Mommin' It Up!

September 27, 2008

We Have a Coupon Printer!

One of our local CVS stores got a coupon printer this week! Oot Oot! It’s not one of my normal stops, but it IS on the way to and from church, so I am going to have to stop in and scan my card at least once a week! It let me scan my card three times when I went, and two of the coupons it spat out were ones I got to use on this week’s deals! YAY!

Here’s what I scored this week:

Nivea for Men body was $4.99
Suave deodorant $2.39
Adidas deodorant $4.99
Wyler’s Light singles $.25 (clearance!)
Total = $12.62

Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS q
$1 off Nivea for Men q
$1 off Adidas q
50 cents off Suave q
$1.99 off Walgreens Adidas coupon (should have taken $3 off but I did not complain!)
Total = $6.13
I paid with 5 ECB and paid $1.53 on my gift card and got back $10.99 ECB! 4.99 for the Nivea, 4 for the Adidas, and 2 for the Suave (I had purchased more Suave on a previous transaction.)

Next up: My FAVORITE transaction of the WEEK!

Huggies Mega Pack $15
Cottonelle wipes $2
Cottonelle TP $6.49
Three boxes Kleenex $3
Total = $26.49

Coupons:
CVS $2/$10
CVS $3/$15
$2 Huggies CRT
$1.50 Huggies manu q
$1.50 Huggies Walgreens q
$1 Cottonelle wipes CRT (from coupon printer!!)
$1 Cottonelle wipes manu q
$1/3 Kleenex Walgreens q
50 cents off Cottonelle TP manu q
$1 off Cottonelle TP Walgreens q

Total = $11.99
I paid with $11.99 ECB and 46 cents cash and got back $10 ECB!!!! That’s the ONLY way to shop, people!! Special thanks to JILL for the Walgreens q’s!!

Last, but not least:

1 Crest ProHealth $2.99
1 kids’ toothbrush clearance 50 cents
1 Ambi facewash $6.99

Total = $10.48
Coupons:
CVS $2/$10
75 cents off Crest
$3 off Ambi manu q
$2 off Ambi CRT (from the coupon printer!!)
$1 off Ambi Walgreens q
Total = $1.73

I paid with 1 ECB and $1.05 cash and got back 5 ECB! 3 for the Ambi and 2 for the Crest. The BEST part of this transaction is the toothbrush. I needed a toothbrush for Sophie so that is why I went to CVS. I wanted to work it into a transaction to roll my ECBs and ended up being able to MAKE $$ since I found the clearance toothbrush! Yay!!

Well, that’s all for me this week! Hope you all did well and had fun. For more great couponing adventures, check out CVS Superstars at The Censtible Sawyer and Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

September 20, 2008September 20, 2008

Shew! CVS Withdrawal Over!

Yesterday I posted about how I hadn’t been to CVS in several days due to power outages cause by the Windstorm of the Century on Sunday. As a matter of fact, of my two regular CVSes, one didn’t get power back until Wednesday and the other didn’t until yesterday at noon! Isn’t that ka-razy!? I was in seriously bad CVS withdrawal shape, but finally after a couple transactions yesterday I was much better shape!!

I DID get to go on Sunday BEFORE the power went out, and here is what I got then:

The Ragu & Skippy was 3/$5, so my total was $10 even. I used the $2/$10 CVS coupon, a $75 cents off Ragu coupon (from a home mailer) and three 40-cent-off Skippy coupons. My total came to $6.05. I paid with 6 ECB and 5 cents cash and got back 3 ECB!

Then, I needed milk so I did this:

Milk $2.99
2 Malt-o-Meal cereal marked down to 49 cents each
Newspaper $1.85
Excedrin express gels $3.99

Total = $9.81 (I didn’t know the cereal was marked down. So I expected my total to be over $10 before tax. My cashier let me use my $2/$10 anyways).
Coupons used: CVS $2/$10
Two $1 off Malt-o-Meal coupons, adjusted down to 49 cents
$2 off Excedrin coupon

My total was $4.83. I paid with 5 ECB adjusted down to $4.83, paid zero out-of-pocket and got back $3.99 ECB for the Excedrin!

Then, Friday, I was able to make a HUGE SCORE at my beloved favorite CVS store.

Four St. Ives body wash $3.99 each
One 48-pack giant Flavor-Ice, clearanced at $3.74

Total = $19.70
Coupons:
$2/$10 CVS
Two B1G1 Free St. Ives manu q’s
Two $1 off St. Ives manu q’s
Four $1 off St. Ives Walgreens q’s
$2 off St. Ives CRT

total= $1.72
I didn’t have any ECB that small, so with tax I paid $2.82 on my gift card from Joshua’s prescription and got back TEN ECB!! 5 was for the St. Ives, and 5 for the Flavor-Ice that cost me only $3.74! These were $14.99 with 5 ECB back, and even though they were on clearance they STILL gave the ECB! My husband LOVES these so I went back and got another box. Score!

Finally, I did this transaction as part of the CVS Charity Challenge. I won a $5 CVS gift card from Erin at Coupon Cravings to use to buy things for the charity of my choice. I chose Oasis for Women, an organization in our area that ministers to women who are employed in the sex industry. They need toiletries, makeup, and hygiene items for the gift bags they make up for the women they minister to. I got everything in the picture below for $4.77 on the gift card, and got 3 ECB back. I am going to use that to buy one more Suave deodorant and get a couple other small things and then I will get another 2 ECB for the Suave. Which I will then use to buy something else to donate! Hopefully I will be able to wrap all that up next week so I can take all the items to Oasis! I would have finished it this week if I had actually been able to GET TO CVS!

Well that’s all for me this week. Hope you all did great too! For more crazy couponing, check out Money Saving Mom and the Centsible Sawyer!

September 19, 2008September 19, 2008

I’ve Got a Serious Case of the Shakes

Major emergency here, folks. I haven’t been to CVS in FOUR DAYS. The last time I was there was Monday, and I couldn’t even go to one of my “regular” CVSes because they were both CLOSED due to the power outages from Sunday’s windstorm. So, I went to a not-so-coupon-friendly location because I HAD to get Joshua’s Zyrtec.

My two fave CVSes did not re-open until Wednesday. I excitedly called Wednesday to see if they were open and was filled with GLEE when told that they were. However, scheduling snafus (started because SOPHIE wouldn’t nap. Little booger.) prevented me from actually going. I was very sad! Then yesterday, we had Joshua’s homeschool co-op all day and I was going to go to CVS on the way home but he FELL ASLEEP on the way home and ruined those plans. (See, I am not fanatic enough about CVS to wake my kid up to go. Aren’t you proud, Emily?)

So today’s the day. It’s gotta be, ’cause I am about to die. I have some seriously painful CVS withdrawal symptoms. I’ve got the shakes, dry mouth, my nails are bitten to shreds, I’m irritable, and I think I’ve gained five pounds. I need some sweet deals, some coupons, and some ECBs to make everything okay again! Today I need to go to CVS so bad I would go with dirty hair and no makeup (normally I pretty myself up for CVS. But I will go fugly to Walgreens), no breakfast, and I MAY just take my kids in their PJs.

We addicts will sometimes do anything for a score. For this junkie, that time has come.

(P.S. I had an article published at Blissfully Domestic today about Getting the Most Out of Your Coupons! Do me a favor and go check it out. Leave me a comment so they will think I am a really great writer and I won’t get fired. K? Thx!)