Category: Bargains

I was very excited by all the deals at CVS this week and I went many, many more times than is healthy. But I got some AWESOME deals!! Here we are for starters: I had to hit that Pampers deal ASAP! I did it in two transactions.

Transaction #1:
1 Pampers $7.99
1 Listerine $3.49
2 CVS bandages $1.99 each
total= $15.46
Coupons I used:
CVS $5/$15
Pampers $1.50 off (from Cheerios box)
total = $8.96
I paid with $9 ECB, adjusted down to $8.96, paid 21 cents cash and got $7.47 ECB ($3.49 for the Listerine and $3.98 for the bandages).

Transaction # 2:
2 Pampers @ $7.99 ecah
Total – $15.98
Coupons I used:
$5/$15 CVS coupon and $2/2 Pampers coupon
total = $8.98
I paid with $8.99 in ECBs adjusted down to $8.98 and paid 14 cents cash and got 5 ECB back for buying the Pampers. YAY!!! I LOVE free diapers!!!

Later in the week, I went back to get some more deals:

1 Huggies wash $3.49
Oral-B 2 pk toothbrush $6.99
CVS bandages $1.99
Brut deodorant $3.19
total = $15.66
I used CVS $5/$15 coupon
$1 off Brut coupon
$1 off Huggies wash coupon
total = $8.66
I paid with $8.58 in ECBs and 23 cents cash an got back $11.99 in ECBs, 2 for the Huggies wash, 3 for the Brut, and 6.99 for the toothbrushes!

Finally, I found that Charmin/Bounty deal too good to pass up, so I bought this:

Two Charmin @ $4.96 each
Two Bounty @ $4.96 each
Total = $19.84
I used the CVS $5/$15 coupon
Two $1 off Charmin coupons I got in the mail awhile back
Two 25 cents off Bounty coupons
total = $12.44
I paid with 12 ECBs 54 cents cash and got back 10 ECBs

Allright, now that I’ve beat CVS to death, on to MEIJER!! They were having one of those fabulous 10 for 10 sales this week! Here’s a sampling of what I got:

The 9 bags of chex mix and 4 boxes of pizza rolls were all FREE with doubled coupons!! The Betty Crocker potatoes were FREE because they were my 11th item, and the sale was 10 for 10 and get the 11th FREE! The Fiber One bars were 80 cents a box with doubled coupons, and the Green Giant veggies were 50 cents a bag with coupon. Sooo….I paid $3.40 for all this!! Isn’t that GREAT?? But it gets BETTER! Later in the week, I was able to get some more coupons, so I went back and got 5 more FREE boxes of pizza rolls (or FREEZA rolls as I like to call them now) and 4 more bags of FREE Chex Mix!! And just so you know, I am not a total glutton, I am taking all the Chex Mix on my family vacation this weekend with my 15 closest relatives, so I promise to share.

Well friends, that is it for me this week, so everyone jump on over to CVS Superstars at the Centsible Sawyer to see more victims of OCD (Obsessive CVS Disorder) at work!! And for more amazing savings, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

Since I found out that my local CVSes take competitor’s coupons, I had a bit of a field day, or field week this week! I went to CVS WAY too many times, but here are just a couple of my transactions. Twice the cashiers who rang me up didn’t even KNOW that they took competitor’s coupons, depsite a sign at the register that said so. Uhh…so I guess I gave them an education!

Here we have:
1 Schick Intuition at $8.88 (purchased for my homegirl Luanne)
1 pair of clogs for my baby boy Joshua $5.99
1 Colgate toothbrush $3.99
1 Bday card for my old lady friend Breck 99 cents
total =$19.85
Coupons:
$3/$15 CVS coupon
$4 off Schick Intuition coupon
$3 off Schick Intuition WALGREENS ES CATALOG coupon (woot woot!)
$1 off Colgate coupon
= $8.85, paid with $7.99 in ECBs and 64 cents cash, and got back 9.99 in ECBs. (6 for the Intuition razor, and $3.99 for the toothbrush!) Hootie Hoo!!

Next we have:
1 Gallon milk $3.19
1 Pledge $2.99
1 Advil $3.99
2 Colgate Max Fresh $5.98
1 Viactiv $5.49
total = $21.64
Coupons:
$4/$20 CVS coupon
$2 CVS Pledge coupon (emailed to me. It expired 5/4 but my CVS takes them for 30 days!)
$1 Pledge manufacturer coupon
$2 Advil coupon
Two $1 Colgate Maxfresh printable coupons
$2/$2 Colgate Maxfresh WALGREENS ES coupon!!
$3 off WALGREENS in-ad Viactiv coupon!!
$2 off Viactiv manufacturer coupon
total= $3.64
paid with a $3 ECB and some change and got back $7 ECB!! 3 for the Viaciv and 4 for the toothpaste! I got paid almost $4 to buy this stuff!!!

Finally, we have:

Adidas deodorant $4.99
Viactiv $5.49
Advil $3.99
Burt’s Bees lip gloss clearanced for $1!! Yay!
Total = $15.47

Coupons:
$3/$15 CVS coupon
$3 off WALGREENS in-ad Viactiv coupon
$2 off Viactiv manufacturer’s coupon
$2 off Advil coupon
Total = $5.47
Used $5 ECB and 34 cents cash and got back $7.99 ECB! 4.99 for the deodorant and 3 for the Viactiv!

Thanks CVS for taking Walgreens coupons!! You are my BFF drugstore!

Now on to Kroger – the grocery deals haven’t been too hot around here lately, and I made a sort-of big trip to Meijer last week, that wasn’t really worth mentioning. But finally Kroger had some good deals this week! I got all this:

For $11.59!! The total before coupons and promotions was $29.59! So I saved $18! The cereal was 4/$10 and if you bought 4 you got an additional $4 off your order. Of course I had four of the $2 coupons for the Chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats, so I ended up getting paid $2 to buy these! The Nestle Quik chocolate milk singles were free with doubled coupons, too. Yay!

Well that is all I got folks! To see more, head over to the “Cents”ible Sawyer for CVS Superstars and to our guru Money Saving Mom for Super Savings Saturday!