Dear CVS,
You complete me. I think you are my retail soulmate. Seriously, you had me at “ExtraCare Pays You Back.” I heart you. I really, really, do. Even though you really hurt me a couple of months ago when you stopped printing CRTs (coupons at the bottom of my receipt) for me, I STILL love you. Although the lack of CRTs at the bottom of my receipt does sting, it eases the pain every week when you send me fabulous coupons on Thursdays. Like this week, the Ellin Lavar coupon and the Viactiv coupon really helped me score some sweet deals. And then there’s the fact that you let me pay, not with real, actual dollars, but with ExtraCare Bucks – well CVS, that gets me EVERY TIME!! You know I can’t stay mad at you! We go together like shampoo & condtioner. Which I now have about a year’s supply of.
So, CVS, keep those email coupons comin’. Don’t go breakin’ my heart.
xoxo,
Jenny
P.S. See you tomorrow. Or maybe tonight.
Ok, I just had to get that out of my system. Here’s what I got at CVS this week!! First up: we went in for peanut butter and found a MASSIVE 90% off clearance bin at my favorite CVS! They had Glade Scented Oil Candle refill packs for 32 cents!! Yay!! We also scored an Airborne day & night pack for $1.29, and a calculator for 15 cents! Woot! Here’s how it broke down:
Seven jars of Skippy at $1.50 each: $10.50 (3 ECB back when you buy $10 worth)
Revlon nail polish $3.99 (3 ECBs back)
Four GSOC refills at 32 cents each: $1.28
Airborne: $1.29
Calculator: 15 cents
Total= $17.21
I used a CVS $5/$15 coupon and $11.48 in ECBs and paid 87 cents cash and got back 6 ECBs! I was thrilled with all the peanut butter and great clearance stuff!
The next transaction was courtesy of one of those great email coupons CVS sent me: $4 off Viactiv flavor glides. These are a May monthly ECB deal, you get 3 back when you buy one. I also bought some Playskool cups to finish up the Playskool deal (buy $20 get 5 ECBs) which I had started earlier in the week.
One Viactiv at $8.99
One pack Playskool wash & toss cups $3.59
One Playskool insulated cup $3.99
total $16.57
I used a CVS $5/$15 coupon and a $2 off CVS brand coupon (my cashier rounded me up! So nice! I was going to get some playskool wipes also which would have made it $10 but they were all out.)
I also used the $4 off Viactiv CVS coupon and a $2 off Viactiv manufacturer’s coupon
I paid with $3 ECbs and 75 cents cash and got back 8 ECBs! Yippee!!
My best transaction of the week was this one, thanks to that $5/2 Ellin Lavar hair care products coupon CVS emailed me! Ellin Lavar is also a May montly ECB deal – buy one, get 2 ECB. So here’s what I got!
One Ellin Lavar shampoo and one conditioner at 2/$10
Two Sobe Life waters $2
Two Excedrins $1.99 each
total $15.98
I used: CVS $5/$15 coupon
CVS $5/2 Ellin Lavar coupon
Two $2 off Excedrin coupons (adjusted to $1.99)
One B1G1 Free Sobe coupon
One $1/2 Sobe Walgreens coupon (my CVS accepts competitor’s q’s)
Total = $0
I paid 35 cents tax and got back 5 ECBS! 4 for the Ellin Lavar, and 1 for the Sobe. WOOHOOO!! Didn’t use any ECBs, got back FIVE!
Then, because I had more coupons, I went back and did the exact same transaction later. I loves makin’ CVS money!!
That’s all for me this week, I won’t bore you with the details of how I used ECBs to buy milk and Mountain Dew. 🙂
For more amazing CVSers, visit CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer! And for more coupn-crazy moms, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!
Will you fly to Corpus and teach me the art of CVS’ing because I just don’t get it, but I sincerely want to!!
I was rolling! This is perfect.. my feelings exactly. My hubbie is away (Marines) and I read this to him on the phone tonight and he said I’m not as much of a nut as he thought…I have a “breed”!! lol I ♥ CVS =)
Too funny! I think they also would have had me when they said, “Yes, we’ll take the Walgreens coupons too!” I need to know where your CVS is!
You are taking this CVS thing to a new level.
What’s next, a Dear Jenny Letter from CVS explaining that “it’s not you, it’s me” ?
I have to thank you for inspiring me to go back one more time this week to do the Skippy PB deal at CVS. I was sick most of the week and didn’t feel like going earlier.
Your post made me want to go for this. But as I was going I was convinced they would never have 7 jars left, but they did. thanks!!
I totally should have taken advantage of the skippy deal. Damn. I’m kickin’ myself for letting that go by.
Great job, girlfriend. Another stellar CVS week.
Can you believe I haven’t been to CVS in almost two weeks?! I’m totally going thru withdrawl.
I just found you….and I too am sweet on CVS…love your style of writing!