Sunday, September 25, 2011

What I Bought At CVS Today 9/25/2011

Transaction 1


(2) Softsoap Body Wash $3.00 each
(1) Re-nu Sensitive Contact Lens Solution $8.99
Total Before Tax and Coupons $14.99

Coupons Used
$1.00 off Softsoap Body Wash Smart Source Insert from 09/25/11
$1.00 off Softsoap Body Wash Smart Source Insert from 09/25/11
$2.00 off Re-nu Contact Lens Solution printed here Re-nu Coupon 
$10.00 ECB (Extra Care Buck from this transaction)
Total Before Tax $0.99 after tax $2.15 


ECBs Earned
$4.00 from Softsoap
$7.00 from Re-nu


Transaction 2 (a and b)

(2) Trident Gum $1.00 each
(1) Trident Gum $1.57 each (bought the only one that was not on sale, thankfully they are patient at my CVS)
(1) Quatro for Women Razor $8.99
(1) Colgate Optic White Toothpaste $2.49
(1) Therma Care Heat wrap $3.79 (The 2 count item in picture was substituted by CVS because they were out of stock on the 1 count.  This is why I love CVS they are so nice to me there.)
(1) Wonka Chewy Spree $1.19 (This is one of my favorite candies, yes I have a bad sweet tooth and I needed a filler after finding a CVS coupon attached to the Colgate Toothpase.)
Total Before Tax and Coupons $19.34
Coupons Used
$1.00 off 3 Trident Single Pack Smart Source 09/18/11
$5.00 off Quatro razor (no longer available)
$1.00 off Colgate Optic White CVS coupon found on package
$1.50 off  Colgate Optic White Smart Source 09/11/11
$4.00 ECB from Softsoap
$7.00 ECB from Re-nu
Total Before Tax $0.53 after tax $1.65

ECBs Earned
$4.00 from Quatro Razor
$4.00 from Therma Care (they had to do this one manually and it printed as $4.00 instead of $3.79)
$1.00 from Colgate Optic White Toothpaste (they had to do this manually too maybe because of the CVS coupon I found on the package)

 Transaction 2a
Returned the wrong Trident Gum purchased in Transaction 2 received $1.57

Transaction 2b
(1) Trident Gum included in ECB deal $1.00

ECBs Earned 
$1.00 from Trident Gum

Transaction 3

(2) Pantene Mousse $6.97
(2) Excedrin 8 count $0.99
Total Before Coupons and Tax $8.95
Coupons Used
$3.00 off 2 Pantene products from Red Plum 09/25/11
$4.00 off ECB from Therma Care
$1.00 off ECB from Colgate Optic White
Total Before Tax $0.95 after tax $1.26

Total Value of Products$42.71
Total Cost Before Tax $1.90 After Tax $4.49
ECBs left for next shopping trip $7.98 (Pantene $1.00, Excedrin $1.98, $1.00 Trident, $4.00 Quatro Razor)  

Sunday, September 18, 2011

What I Bought At CVS Today 9/18/2011


Transaction 1
Bought
(1) Revlon Lipgloss $5.99
(1) Dial NutriSkin Lotion 21 oz size $4.99
Coupons Used
$1.00 of Dail NutriSkin Lotion visit Dial's Facebook page for the coupon
$2.00 off Beauty Purchase CVS coupon from Coupon Machine explained on my Shopping At CVS page
$1.00 ECBs from last week's CVS trip
$1.00 ECBs from last week's CVS trip 
$3.69 ECBs from last week's CVS trip 
Subtotal before tax $2.29 total after tax $2.99

Earned $5.00 ECBs and $1.00 ECBs, $1.00 ECBs from Green Bag Tag explained on my Shopping At CVS page.



Transaction2
Bought
(3) Huggies Slip-On Diapers $9.00 each
(1) Motts Applesauce $1.69
Coupons Used 
(3) $3.00 off Huggies Slip-On Diapers from the SS Insert 9/11/11 (Smart Source coupon insert from Sunday paper on 9/11/11
$2.50 off Huggies Slip-On diapers from CVS postcard mailed to my house
$10.00 ECBs from last week's CVS trip 
$1.00 ECBs from transaction 1 
$1.00 ECBs from transaction 1   
$5.00 ECBs from transaction 1   
Subtotal before tax $0.19 total after tax $1.30

Earned $10.00 ECB 

Grand Total Spent at CVS today $4.29

Not bad for a Revlon lip gloss, a large bottle of Dial lotion, 3 packages of diapers, and a package of Motts applesauce.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Blog Hopping

If you would like to visit some other blogs join in the fun at Traveling Through Thursday Blog Hop.  You can meet other bloggers and link up on Facebook, Google Friend Connect, Twitter, and email.

Have fun and visit as many pages as you like.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

What I Bought At CVS Today 9/11/11

Transaction 1
(1) Softsoap Body Wash $2.99
(1) RepHresh Brilliant pH tampons 18ct $6.79
(1) St. Joseph 81mg Enteric coated aspirin 36ct $2.00
(1) LA Times Newspaper $1.50 (good coupons this week) $1.50
Subtotal $13.28
Coupons Used
$1/1 St. Joseph Aspirin (Smart Source Insert from the 09/11/11 newspaper)
$5.00 Extra Care Buck (ECB) Coupon from last weeks CVS trip
$4.00  Extra Care Buck (ECB) Coupon from last weeks CVS trip
Out of Pocket (OOP) before tax $2.03 including tax $3.10

ECBs earned $2.00 (Softsoap), $6.79 (Tampons), $1.00 (Asprin)


Transaction 2
(4) Airwick I-motion Kits $4.99
Subtotal $19.96
Coupons Used
(4) $4/1 Air Wick Freshmatic Compact Starter Kit Coupon (Smart Source 09/11/11)
(1) $1.00 ECB from Asprin (transaction 1)
(1) $2.00 ECB from Softsoap (transaction 1)
 Out of Pocket (OOP) before tax $0.96 including tax $2.51

ECBs earned $10.00



Transaction 3
Fig Newton Thins $2.50
Herbal Essence Mousse $2.99
Huggies Slip-On Diapers $8.99
CVS Allergy Relief Medicine $3.69
Subtotal $18.17
Coupons Used
Free Fig Newtons coupon from the CVS coupon machine in the store (scan you Extra Care Card and it prints out coupons, this one printed today)
$1.00 Herbal Essences or Aussie Products Red Plum Insert 08/07/11
$3.00 off Huggies Little Movers Slip-On Diapers Smart Source Insert 09/11/11
$6.79 ECBs (tampons in transaction 1)
$5.00 ECBs (Beauty Club spend $50 get $5 ECBs)
Out of Pocket (OOP) before tax $0.00 including tax $0.89



Total spent today:
Before tax $2.99 
Including tax $6.50 (this is my total Out of Pocket OOP cost)
Cost without coupons $48.91
ECBs earned for next CVS trip $15.69

Saturday, September 10, 2011

The Best CVS Deals 9/11 - 9/17

Extra Care Bucks Deals (ECB)

Buy 4 Air Wick Freshmatic i-Motion Compact Starter Kit $4.99 eachGet $10 ECB
$4/1 Air Wick Freshmatic Compact Starter Kit Coupon (use 4 coupons)
Pay: $3.96

Get a $2 Savingstar Rebate
Free + $8 Money Maker after coupons, ECB &
Saving Star Rebate

Get $6.79 ECB (limit 1)
$1/1 RepHresh Brilliant PH Tampons printable

$1 Money Maker after coupon and ECB


Irish Spring or Softsoap body wash 15-18 oz or Softsoap bar soap 4 pk – $2.99 
Get $2 ECB, Limit 1
$0.75/1 Softsoap Body Wash

$0.50/1 Irish Spring Body Wash 07/26/11 
As low as $0.24 after coupon and ECBs


Aussie or Herbal Essences shampoo or conditioner 10.1-13.5 oz, or styler 6-14 oz $2.99 
Get $1 ECB, Limit 3
$1/2 Herbal Essences or Aussie Products 08/28/11 P&G Insert 
$1/1 Herbal Essences or Aussie Products 08/07/11 Red Plum Inset 
As low as $0.99 each after coupon and ECB

Other Coupon Deals without ECBs


$3/1 Bengay Massage printable
$3/1 Bengay Product, exp. 9/30/11 (Red Plum 06/19/11)
$3/1 Bengay Product, exp. 11/30/11 (Red Plum 07/31/11)
as low as $0.49 each after coupon


$0.50/1 Chex Mix or Chex 100 Calorie Snack, (General Mills 08/07/11)
$0.50/1 Chex Mix or Chex 100 Calorie Snack printable (scroll down to the bottom of my page to print)
$0.50/1 Bugles Corn Snacks printable
(scroll down to the bottom of my page to print)$0.49 each after coupon
$1/1 Dawn Plus, exp. 9/30/11 (Proctor & Gamble 08/28/11)$0.75/1 Dawn Plus, exp. 9/30/11 (Proctor & Gamble 08/28/11)
$0.50/1 Dawn Product, exp. 9/30/11 (Proctor & Gamble 08/28/11)
as low as free each after coupon

Monday, September 5, 2011

What is Swagbucks?

How many times a day do you use a search engine to find things on the Internet.  Wouldn't it be fun to earn prizes for doing something you were going to do anyways?  Swagbucks is the perfect solution.  Swagbucks is a search engine like Google or Yahoo only you can get Swagbucks for doing searches.  You can redeem your Swagbucks for many different prizes including iTunes and Amazon.com gift cards.

If this sounds like something you are interested in just click on the Swagbucks picture on the right and you can sign up for an account. 
For anyone not familiar with shopping at CVS they offer something called Extra Care Bucks or ECBs for short.  They are coupons that print out after you purchase a particular item.  The ECBs are only good at CVS.  You use them on your next shopping trip and they can be combined with manufacturers coupons.  Keep in mind that CVS also allows you to use a manufacturers coupon and a CVS coupon on the same item.  Additionally you can also use ECBs at the same time.


Here is an easy gettting started scenario 

Transaction #1
Buy:
(1) Skintimate Cream Shave, $1.99
(1) Carefree Body Shape Pantiliners, 20-22 ct., $1.00
Use:
-$1.00 off Skintimate shave cream from Smart Source 8/28/11
-$1.00 off Skintimate moisturizing cream shave (CVS coupon) CVS Printable Coupon
-$0.50/1 Carefree product, Smart Source 8/21/11
Total Due: 50¢
Get Back: $1.00 ECB

Transaction #2
Buy:
(1) Skintimate Cream Shave, $1.99
(1) Hershey’s Air Delight Bar, 99¢
(1) Hershey’s Regular Chocolate Bar, 99¢
(1) Colgate Optic White Toothpaste (4 oz) or Toothbrush (1 ct) at $3.49
Use:
-$1.00 off Skintimate shave cream from Smart Source 8/28/11
-$1.00 off Skintimate moisturizing cream shave (CVS coupon) CVS Printable Coupon
-$0.99 Free Hershey’s Air Delight chocolate bar WYB regular chocolate bar, Smart Source 8/28/11
-$1.00 ECB from first transaction
Total Due: $3.47
Get Back: 99¢ ECB  and a $1.50 ECB

Cost without any coupons is $10.45 the out of pocket (OOP) cost is  $3.97.  You will be left with $2.49 in ECBs for next week.  Stay tuned for next weeks scenario.