Shh! I’m Having a Fling With Walgreens!

CVS, I love you. I really, really, do. Which is why it hurts me to admit that this week, I totally cheated on you multiple times with Walgreens. And it was awesome!!

But I know Walgreens is very fickle and really can’t be trusted…so I promise to stay faithful to you (except for the two times a year when they have a really awesome sale like this one.)

Now that we have that cleared up, here’s what I did at Walgreens this week!

They were having this fabulous deal where if you bought 9 P&G items, you got $20 in Register Rewards. Crest Pro-Health toothpaste counted as part of this deal and cost $2.50 a pop. There was a coupon for $3 off of two Crest Pro-Health in the Walgreens Easy Saver catalog, and I had several Crest coupons – some for 50 cents, some for $1 off, and one for a whopping $3 off one tube of toothpase, which Walgreens took for the full amount even though they were on sale for $2.50!! The end result was all this toothpaste:

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for $2.25!!!! (Which I paid for with my Walgreens gift card from previous rebates of COURSE.) And I got back $20 in Register Rewards (two $10 ones printed out)!!! I then took one of my $10 RR’s and bought these rebate items:

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All of these were free after rebate, and I used a $1 off coupon for the toothbrush. I used my $10 RR and paid $1.49 on my gift card, and I’ll be getting back over $12 in rebates. Oot Oot! I’ll be using my other $10 RR to get some more REBATE ITEMS! Yay!

True confession time: I did a different version of the P&G deal three times!! I donated a LOT of toothpaste to a local shelter this week! And I now have a boatload of Cascade and boatload of Register Rewards. 🙂

But of course I did hit CVS a couple of times this week for necessities such as milk and chocolate syrup. And my BFF Luanne needed some nails, and I needed to get some more free after ECB monthly deals…soooo…

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Colgate Deep Clean toothbrush $3.99
Kiss nails $5.99
Nail glue $1.99
Two Orapik travel piks $2.79 each
Total: $17.55
I used my $3/$15 CVS coupon and $13.96 in ECBs, paid 64 cents cash and got back $14.57 in ECBs! $5 for the Kiss nails & glue, $5.58 for the Orapik, and $3.99 for the toothbrush. Ohh, CVS! I do love you so! You’re always so good to me!!

Well that’s it for me my friends! For more fun tales from the CVS faithful, visit CVS Superstars at the “Cents”ible Sawyer. And for couponing feats of all kinds, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom!

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CVS – A Week of Sharing the LURVE!

This was a very fun CVS week for me!! For starters, on Sunday my friend Lori came to town and we hit CVS together. Where Lori lives, the nearest CVS is 20 minutes away. So here she felt like she was in CVS heaven since there are like 7 CVSes within 10 minutes of me (several 5 minutes or less! Woot!) We went to two CVSes, and Lori got to meet my favorite cashier, and we had a great time. PLUS, she got over $100 in merchandise for about $27 out of pocket, and got $36.34 in ECBs for next time!! So she got PAID over $10 to buy all that stuff!! Here’s a pic of her haul:

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And here’s us being dorks (what we do best)!

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The next thing that was fun for me this week was I got to share the CVS LURVE with my folks. I love giving stuff to my friends & family members, which I never would have been able to do before CVSing and coupons came into my life. Well my dad is having surgery next week and needed some post-op supplies. So my mom and I and the kids hit CVS and got all the stuff dad needs – over $65 worth – for about $2 out-of-pocket. Woohoo!

The third things that was fun for me this week was that the May monthly ECB deals started on Thursday!! I hit ’em hard the first day out and here is one of my transactions:

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Milk $3.29
2 Aquafresh $2.99 each
1 Tums Quikpak $4.69
3 CVS allergy $3.79 each
Total = $25.33 before tax
Coupons used:
CVS $4/20
$2/$10 CVS Brand
Two $1 off Aquafresh
$1 off Tums
Spent $15.98 in ECBs and paid 35 cents cash and got back $22.04 in ECBs!! CVS, I LUUURVE YOU!

Other things I got at CVS this week that we needed and didn’t have to pay real money for: Children’s Claritin and allergy eyedrops for Joshua!! YAY!

That’s it for me this week! For more awesome savings, check out Super Savings Saturday at Money Saving Mom. And for more crazy addicted CVSers, check out CVS Superstars at the “Cents”ible Sawyer!

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Use Your ECBs to Buy These!

A few weeks ago I told you about some CVS Brand items that were working out well for me, and I mentioned that I liked some of the Playskool products. Well, the nice folks at Playskool saw that post and sent me a couple of their cups to try, this trainer cup, and this insulated flip-top cup.

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I had Sophie give them several test runs and here’s what she and I decided! We really liked both cups. The trainer cup Sophie is a bit too old for now. I wish we’d had it when I was first transitioning her to a cup. She loves the soft spout and the handles! But, since it is not a no-spill cup, she also loves dumping her drink out of the spout and playing in the mess. So, again, it’s a great cup and I wish I would have had it ten months ago.

The insulated flip-top straw cup we also both liked alot. It is great to take to the park, because it really does keep drinks cold. Also, since you can flip the top to cover the straw, you don’t have to worry so much about it getting dropped on the ground – as long as you’ve closed the flip-top, the straw will stay clean!

So next time you’re at CVS and you have some Extra Care Bucks burning a hole in your pocket, I recommend spending them on these! Especially if they’re on sale, as the Playskool products often are. After all, they are good enough for Sophie and she’s a famous baby model!

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