Just a Reminder....

Make sure to check out CVS for their end of the year close out deals on various hair care and make-up products. This is a great time to stock up and make sure to couple this with coupons if you can!

Wheelin' Wednesday and Saturday!

I was on some kind of roll with deals at CVS and picked up this basket of goodies! I am foggy on exact numbers, but I think, after everything is said and done, I paid out $6.00-$8.00. What is not included are some sodas and beef jerky which are part of the $6.00-$8.00 total.

WHeelin' Wednesday: 75% off deals continue

CVS continues to have deals for 75% off! I did not have coupons for these products, but I think I made out very well!

Have you picked up anything?

Black Friday on Thanksgiving Day

So..... Thanksgiving morning you would find me at the local CVS picking up all of these items. Here is the deal:

Starting ECB's:15.00

2 of Colgate toothpaste at $3.99 each
1 Carmex lip balm at $.99
1 Herbal Essences shampoo at $3.99
1 Renpure shampoo at $6.99 **bonus is the rebate on this one**
1 Philips earphones at $6.99
1 Loreal hairspray at $1.44

(BTW- my other CVS had Loreal make up on sale for 75% off)

Total: $26.38

Coupons
$.75 for toothpaste
$1.00 for toothpaste
$.50 for shampoo
ECB's 15.00

Subtotal $9.13
Tax: $2.04

Total: $11.17
ECB's earned: 24.94

Don't forget that when I get the rebate back- I can deduct $6.55 (minus the stamp) from my total of $11.17.

CVS Deal

Hey All:

Should you be interested in starting the whole CVS game- here is a deal that you can start with and make a return.

The week of 1/31/2010 CVS will sell their DOVE body wash for Men at $5.49 with a return of 5.49 in Extra Care Bucks (make sure you have an ECB card).

In addition to this- there will be coupons for this product in the paper and I have added a link for a $1.00 off coupon.

CVS TRIP

I think this may have been the best CVS trip ever. Now, if you actually follow my little blog, you will note that I am horrible when it comes to grocery shopping. For the life of me I can’t seem to keep my grocery budget under any kind of control. My husband and I impulse buy based on all sorts of random cravings. Heck…Thursday night we craved ice cream and by 11:00 P.M. we had ice cream with whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Did we use coupons? Nah….what fer???

It is a different story when I purchase non food items. I can usually work a deal and that is what occurred this Saturday.

I meandered to a new CVS which was colossal in size compared to the one I normally frequent. I was looking to make some ECB’s on the OUST deal (no dice) when I came across the end of an aisle with all sorts of goodies on sale. Coupled with the very friendly cashier telling me about certain make up products marked down by 75% and my handy dandy coupon organizer by my side; I was a happy woman.


The Make-up

L’oreal Colour Juice lip gloss 75% off = 2.12 **$8.49 retail**
L’oreal eye shadow 75% off = 1.25 **$4.99 retail**
Rimmel London Lasting Finish lipstick 75% off= 1.32 **$5.29 retail**
Rimmel London Spicey Nude blush 75% off = .87 **3.49 retail**

I had four coupons for $1.00 off on each product and my last 1.50 in ECB’s to bring my total down to $.06 and with tax it came out to $.37.


Total if I had paid the retail price on all of these: $22.26


Stay tuned for round two and an upload of the haul!

CVS DEAL TWO

I purchased all of these products today and spent $2.75 out of pocket (including tax) and rolled 18.00 in Extra Care Bucks.

Products purchased:

Cottonelle Toilet Paper $5.99
Vaseline Infusion Lotion $7.99 (x's2)
Herbal Essence Hair Spray $2.99
Colgate Toothpaste $2.88
I also bought a soda-my bad!

Total Before Tax and Coupons: $29.33

I used one coupon for $1.00 off and one coupon for $.75 off. I used the ECB's earned from my previous purchases to pay the difference.



I saved just over 90% on this purchase.

CVS Deal

I have ECB's from last week for 9.99 and I decided that I think I can do the following scenario:

Purchase 3 packages of Carefree panty liners at $3.79 each = $11.37

Use two coupons for $1.00 each = -$2.00

Total will be : $9.37

Pick one filler and use the 9.99 in ECB's and earn 11.37 in ECB's

Then do the next transaction of purchasing Aveeno products

Purchase 4 Positively Ageless products at $7.00 each = $28.00

Used $5.00 off $25.00 = $23.00

Used 2 coupons for $5.00 off 2 (these were online coupons from Coupon.com from a while back) = -$10.00

= $13.00

ECB's = - 11.37

Total OOP BT = $1.63

ECB's earned from that transaction will be 10.00

***Update 8-24-2009 ***

I completed this deal and paid OOP After Tax a total of $ 2.14 for the following items:

3 Carefree Ultra Protection Pantyliners 16 count $3.79 each (this was transaction one)

I used two coupons for $1.00 off each plus the 9.99 ECB's from my previous week and earned the 11.37 mentioned above

I paid .14 After Tax

2 Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion 2.5 ounces at $ 3.49 each

1 Aveeno Positively Ageless daily cleansing pads at $ 8.99

1 Aveeno Positively Ageless daily exfoliating cleanser at $ 9.99

I used the $5/$25.00 coupon

1 Aveeno coupon off 2 Positively Ageless for $5.00 off

2 coupons for $2.00 off an Aveeno product

11.37 ECB's

I paid $2.00 After Tax and earned 10.00 in ECB's

So, essentially I have paid $8.99 BT for eight items which averages to $1.12 for each item. If I include pending ECB's, I am making money off the deals.

Total with tax

CVS deal?

I was looking at this week's coupons and I see $2.00 off the Olay Body Wash. I was thinking of getting two of those coupons and doing the following deal:


Olay Body Wash 2/12
coupons -4.00
ECB's from Coppertone -8.00

BT= o.00

What do you think? It's workable and I really like that body wash :-)

Also, there is a coupon for $.75 for Crest which can be doubled at Bi-Lo. Bi-Lo has Crest toothpaste on sale for 2/$4.00. This should give you a total of $.50 for each tube.

CVS

2 COPPERTONE SUN SCREEN (FOR FACES) $9.99 EACH
2 DIET DR PEPPERS $1.49 EACH (I SCRAMBLED FOR FILLER)

TOTAL BC =$22.96

COUPONS USES

$3 OFF $15 CVS COUPON
2 $5.00 COPPERTONE COUPONS (YOUR CVS MIGHT NOT ACCEPT THESE FOR THIS PRODUCT)
$9.96 (WAS 10.00) EXTRA CARE BUCKS

TOTAL BT= 0.00
TOTAL AT= $.68

EXTRA CARE BUCKS EARNED: 8.00



Before Tax totals for all of the transactions over the past four weeks; I have paid $46.72 OOP. If I include the ECB’s that I haven’t spent, the total becomes $33.74.
Without ECB’s I paid $1.22 for each item listed (38 items) and with pending ECB’s I paid $.89 for each item listed.
I have 12.98 in Extra Care Bucks left for new deals.

We will continue with this total for the next CVS deal.

Wheelin' Wednesday: CVS

I am posting this deal again and then adding another deal. Why? Well, I earned ECB’s from this deal and want to show how they connect with the new purchases. I often see other blogs show ECB’s earned and then take it off from the final purchase price from the item, but my mind can’t seem to wrap itself around that. I need to see the average cost of each item using and not using the ECB’s. With that said, here is last week’s transaction and then this week’s transactions. I would really like to know if any of you think this is a good deal or if I am still not properly using my ECB’s-thanks!

Abbreviations Used:
BT = Before Tax
AT= After Tax
BC= Before Coupons
OOP= Out of Pocket

2 Three Musketeers Candy Bars 2/$2.00
1 Gillette Fusion Razor $7.99

Total BC: 9.99

Coupons:
B1G1 free candy bar coupon
1 Free candy bar coupon
$4.00 off Gillette Fusion coupon
2.00 ECB’s

Total BT: $3.99
Total AT: $4.64
ECB’s Earned: 4.00

2nd Transaction

2 Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotions (2.5 ounces) for $3.39 each
1 Aveeno Nourish and Volumize Shampoo for $7.49 (this has the most luscious scent)
1 Aveeno Nourish and Volumize Conditioner for $7.49

Total BC: 21.76

2 coupons off of shampoo -$4.00 ($2.00 off each)
1 coupon off any Aveeno product -$2.00
ECB’s -4.00

Total BT: 11.76
Total AT: 13.05

ECB’s earned: 10.00

This week I made the following purchases:

Raisin Bran Cereal $1.88
Schick Quattro Titanium Razor $7.99
Schick Quattro Titanium Trimmer $7.99 (Hubby really like this)
Oral B Tooth Brush $4.99
Crest Pro Health 4.2 $2.99

Total BC: $25.84

Coupons:

$1.00 coupon off of Raisin Bran Cereal
$4.00 off Razor
$4.00 off Trimmer
$1.00 off Crest Pro Health (I think I used the wrong coupon, but it went through)
Free Oral B Toothbrush with purchase of Crest Pro Health
10.00 Extra Care Bucks from last week

Total BT= $6.84
Total AT= $7.89

Extra Care Bucks Earned: 8.00

2nd transaction:

3 Aveeno Positively Ageless 8 ounce lotions $7.00 each

Total BC= $21.00

Coupons:

3/$10.00 off Positively Ageless (remember these coupons)

Total BT= $11.00
Total AT= $12.52

Extra Care Bucks Earned: 10.00

I then went back to CVS in attempt to pick up 10 more ECB’s, but with no luck (regarding the sun glasses deal). I did purchase a Mountain Dew (I guess I had purchased a Pepsi product earlier this month) in order to earn 1.00 ECB and I found Kleenex Ant-Viral tissue for $.60 each (x4). I then came back and found a coupon for $.50 off three packages! ARGH!

Total BC: 3.89

ECB’s used: 2.00

Total BT: $1.89
Total AT: $2.03

I then went back on Friday (6/19) to purchase candy for my department. It was my last day.
I purchased $13.00 worth of candy which completed the $15.00 total needed to receive the 5.00 ECB’s. I only did this because I planned on giving out candy the last day.
Candy $15.00
Kleenex $1.80
Attempt at ECB’s $4.00 (don’t ask and these will be returned)
Total BC: $20.80

Coupons Used
ECB’s 6.00
Kleenex Coupon .50

Total BT: $11.30
Total AT: $11.95
Total after I return items: $7.95

Extra Care Bucks Earned: 5.00

8 new items

If I use the Before Tax totals for all of the transactions over the past two weeks; I have paid $43.43 OOP. If I include the ECB’s that I haven’t spent, the total becomes $28.43.
Without ECB’s I paid $1.55 for each item listed (28 items) and with pending ECB’s I paid $1.01 for each item listed.
I have 15.00 in Extra Care Bucks left for new deals.