Well today’s sabbath shopping was not quite as peaceful as last Sunday’s. Mostly, ok, COMPLETELY because I had two kids with me who would’ve rather been somewhere else! My husband had a sailboat race today and could not perform his fatherly duty of watching the kids while I shopped! But oh well, I would not be deterred. Although I do need to give them some chill out at home time before I drag them to Rite Aid.
My nicest, most favoritest cashier James was on hand at CVS today so I did two transactions even though I had a fussy Sophie, because James is totally patient. So that was good. Here’s what I got and how I broke it down:
Transaction #1:
Neutrogena Men’s shave cream $5.49
Neutrogena Men’s face lotion $6.99
Neutrogena Men’s aftershave $6.99
(somebody’s husband REALLY likes Neutrogena for men and was almost out!)
Blink eye drops $7.99
total = $27.46
coupons:
$5/$25 CVS email coupon
$1 off blink printable from redplum.com
total =$21.46
I paid with $18.49 in ECB, paif $2.97 + $1.51 tax for $4.48 in cash and got back 5 ECB for the Neutrogena and $7.99 for the Blink. (Side-rant: the Neutrogena deal was buy $15, get 5 ECB -very annoying that the two products Bobby needed were $6.99 so I was 2 cents short of $15 and had to buy the shave cream as well! Oh well. He will use it all.)
2nd transaction:
Two Charmin $9.99 each (you MAY have heard me mention that I procure Charmin Ultra Strong for my very picky, hairy, weirdo brother) $29.98
Six Puffs $.99 each $5.95
total = $25.93
coupons: 25 cents off Charmin (I know. Pathetic!)
total = $25.68, paid with my 5 and 7.99 ECB from the previous transaction and paid $12.68+$1.82 tax for a total of $14.50 and got back 10 ECB for the Puffs/Charmin combined.
So my total spent today was $18.98 but I had 10 ECB to take home, not bad for some expensive shaving products and “special” toilet paper! 🙂
Can’t wait to hit Rite Aid next! What did you get at CVS this week??
I got 10 bottles of Powerade for $10 and received $5 back in rewards, also Mentos gum, B1G1 Free, plus I had $1 off two so I paid approx .40 each also I had a CVS coupon for $1 off orbit gum and it was on sale for .99, and some shampoo & conditioner, I had a B1G1 Free, I used $4 in rewards from last week, and $5 of $15
haha my husband needs that tp too. any other and he complains…. oh men.
Jenny, I agree…James is so nice. I haven’t talked to him in a long time, but he was always so patient. Haven’t done much deal shopping lately. I need to get back into it. Although, we cancelled our paper. Anyhow, I always enjoy reading about your deals.
Regarding your side-rant… the two products you needed were $6.99 each, so $6.99 * 2 is $13.98, which made you $1.02 short, not $0.02. Sorry — the engineer in me COULD NOT let that math error pass. Plus you’ll feel better now. Right?! 🙂