This week I had what might be my best CVS run to date! It was oh-so-fun and I left giggling like a little girl. I got all this:
For 88 cents out-of-pocket and I didn’t use ANY ECBs!! NONE! And I got back FIFTEEN ECBs!! Not pictured are the two king-sized Twix bars I had to buy so that my total would not be negative. When my total after coupons came up negative, I asked the cashier, who is one of my favorites, a nice high-school kid, “Do I need to throw in a couple of candy bars or something?” He was like, “Yeah that will work.” Well, thanks to CVS, we have enough chocolate in our house to sink a ship, so I really didin’t want to bring home more candy. So I said, “Well, what’s your favorite candy bar?” He got a big smile on his face and said that he liked Twix, so I tossed a couple of King sized Twix bars on the counter and they pulled my total up to 88 cents! The cashier was thrilled and giddily showed his shift supervisor, who didn’t seem to see anything wrong with it. So, everybody was happy! And hopefully this will make sure he is always happy to see me and my coupons!
(I would like to note: I always plan my trips – the main reason my total came up negative was that the Johnson’s baby bonus packs rang up half off!! Normally $5.99, they rang up at $2.99 and STILL gave me 2 ECBs! Wow! So, I had expected my total to be around $60 before coupons, and to be about $3-$5 after coupons).
Anyways, here’s how I worked this transaction. The total before coupons came to $55 and change. I used:
$10/$50 CVS coupon I got in my email
$10/$50 cash register tape coupon (CRT) that printed on my receipt previously
$5/$30 CVS coupon
two $5 off Zantac coupons
two 50 cents off Hellman’s coupons
four 40 cent off Skippy coupons
four $2 off Advil PM coupons
one $2 off Advil coupon
$1 off Advil CRT that printed on my receipt previously
two $1 off Johnson’s baby care coupons
three $3 off Infusium shampoo/conditioner coupons (the Infusium was on clearance for $1.87, the coupons were adjusted down to $1.87! FREE INFUSIUM!!)
Then, since my total was a couple bucks negative, I threw in the Twix and 88 cents and walked out with 15 ECBs! Woohoo!! I was so excited I could hardly stand it!
Another good deal I scored at CVS this week was toilet paper. They had 20-count packages of Cottonelle, previously $9.99 (giving back 2 ECBs) marked down to $4.99 and still giving back the 2 ECBs! I had $1 off coupons for these so I got 4 packages. That’s right – we now have 80 rolls of toilet paper! So we will be good for awhile there!
This week I also got to show another mom friend the beauty of CVS…always a lot of fun for me, even when I don’t buy anything! So welcome to the CVS club Amelia!
My final good score of the week was at Kohl’s. Emily and I had a little dinner-and-shopping date Wednesday night and I was thrilled to find three nice pairs of corduroy adjustable-waist pants for Joshua for $3.60 each! He has always been tall and then had a growth spurt this fall so he needed new pants, but he is such a skinny boy, he can only wear adjustable-waist in the sizes that are long enough for him. So I was really happy with that find. If only they had had some jeans!
Well that’s it for me this week. I also picked up some free-after-rebate items at Walgreen’s and Rite-Aid, but nothing too exciting (well for anyone other than me that is)! Check out all the other great savings at Super Savings Saturday over at Money Saving Mom! To get on the road to saving TONS of money on your grocery and household items, check out her Supermarket Savings 101 course here! You’ll be so glad you did!
