax $2.34. I got back 5 ECB for the meter, 4 for the toothpaste, and 5 for the razor, for a total of 14 ECB. Yay!

Then on Thursday, I had to ring in the New Year by getting those January monthly deals!

Two throat cooler pops $9.98
Nasogel $7.99
Clorox toilet wand refills (we needed these! My CVS has been out of them forever.) $3.89
Total = $21.86
Coupons:
CVS $3/$15
BOGO free throat cooler coupon $4.99
$2 off Nasogel coupon
Total = $11.87
I paid with an 8.99 and 3 ECB (adjusted down to 2.88) and paid 49 cents cash and got back 9.98 ECB for the throat cooler pops and 7.99 for the nasogel for a total of 17.97. Woohoo!

That’s all the fun I had this week, hope you all did great! For more CVS-capades, check out CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer.