CVS Savings

This week the cheapest place to buy soda was CVS. Pepsi was on sale for $3.00 a 12 pack. While I was there I took advantage of the Crest Pro white toothpaste which was on sale for $3.49. I used a 75 cents off coupon bringing it down to $2.74 cents. I used a $1.69 ecb bringing the price down even further to $1.05. Well you know I didn’t really need toothpaste but they were giving it to me “free” because they were rewarding me with a $3.49 ECB.

The other deal I got was Cover girl eye shadow. It was on sale for buy one get one 50% off. So they wound up costing $2.62 a piece rather than the usual $3.80 a piece. I had two $1 off coupons so that brought the price down to $1.62 a piece. I used a $2 CVS coupon for that. This means that the eye make-up cost me 62 cents a piece.

The grand total was $14.99 with tax. The four sodas alone would have been about $12. Then I received back my ecb for $3.49.

Batteries & ECBs

October 26, 2008
CVS

Darryl needed a 9V battery and it was lucky for him CVS had a special on them. If you bought $15 worth of Duracell Batteries you received $5 back. The Duracell Batteries were normally $8.50 but they were on sale for $5.99. Buying three cost me $17.97. After the $5 back they were $4.32 a pack. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth though because I had a $1 off coupon for each of those packs bringing my price down to $3.32.

Sure I’ve bought batteries at the Dollar Store but sometimes they don’t even work or they don’t last that long. Besides I used a $5 ECB bringing my out of pocket price down further. Out of pocket I paid $1.66 a pack

Colgate Total White was also on sale. Normally it was $3.29 and it was on sale for $2.49. I had two coupons for 75 cents off bringing the price down to $1.75. I had to spend $10 to get $4 back in ecbs. Thank goodness I had another couple of coupons for $1 off a tube bringing those prices down to $1.29. Out of pocket I spent $6.08 for that portion to get $4 in ecbs. With all that math hocus pocus I actually spent 52 cents on each tube of toothpaste.

Bic Comfort3 shavers were $5.89. I had a $2 off coupon bringing the price down to $3.89. Then for buying it I get back $4 in ecbs. Free with overage tee hee.

I paid $13.73 after taxes and I received $13 in ECBs. I love CVS!

Now I’m playing the stupid card game. I bought some things with Darryl’s card and some with mine. I hate that. I used my card to buy two Diabetes meters. One was normally $79.99 on sale for $30. Of course I won’t pay $30 because I have a $30 coupon. Free, free, free. The same goes for the other diabetes meter that normally sells for $59.99. It was on sale for $30 and of course I have another $30 coupon. No ecbs but it does go towards the amount I spent this year. I’m working on getting more of my ecb money back so I bought some soy joy bars and was rewarded with $4 for the four I bought.

I also bought another bic comfort 3. I had a coupon for $2 for that one so it was the same deal I bought under Darryl’s card.

Out of pocket $4.68 I got back $8.

I’m just pretty sad right now because I found some expired ECBss in the stuff that came back from the other house.

Saving with CVS ECBs

I've done better but I needed soda. No scratch that I am addicted to soda. Not as bad as I once was when I drank nothing but caffeinated soda but still I start to get the DT's without it. First I but Four Diet Cokes at $3.25 a 12 pack. Ugh I hate that. Except it says normally I would pay $5.49 a 12 pack (as if) Yet it's also not bad if you consider that I received a $3 ECB for buying four twelve backs. That means I get back .75 for each of the twelve packs bringing the price down to $2.50 more reasonable. Thank goodness.

Then I bought a Gillete Fusion Shaver. Darryl loves those. They were on sale for $9.99. If you think that's bad check out the refill price. It's cheaper for us to buy the razor on sale with coupons and ecbs. The coupon in question was for $2.00. Let's see subtract that from $9.99 and get $7.99. Still not done with this because I received $5.00 in ecbs making the razor only $2.99. Darryl, Michael, and Dan say this is their favorite razor and they all insist it is the best they have ever used.

You can never have enough deodorant so I bought some heavy duty lady speed stick for $6.99. Normally $7.99 because it is "Clinical Strength" I had a coupon for $2.00 bringing it down to $4.99. You know it I received $2.00 in ecbs making it $2.99. About half price.

The best deal of the day was some cover girl make up. It was buy one get one free. I also had a coupon for a FREE Cover Girl foundation when you buy one. That's two cover girl foundations free. Normally each one is $5.49. Making it an even better deal I received an ECB for $5.49 meaning they paid me to walk out with the makeup.

Colgate toothpaste was on sale 2 for $5.00. I don't know when the last time I paid full price for toothpaste. I had a coupon for $1.50 off two. This brought the price down to 2 for $3.50 or $1.75 each. Out came my new ecb for $2 off. Bringing the price down to 2 tubes of Colgate for $1.50 or 75 cents a tube.

Gillette now makes men's hair care products like shampoo and conditioner. Sort of that manly man thing going on. Anyway, they were on sale two for $9. I had a coupon for 75 cents off each one. Making it two for $7.50. The $2 ecb made them 2 for $5.50 or about $2.75 each.

When paying my bill I used $16 worth of ecb's I had received from previous purchases bringing the amount I owed to $22.47 oop. Another way of looking at it would be that I paid about $1.87 per item out of pocket. That's because I bought 12 items. There are people who do coupons better but I don't think this is a bad haul at all.