Super Savings Saturday: Stocking Stuffing thanks to CVS!

This week I am particiapting in Super Savings Saturday, hosted by Money Saving Mom. I had a great week at CVS this week! I went several times due to the amazing Energizer battery deal. This week at CVS, if you bought $15 worth of Energizer batteries, you got $5 back in Extra Care Bucks (ECBs). Well, CVS also had this coupon available for $5 off of Energizer Max batteries! Many of the batteries were on sale for $5.29. So, you could go in, buy one pack of batteries, use the coupon, and pay $.32. Do this three times, and on your third transaction, you also get $5 back in ECBs! So basically, they are paying you to buy Energizer batteries! But IT GETS BETTER! I had a $1 off manufacturer’s coupon for the batteries, which I was able to stack with the CVS coupon on one transaction, and on the other two transactions, there were $1 off “peelie” coupons on the actual package of batteries themselves. So I got an overage both times in addition to the ECBs, WOOHOO! Now we have TONS of batteries which is great with all the new battery-requiring toys I am sure the kids wil get for Christmas.

Here was my best non-battery transaction this week at CVS.

I got 2 Nivea for Men Skin products at $4.99 each for my hubby’s stocking, one Oasis mouthwash, one Johnson’s Shea Butter baby wash, and two bags of Dove Milk Chocolate. The total pre-tax was $28.24.

I used:
$4/$20 CVS coupon that printed off the bottom of my receipt on a previous transaction
$5/$15 CVS coupon
$3/$15 CVS coupon
Two $1 off Nivea for Men manufacturer coupons
$2 off Johnson’s baby product CVS coupon
$1 off Johnson’s manufacturer coupon
Buy one get one free Dove manufacturer coupon
$2 off Dove CVS coupon (which CVS sent my mom in the mail – thanks Mom!)
$5 ECB’s

My grand total was 25 cents!!!! I spent $5 ECBs but I got $6.99 back in ECBs! I got one ECB for the Johnson’s baby wash – this is apparently an unadvertised December monthly deal with a limit of 5! Because you can stack the $2 off CVS coupon with the many available $1 off printable Johnson’s coupons, this is a GREAT DEAL! It ends up making the baby wash 29 cents after coupons and ECBs. I am just guessing that it will be for the whole month of December, I don’t really know. I know it worked last Friday the 7th and Tuesday the 11th! It appears that only the 15 oz Head-to-Toe and the 15 oz Shea Butter wash work for the ECBs though.

I LOVE CVS! They have got me as a customer for life. Since I can also get things I regularly need there for practically free such as milk, bread, and peanut butter, it’s awesome!! Make sure to check out Money Saving Mom for more great Super Saving Saturday reports!