CVS Deals for the week of 2/21

If you are new to shopping at CVS and would like some tips, check out this article here.

Starting on Sunday (1/17), you can double your quarterly ECB earnings! The way this works is that you earn 4% instead of 2% on any CVS brand items that you purchase and $2 instead of $1 for every two prescriptions you get filled (valid through 3/15/10). Enter your Extra Care card number here or print this coupon here and use it at the register on your next visit.

Tag your reusable bag: Buy a Greenbag tag for $.99 at the register, get $1 ECB every 4th visit – limit 1 use per day, per household

If you haven’t already, register your CVS Extra Care card here and you should receive a $4 off a $20 purchase coupon in your e-mail. This also registers you to receive other e-mail coupons!

FREEBIES:

*Buy Colgate MaxFresh or 2-in-1 Kids – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Colgate Max Fresh or Max White – January 22 All You Magazine
$.75/1 Colgate Max White or Colgate Kids toothpaste – 2-21 SS
$.75/1 Colgate Max White or Max Fresh printable
Final Price = $.24 to free after coupons/ECBs!

*Buy EARinse ear cleansing spray – $7.99, get a $7.99 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = Free after ECBs!

ECB DEALS:

*Buy Advil – $8.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Advil, 40 ct or larger – 1-31 RP
$1/1 Advil, 40 ct or larger – 12-13 RP
$1/1 Advil printable
Final Price = $5.99 after coupons/ECBs!

*Buy Almay Intense i-Color – $5.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Almay cosmetic product – 2-7 SS
Final Price – $1.99 after coupons/ECBs

*Buy Almay Smart Shade or Smart Balance – $9.99, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$2/1 Almay cosmetic product – 2-7 SS
Final price = $2.99 after coupons/ECBs

*Spend $15 on Clean & Clear (PSA $4.99), get a $15 ECB (limit 1 per household)
 $2/1 Clean & Clear product, any printable

Based on online pricing, Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleanser is priced at $4.99; Clean & Clear Foaming Facial Cleanser, Blackhead Clearing scrub are priced at $5.49

SCENARIO:
Buy 2 Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleansers – $4.99/each
Buy 1 Clean & Clear Foaming Facial Cleanser – $5.49

Use 3 $2 printable coupons

Spend $9.47 OOP, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $4.47 ater coupons, ECBs

*Spend $10 when you buy any Colgate toothbrush, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household, PSA $1.99)
$.75/1 Colgate 360 toothbrush printable
$.75/1 Colgate 360 toothbrush – 2-21 SS

Based on online pricing, the Colgate 360 toothbrushes are $3.99/each

SCENARIO:
Buy 3 Colgate 360 toothbrushes – $3.99/each

Use 3 $.75/1 coupons

Spend $9.72 OOP, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $4.72 after coupons/ECBs

or

Buy 6 Colgate Plus toothbrushes – $1.99/each

Spend $11.94, get a $5 ECB
Final Price = $6.94 after coupons/ECBs

*Buy Coke 2 liters – 3/$4, get a $1 ECB – (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $3 after coupons/ECBs

*Buy Dr. Pepper, 7 Up, Canada Dry, A&W, or Sunkist – 4/$13, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price = $10 after coupons/ECBs

*Spend $10 on John Frieda Collection, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Final Price ~ varies

*Spend $20 on L’Oreal skin care products, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household):  L’Oreal Skin Genesis, Advanced Revitalift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair, Collgen Filler or Age Perfect Pro-Calcium – $14 or L’Oreal Go 360 Clean – $6
$3/2 L’Oreal skin care products – 1-24 RP
$1/1 L’Oreal Facial cleanser printable
Final Price ~ varies

*Buy Mennen Speed Stick Stainguard deodorant – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$.50/1 Speed Stick or Lady Speed Stick antiperspirant/deodorant – 1-31 SS
Final Price = $.49 after coupons/ECBs

*Buy Olay ProX skincare, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Free Olay Quench body lotion WYB Olay Pro-X -2-7 PG
Free Secret deodorant WYB Olay Pro-X – 2-7 PG
$10/1 Olay-Pro X (mailer for VocalPoint members)
Final Price ~ varies

*Buy 2 Olay Rengerist cream, treatment, intervention, contouring, dermabrasion kit or Definity Facial care – $24.99, get a $12 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$3/1 Olay Regenerist facial moisturizer – 2-7 PG, 1-17 PG
Final Price – varies

*Buy Pampers Baby Dry or Cruisers – $22.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 3 per household)
$2/1 Pampers Cruisers – 2-21 PG
Final Price = $17.99 after coupons/ECBs

*Buy Physicians Formula Bamboo Wear powder or bronzer refill (PSA $6.99), get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Revlon Photo Ready Makeup or Powder ($12) AND Color Burst Lipstick ($7), get a $7 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Revlon color cosmetic – 1-17 SS
Final Price = $10 after coupons and ECBs

*Buy Tide or Gain – $10.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$1/1 Tide – 1-17 PG
$.50/1 Gain – 2-7 PG
$2/1 Gain (from home mailer)
Final Price = $7.99 after coupons/ECBs

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*CVS Pharmacy batteries
*CVS Pharmacy vitamins/minerals/herbals
*Progresso soup
*Revlon ColorSilk
*Rubbermaid or Sterilite containers

OTHER DEALS:
*Bumble Bee tuna – $.49/each

*Lysol or Air Wick disinfectant spray or Freshmatic auto spray kit – $5.99
$5/1 Air Wick Freshmatic Ultra – 2-7 SS
Final Price – $.99 after coupon

The following scenarios are for people who are new to shopping at CVS and have few (or no) ECBs to start with. (These are just ideas….you do not have to follow this exact order and you can skip some items if you do not want/need them):  $14.96 in merchandise for $4.96 OOP, $2 ECB left to spend

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Colgate Maxfresh – $2.99

Use $1 coupon

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Mennen Speed Stick – $2.99

Use $.50 Speed Stick coupon
Use $2 ECB

Spend $.49 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Transaction #3: repeat transaction #2

Transaction #4:
Buy 1 Almay intense i-color – $5.99

Use $2 Almay coupon
Use $2 ECB

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

If you have a $4/20 coupon to use:

SCENARIO #1:
Buy 1  EARinse – $7.99
Buy 2 Mennen Speed Stick – $2.99/each
Buy 1 Colgate Max White – $2.99
Buy 1 Air Wick Freshmatick – $5.99

Use $4/20 coupon
Use 2 $.50 Speed Stick coupons
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use $5 Air Wick coupon

Spend $11.95 OOP, get a $7.99 ECB (Ear Rinse), $4 ECB (Speed Stick), and a $2 ECB (Colgate)

SCENARIO #2:
Buy 2 Mennen Speed Stick – $2.99/each
Buy 1 Colgate Max White – $2.99
Buy 1 Air Wick Freshmatick – $5.99
Buy 1 Almay intense i-color – $5.99

Use $4/20 CVS coupon
Use 2 $.50 Speed Stick coupons
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use $5 Air Wick coupon
Use $2 Almay coupon

Spend $7.95 OOP, get a $4 ECB (Speed Stick), $2 ECB (Colgate) and $2 ECB (Almay)

SCENARIO #3:
Buy 2 Clean & Clear Daily Pore Cleansers – $4.99/each
Buy 1 Clean & Clear Foaming Facial Cleanser – $5.49
Buy 1 Colgate – $2.99
Buy 1 Mennen Speed Stick – $2.99

Use $4/20 CVS coupon
Use 3 $2 printable coupons
Use $1 Colgate coupon
Use 1 $.50 Speed Stick coupon

Spend $9.95 OOP, get a $5 ECB (Clean & Clear), $2 ECB (Colgate), and $2 ECB (Speed Stick)


Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

In the past, I usually had $20-30 ECB on hand, so I didn’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but now that I am starting over, yes, I am doing multiple transactions. If you are doing multiple transactions, I recommend that you let the cashier know up front that is what you are planning to do. If there are several people in line, let them go in between your transactions. This gives you time to clip your ECBs and get prepared for your next transaction.

My store was out of all the freebie items first thing this morning. Can I get a raincheck?

This all depends on your store. I have contacted corporate about this before because some stores in my area give rainchecks and others won’t. According to corporate, this is up to the individual stores.

I bought the wrong item or I bought the RIGHT item and my ECB didn’t print. What can I do?

If you bought the right item, show the store clerk your ad and your receipt. They should be able to manually print your ECB at the store. If they don’t know how, you can call customer service and they can add one to your account that will print within 48 hours (you have to wait 48 hours from your purchase time to do this so they can “see” your transaction in their computer).

If you bought the wrong item and didn’t receive ECBs, you can do a return and purchase the correct item. If you paid using ECBs, they will have to give you money on a gift card.

Get your Sunday insert coupons now!

The coupons that will be in tomorrow’s inserts are available NOW on My Coupon Hunter.  There will be THREE inserts and there are some great coupons!  Don’t forget to check out my printable coupon round-up for other great coupons!

There are lots of coupons, but here are the ‘hot” coupons that I’m seeing:

PROCTER & GAMBLE

$1/1 Crest Premium toothpaste paste – expires 3/31/10 – there is a monthly deal on this at Walgreens!

Buy one Gillette Fusion shave prep, get one Gillette body wash free – expires 3/31/10 – if you have the $1/1 Gillette Fusion shave gel coupons from the last P&G insert, you should be able to use that and this one and get some cheap shave gel and body wash!

$4/2 Gillette body washes or deodorants – expires 3/31/10 – pair this with the free body wash when you buy deodorant coupon from the last P&G insert and you should be able to get some GREAT deals on body wash an ddeodorant!

$2/1 Pampers Cruisers diapers – expires 3/31/10 – Pampers go on sale for $8.99 fairly regularly, so if you love Pampers, $6.99 is a decent price

RED PLUM

Buy One, get One Free Purex liquid detergent or Purex Complete 3 in 1 laundry sheets (max value $7) – expires 3/6/10 – this has a short expiration date, but this is a HOT coupon that will be gone fast!

 $.55/1 Sara lee Soft & Smooth bread, buns, or mini bagels – expires 4/30/10 – we love the whole grain white Sara Lee bread, so these will definitely come in handy!

$3/2 Infant Tylenol, Children’s Tylenol, Infant’s Motrin, Children’s Motrin – expires 5/31/10 – if you need to stock your medicine cabinet, there will probably be a deal at CVS or Walgreens that you can pair this with

$.75/1 Kelloggs Special K Fruit Crisps – expires 4/18/10 – pair these with the Target/Kellogg’s gift card deal for even greater savings!

$1/1 Uncle Ben’s whole grain brown rice – expires 4/18/10

SMARTSOURCE

.55/1 Bumble Bee Premium Tuna Pouch – expires 5/31/10 – now that Lent has started, we’ll see lots of deals on tuna and these will pair up nicely with those deals if you want to stock up on tuna

$4/1 Claritin-D Non-Drowsy and $4/1 Claritin Non-Drowsy – expires 3/20/10 – we go through a LOT of Claritin in this house, so I’m excited to see this coupon!

$.75/1 Colgate 360 manual toothbrush – expires 3/13/10

$.5/1 Colgate Max White, Max Fresh, Total, Sensitive, or Kids toothpaste – expires 3/13/10 – pair this with a CVS or Walgreens deal for free or cheap toothpaste!

Here are a few “Frequently Asked Questions” I get about stocking up on coupons:

How do you know if an item is going to go on sale? I don’t want to stock up on coupons and then have them go to waste.

In some cases (CVS and Walgreens), I can look at ad scans for upcoming weeks online and get a “heads up” about what will be on sale in upcoming weeks. In other cases, I have to go off of my experiences with sales cycles. There’s not a 100% chance that these items will go on sale, but typically if coupons are coming out in the inserts, they will match up with some sale in upcoming weeks.

Is it worth it to “buy” coupons when your goal is saving money? It seems kind of counterproductive.

If you are looking to stockpile items on a budget, the best way to do this is to pair coupons with sale prices and in order to really stockpile items, you are going to need multiple coupons. I know that some people buy multiple newspapers, but that doesn’t really “work” for me because then I have the extra work of coupon up with all of that paper. Using a coupon clipping service or eBay to get coupons is more time and cost effective for me because then I’m only getting coupons for the things that I want and need and they’re already clipped!

The savings far outweigh what I spend.

For example, let’s say I buy 10 .50/1 Bird’s Eye Steamfresh veggie coupons at $.09 each from My Coupon Hunter to pair with a 10/$10 sale at my grocery store (which doubles coupons). Using the coupons, I can get 10 bags of vegetables (which are normally $1.69 at my stores) for $.90 (the cost of my coupons). I have just saved $16.

Freebie Friday: Axe, Crest White Strips, Hot Prints photo book, Pampers points, and more!

There are lots of great freebies to finish out the week!

Axe Shower Gel – Get a free sample of Axe shower gel (you do not need to be a Sam’s Club member to take advantage of this offer!

Crest White Strips –  Get a free sample of Crest 3D WhiteStrips with Advance Seal from Walmart! (Thanks Good Deal Mama!)

Hot Prints – Get a free, full-page layout photo book and free shipping from Hot Prints!  Click on “Make your own HotBook” on the right hand side.  You will need to log in (or register) to start creating your book!  If you have already created a free book this month, this offer may not be available for you.

Pampers Gifts To Grow – There are two new Pampers Gifts to Grow codes worth 30 points each:

GTGTEAMUSA2010
GTGPLAY2USA2010

Taco Bell – Print the coupon for the Free Fresco Taco!

Tax Act – prepare, print, and e-file your taxes for free!

Victoria’s Secret: Get a free Deluxe Fragrance Sampler from Pink Nation (you must be a member to receive this offer). If you are a new member, you will also get a coupon for $10 off a $35 purchase through March 8th!

Have a great weekend!

Free Pretzel Day at Auntie Anne’s!

On Saturday, February 20th, Auntie Anne’s will be offering a free original or cinnamon sugar pretzel from 10 am to 3 pm! (limit one per person)

Check out Auntie Anne’s online for details and to find a location near you. You can also sign up for a text wake-up call/reminder on the Free Pretzel Day site.

It’s Mega Swagbucks Friday – start out with another new Swag Code!

Search & Win

Happy Friday!  Fridays at Swagbucks are Mega Swagbucks days! Typically, you can earn 1-3 Swagbucks from searching, but on Fridays, you can earn 3-100 from one search!

Also, don’t forget to go get the latest Swag code in the special offers section.  Click on the blue “No Obligation Offers” box (on the right hand side of the screen) and start scrolling through the offers (you don’t HAVE to do any offers to get the code).  Eventually, you will come to a screen with the code on it! Copy the code and paste it in the box on the main page.

If you’re not familiar with Swagbucks, you earn “Swagbucks” by searching online and your Swagbucks can then be redeemed for gift cards or other prizes and merchandise.

If you haven’t signed up for Swagbucks yet, you will get three bonus Swagbucks if you sign up using this link here.

If you’d like to learn more about Swagbucks and how it “works” check out this post