CVS Aug 15-21

I was finally able to complete my CVS shopping for the week. I struck out earlier in the week with empty shelves but today I was able to find all I needed to get my TP!
I did 3 transactions; one on Sunday and the other two today- Fri.

Transaction #1
Store was out of Dulcolax still and Zegerid so I had to come up with a new plan.
Blink 7.99
Crest 3.49
4 Sobe  @1.59 for 2. Other two Free
3 Dove chocolate bars (not pictured because, um, I ate them all already. Yikes .89 for two, 3rd one free
=16.44
Used:
-4 Blink peelie (found at Wags)
-.75 Crest PG 8/1
-1.59 BOGO SObe q
-1.59 BOGO Sobe q
-.50 on two Dove bars CVS CRT
- 5 ECB
-2 ECB
=1.01 plus tax
=2.49
Saved: $23.00
Earned: 7.99 ECB Blink; 2.50 ECB Crest; 1 ECB Green bag tag

#2
Dulcolax Rain check from last week 9.99
Zegerid 9.99
= 19.98
Used:
-5 Dulcolax from All You mag (there are $4 ones in insert)
-4 Zegerid insert?
-7.99 ECB (blink)
-2.50 ECB (crest)
=.49 plus tax=
2.34
Saved: 25.49
earned: 10 ecb dulcolax, 7 ECB Zegerid

#3
Cottonelle 18 pack 9.97
Crest 3.49
Trident Layers 1.49
Trident Layers 1.49
=16.44
-1 mq Cottonelle catalina from Kroger. .50 ones in insert
-2 CVS CRT for cottonelle
-.75 Crest q PG 8/1
-1/2 Trident layers IP (mine expired TODAY and I love this gum and am totally out!)
-10 ECB
-1 ECB
=.69 plus tax=
$1.19
Saved: 20.27
earned 2.50 Crest and still have 7 ECB from Zegerid for next time!

So for the week:
Spent: $6.02 for all that- and that is mostly tax!
Saved:$71.49

CVS July 18-24

A few good deals to be had today. The first CVS I went to was already out of the Biotrue contact solution and the scanner machine was broken, so I bought only the pretzel M & Ms there and moved on to another one!
#1
(2) Pretzel M&Ms @.50 ea= $1.00
- .50 BOGO coupon RP 6/27
Total: .58
Got back 1 ECB

#2
(2) Biotrue solution 2 oz. $2.99 ea
(1) Celsius green tea $7.99
=$13.97
- (2) $2 biotrue IP
- $2 Celsius tea IP
-$7.97 ECB ($7.99 from last week adjusted down)
=.00 or .37 tax.
 Got back $13.97 ECB
Saved: $13.97

#3
1 schick razor blades $8.99
5 cases of coke products 5/$13
=$21.99
-$4 schick q from All you july
- $14.97 ECB
= Sub: $3.02
Total: $4.86
Got back $4 ECB from razor blades.
Saved: $35.42

#4 free hand sanitizer pen
I forgot I had that coupon I received in an email and it expired today so grabbed that and paid nothing.
saved: $1.99

Total:
Spent: $5.81
Saved: $52.66
Have $9 ECBs left ($5 from last week and $4 from the razor refill!)
Hopefully this will keep my husband in soda for a while!

NOTE: I would normally have only done 2 transactions here- the m&ms were meant to be included in the first transaction and the hand sanitizer could have been in any of them- just forgot about it!

Drug store deals July 11-17

Not much in the way of drug store deals this week. Walgreens has NOTHING so unless you have RR expiring, I would skip it. Unfortunately, all $8 worth of RR that I had left expired TODAY so I had to go. It wasn't great.

CVS has a few deals this week and it is the beginning of the school supplies deals! Those are quite good.
I had hoped to get two packages of Cottonelle TP on the BOGO sale, but they rang up at $12.49 ea!!! That's a horrible price, even for CVS and I decided not worth it! Even at Wags, the regular price on the 12 pack is $5.99 and they are on sale at HT and Kroger this week for SO MUCH cheaper that I didn't wan to use up ALL my ECBS on that. They will have a better deal again.
Here's what I did:
#1
1 Complete contact solution. $7.99
1 papermate pens 10 ct              .99
1 Scissors (for kids)                   .99

Used:
-2 mq on Contact (RP 5/16)
-8 ECB from last week
Subtotal: -.03
Total: .89
Got back: $7.99, .99 and .99 ECB for the above items and $1 more for the 4x on my bag tag!

#2
(2) John Frieda products:
used:
-3 Root awakening SS 6/06 (my last one or I would have used 2 of these!)
-2 JF product SS 6/06
-$2.98 ECB from previous transaction

Sub: $2.02
Total: $2.85
Got back $5 ECB for a total of $12.99 in ECB left for next time. My plan changed a little with the TP price so I couldn't use the $7.99 ECB without losing too much of it!
Saved(on both together):
$26.76

I'm working on Rite Aid still!

CVS June 13-19

As promised here is my CVS deal for the week. I just went so this is how it went down. I needed TP so I make a deal to get it for free!

2 old Spice (or Gillette body wash) $4 ea
1 Cottonelle 12 pk $5.97
2 Clip on repellent refills $2.99 ea
1 Dove chocolate bar .89

At the scanner machine I didn't get the body wash q that some others are getting but I DID get a free Dove candy bar or $2 off a bag.

Used:
1 BOGO Old Spice q (PG 6/6) -$4
1 Cottonelle - From All You July-$1
2  Clip on Ip from CVS site -$3 ea (were adjusted down to $2.99) -$5.98
1 Dove CVS q took off the full $2! -$2
8 ECB from a couple weeks ago -$8
I had to throw in a .33 carmel or lose some of my ECB
Subtotal: .19
Total: $2.15
Saved: $31.48
Got back 8 ECBs!! Not 4. It says limit one but it is actually limit 2 on the body wash!
I have $9 ECB for next time.

So not bad for 3 items I really needed- the TP and the 2 Clip on refills. And free chocolate!

Awesome CVS trip May 3rd

I had a great trip to CVS, despite having my kids with me (no school due to flooding).

I bought:
4 nivea body wash     $4.88 ea x 4= $19.52
1 colgate total toothpaste                     $2.99
1 smart rinse listerine for kids              $3.99
5 cases of coke products  $3.25x4 =   $13.00 (1 was free with the buy 4 for $13 get one free deal)
= $39.50 plus tax= $42.52
Used:
-$5/40 (from the scanner a few weeks back, had expired but she let me use it!)
-$2/2 any body wash that printed from the machine when I scanned my card the second time
- $4.88 BOGO Nivea q from All you May (I think)
-$4 x3 Nivea body wash from RP 5/2
-$1 Colgate from All you April
-$1 Listerine (insert don't know when)
-$1 coke from recycle bank
-$11.99 ECBs from before
= .63!!
plus a ton of tax= $3.65 oop and I got back 9 ECBs for next time!

My savings were somewhat negated by then having to buy Silly Banzs for my boys who had fiddled with the packaging so much it was coming apart, I felt I HAD to buy them, and really, I don't buy them stuff much when I shop as I'm always trying to stick to  a budget. These did NOT factor into my budget! :)
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Weekly Totals

I haven't posted this week- so here are my totals for the week!
Spent: $62.48
Saved: $287.87

This is for Sun- Sat this week.
I did the best at CVS and Kroger.  Publix actually put my totals up a bit this week!

CVS: Spent $5.51 Saved: $77.73
Kroger: Spent: $17.01 Saved: $71.20

I also tried some walgreens deals. I usually end up spending more than planned there but not too bad this time.

CVS Trip Jan 31st

Many people wonder how to make CVS work. It IS daunting at first but so worth figuring out! They have the best customer service  and they GIVE you money to spend in their store! How great is that? Yes, their regular prices are very high but when you work it out, you can usually pay only tax or a few dollars at most. It does take some time to build up some ECBs but not TOO long:) ECBs are the free money CVS gives you to use in their store to buy items where you earn more ECBs. The trick is to always get something which gives you ECBs back.
Here's how my trip went today to work a few scenarios for you:
I had quite a few ECBs to start this time. 5 were from taking a quiz where they "paid" me $5 in ECBs. How cool is that? CVS also regularly sends out emails with $/$$ coupons too. I also had a $5/30 for this trip.
Transaction #1
1 colgate max toothpaste- 2.99
2 Dove men's body wash- 5.49x2- 10.98
1 newspaper-1
 Use
1/1 colgate
2- 1.25/1 men's dove
10 ECBs
subtotal: 1.47
total: 2.33
 I had a $1.50 ECB I could of had adjusted down to 1.47 for this but there was suddenly a HUGE line and I hadn't thought it out with the paper, so just paid that.
Earned: 2 ECBs for the colgate and 10.98 for the Dove!

#2
3 12 pack coke- 3/$11
2 Fabreeze carpet sprays- $4.49x2- 8.98
1 tide- 10.96
1 dove chocolate bar- .50

Use
-5/30
BOGO Fabreeze-4.49
.50 fabreeze
-1 tide
free Dove bar (cvs q from magic scanner) -.50
10.98 ECB from above transaction and a 9 ECB I had adjusted down to 8.97.
Subtotal: .00
Tax: 2.31
Earned: 10 ECB for P&G deal
Still have the 2 from the colgate and the 1.50 from before.

Publix Ad 1/20- 1/26

The sneak peak is up at I heart Publix and the full ad will be up on Southern Savers tonight or tomorrow am. Looks like a good week! I hope to be able to report back;  I've been very busy working on the yearbook for my son's Elementary school.
I haven't made it to CVS yet for the week either. Not too much exciting there, but I do want to do the Pepsi deal.

Store Ad dates for Nashville area

In case anyone needs to know, here are when the sales start for our local stores:

Grocery:
Publix- Wed
Harris Teeter- Wed
Food Lion- Wed
Kroger= Sunday

Drug:
CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid- Sunday

On Wednesdays now, Publix also has a penny item. One item- usually a Publix brand item- that you can get ONE of for .1 when you spend $10- and that's before coupons.

CVS has papers for $1 with your CVS card. Kroger was selling them for .99 but they are back to full price now:( I hope everyone stocked up yesterday- tons of coupons. I hope to get a few more today yet, if I can find them.