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Be on the lookout: CVS bandages on clearance for .15!

October 1, 2009 by


Thanks to Heather for the heads up about the CVS bandages being on clearance for .15. I thought we’d never run out of band-aids around here, but when my husband needed one the other day, I realized that his choices were Hello Kitty or Transformers (and he wasn’t thrilled about either option), so we definitely need more, so I’m hoping I can find some of these. You can see a picture of the ones that she got in her post here.

Heather is also hosting a $10 Amazon gift card giveaway through the end of the week – all you have to do to enter is become a fan of their page on Facebook! Click here to view the details!

Thanks again Heather!

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Savings Saturday: Target run and late night CVS/Walgreens run

September 27, 2009 by

Before my son’s swim lessons yesterday, we stopped off at Target and did four separate transactions. My daughter is 5 and learning about money, so she loves using her coupons and money to help “pay” for things.

Here’s what we got: 8 jars of Ragu (used .75/2 Target IP and $1/2 manufacturer’s coupon), 2 bags of Chef Michael’s dog food (used $2.50 IP and $1.50/1 Target IP), Bounty Basic (used .25/1 manufacturer’s coupon), 8 cheese sticks, 1 Bausch&Lomb ReNu contact solution (used $2.50/1 coupon from a box), 2 bags of egg noodles, 1 box of lasagne noodles, and one box of macaroni noodles (used FREE pasta WYB 2 Ragu coupons). Total OOP was $5.16.

(We also bought the Hungry Hungry Hippos game/Pepsi/Doritos and the Cranium Counting Ducks preschool game, but the games aren’t pictured because I put them away for Christmas and the Doritos and Pepsi aren’t pictured because my husband got his hands on them right away!)

I decided to make a late night/early morning CVS and Walgreens run. I’m fortunate to have two CVS stores and two Walgreens stores within about 5-10 minutes of my house that are open 24 hours.

I started out at CVS and bought the 4 Tide, 1 Dawn, and 1 Vaseline lotion. I paid $0 OOP (used a gift card from filling a prescription, a $1.50 Vaseline coupon, 4 $1 Tide coupons, a $1 Dawn coupon, a $5/25 CVS coupon, and $16 in ECBs to pay) and earned a $10 and $6 ECB.

Then, I moved to Walgreens. I honestly do not know how many transactions I did at each store, but I did a total of 23 transactions between the two, spent $5.21 out of pocket (I haven’t shopped at Walgreens in a LONG time and had no RR to start with), saved $130.65 and have $16 in RR left to spend. I will probably do the Herbal Essence deal a few more times this week and I’d like to get more toothbrushes when the RR start printing.

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CVS $5 off $25 coupon!

September 22, 2009 by


Test your flu IQ here and get a $5 off $25 printable coupon. If this is like the last printable coupon they offered, you could only print one unique code per computer, which could only be used once. There is a P&G deal coming up next week (spend $25 on select products, get a $10 ECB), so I’ll be saving mine to use with that deal!

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CVS deals for the week of 9/20

September 19, 2009 by

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

The “deals” this week are pretty slim in my opinion. Here’s what they’ve got:

FREEBIES:

Crest or Oral B Pro-Health toothpaste (4.2 oz), rinse (250 ml) or Oral B floss (27-55 yds) – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Crest Premium Paste: Crest Multicare, Extra Whitening, Whitening Expressions, Any Whitening Plus Scope, Any Vivid White, Sensitivity, Any Pro-Health, Or Weekly Clean, Any 4.2 Oz. + – 08-30-09 PG
$1/1 Crest Rinse, Any 440 mL. + – 08-30-09 PG

Dry Idea, Right Guard sport, or Xtreme – $2.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 3 per household)
**There were $2/1 printable Dry Idea coupons that don’t expire until 11/30/09 – if you have these coupons, the Dry Idea will be free after ECBs!
$1/2 Right Guard, Dry Idea or Soft & Dri Products, Any – 08-16-09 SS or 7-12-09 SS

OTHER ECB DEALS:

*Buy AquaFresh Iso-active whitening foaming tooth gel – $3.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household) – get it for $.99 after ECBs and coupons!
$1/1 printable here

*Buy Clairol Perfect10 hair color – $11.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$2/1 Clairol Hair Color, any except Balsam PG 8-30-09

*Buy CoverGirl Simply Ageless foundation AND Olay Regenerist facial care product, get a $10 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Covergirl Face Product, Any (1) Free WYB (1) Covergirl Foundation, Any – 08-30-09 PG
$1/1 Covergirl Products, Any – 08-30-09 PG
$1/1 Olay Facial Moisturizer Or Facial Cleanser, Any – 08-23-09 RP

*Buy Colgate 1 pk toothbrush for adults or children, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 Colgate Adult Or Kids Manual Toothbrush, Any – 08-30-09 SS

**Prices start at $1.99 at my store, so you can get two for $1.99 after coupons and ECBs

*Buy Crest, Fixodent, or Oral B multi-packs, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Fixodent Adhesive, Any 1. Oz. + – 08-30-09 PG
$1/1 Oral-B Crossaction Power or Crossaction Whitening Brush, Any – 08-30-09 PG

*Spend $15 on assorted candy, get a $5 ECB: Child’s Play Double Bubble or Tootsie Midgee – $5, Sour Patch or Swedish Fish – 2/$3, Mars minis – $5, M&Ms 27 oz – $6, Theater box candy – 2/$2, Mars fun size mixes (31.5-34.5 oz) – $8, Orbit or Eclipze Bip Pak gum – 2/$5, Extra/Wrigley’s/Orbit gum – 2/$4, Hershey’s Milk Duds or Whoppers (9-12 oz) – 2/$4 (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 Dove, M&M, M&M Premium, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Snickers, Twix Or Twixels Products, Any 4.4 Oz. + – 09-13-09 RP

*Buy Gillette cartridges (4-12 ct), get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)
Gillette Fusion Shave Gel Free WYB any Fusion Cartridge 8-16-09 RP
Gillette Deodorant Free WYB any Fusion Cartridge 8-16-09 RP

*Buy Kiss or Broadway Artificial nails, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household, PSA $4.99) – look for $1 peelie coupons on the boxes

*Spend $15 on Neutrogena cosmetics, skin, hair, or men’s care, get a $5 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Neutrogena Haircare item, Any – 09-20-09 RP

*Buy 4 Pepsi products (12 pk, 12 oz cans) or Aquafina pure water (12 pk, 16.9 oz bottles) – 4/$12, get a $3 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Propel or Gatorade 6 pk, 16.9-20 oz bottles – 2/$9, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Spend $30 on ROC skin care, get a $10 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$3 and $10 printables here

*Buy 2 Salon Wish gift cards, get a $10 ECB (limit 2 per household, minimum purchase of $25 per card)

*Buy Scope Outlast mouthwash twin pk – $6.99, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Sensodyne Iso-active – $4.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 printable here

*Buy Zantac 150 (24 ct) or Zantac 75 (30 ct) – $9.99, get a $3 ECB (limit 2 per household) – it’s like getting it for $1.99 after coupons and ECBs!
$5/1 printable here
$1.50/1 Zantac 75 Product, Any – 05-17-09 SS
$1/1 Zantac Product, Any – 05-17-09 SS

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*Kodak Power Flash camera
*Post cereals (Honey Bunches of Oats, Shredded Wheat, Fruity Pebbles)
*Sally Hansen nail color (through Tuesday only)
$1/2 Sally Hansen Nail Color, Any – 09-13-09 RP

OTHER DEALS:
*Kleenex facial tissues (110 ct) – $.96 (limit 4)
$1/4 Kleenex Facial Tissues, Any (4) Single Boxes Or (1) Bundle Pack, Any Excluding Individual Kleenex Pocket Packs Or Juniors Tissue -08-02-09 SS
*Nabisco cookies – 5/$5 – .50/each after coupons!
$1/2 Nabisco Cookies Or Crackers, Any 4-28 Oz. Boxes – 08-23-09 SS

CVS $/$ COUPONS
**Get a booklet with 2 $4/20 coupons from the pharmacy when you ask about their ReadyFill program

**Register your card with your e-mail address at CVS.com and get a $4/20 plus other valuable e-mail coupons

Click here to find out how to get a $25 gift card with a transferred prescription.

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):

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Crest Pro-Health toothpaste – $2.99

Use $1 manufacturer’s coupon

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Transaction #2:
Buy Zantac – $9.99

Use $5 IP
Use $2 ECB from Crest

Spend $2.99 OOP, get a $3 ECB

or…

Buy Aquafresh – $3.99

Use $1 IP
Use $2 Crest ECB

Spend $.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

If you have a $4/20:
Buy 1 Zantac – $9.99
Buy 1 Crest Pro Health – $2.99
Buy 1 Aquafresh – $3.99
Buy 2 Colgate toothbrushes – $1.99/each

Use $5 Zantac IP
Use $1 Crest coupon
Use $1 Aquafresh IP
Use $1/2 Colgate coupon
Use $4/20

Total before coupons = $20.95
Total after coupons = $8.95, earn $8 ECB ($3 for Zantac, $2 for Crest, $2 for Aquafresh, $1 for Colgate)

My scenario:
Buy Crest Pro-Health toothpaste – $2.99
Buy 3 Dry Idea deodorants – $2.99/each

Use $1 Crest coupon
Use 3 $2 Dry Idea IPs

Total before coupons = $11.95
Total after coupons = $4.96, pay w/ ECBs ($5 adjusted down), earn $5 ECB ($2 for Crest and $3 for Dry Idea)

Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

I usually have $20-30 ECB on hand, so I don’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but when I was getting started, I would do multiple small transactions and even now sometimes if I am doing several deals, I have to break things up. 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.

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CVS deals for the week of 9/13

September 12, 2009 by

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

I am going to start doing a combined hot deals/coupon match-ups post. These are not ALL of the deals for the week. These are just the deals that I saw and thought were “hot deals.” (Keep in mind that the amounts of your coupons may vary slightly from what is posted here depending on your area)

FREEBIES: (after ECBs/coupons)
*Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste (4 oz) or 360 Acti-Flex toothbrush – $2.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/1 Colgate Total Advanced printable here
$1/1 Colgate Max White, Colgate Max Fresh, Colgate Total, Colgate Sensitive Or Colgate Kids Toothpaste, Any 4.0 Oz. + – 08-31-09 SS

*Dyna Pep energy micro-shot (2 pk) – $4.99, get a $4.99 ECB (limit 2 per household)

*Buy Listerine Total Care (16.9 oz), Reach toothbrush (2 pk), or Reach floss (30 yd) – $3.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 3 per household)
$2/1 Reach Toothbrush Or Value Pack, Any – 06-14-09 SS
$3/2 Reach Floss, Listerine Mouthwash, Any 1-Liter +, Reach Toothbrush And/Or Reach Access Flosser, Any – 08-02-09 SS
$1/1 Listerine printable here
BOGO Free Reach toothbrush – 4-26-09 RP

DEAL SCENARIO:
Buy 1 Reach Toothbrush 2 pk – $3.99

Use $2 Reach toothbrush coupon

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Then:
Buy a combination of 2 Reach Floss, or Reach toothbrushes (the size of mouthwash listed doesn’t work with this deal) – $3.99/each

Use $2 Reach toothbrush ECB
Use $3/2 Listerine/Reach coupon

Spend $2.98 OOP, get a $4 ECB

OTHER ECB DEALS:
*Buy All 2X Ultra detergent (64 loads) – $9.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household) – get it for $6.99 after coupon and ECBs!
.40/1 printable here
$1/1 All or Surf laundry detergent – 8-2-09 RP

*Buy Aussie (33.8 oz), Pantene (25.4 oz), Herbal Essences or Head & Shoulders (23.7 oz) – $5.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household) – get it for $2.99 after coupon & ECBs!
$1/1 Herbal Essences Shampoo, Conditioner Or Styling Product, Any – 08-23-09 RP
$1/1 Herbal Essences shampoo, conditioner, styling product, or haircolor – 09-13-09 RP
$1/1 Head & Shoulders shampoo or conditioner, any (exclude trial size) – 08-30-09 PG

*Buy Clairol Natural Instincts Haircolor – $5.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household) – it’s like getting it for $.99 after coupon & ECBs!
$3/1 Natural Instincts Hair Color, Any One (clairol) – 08-30-09 PG

*Buy Claritin (24 hour Liqui-gels, 24 ct, tables, RediTabs, or 12 hour Claritin D 30 ct) – $19.99, get a $2 ECB (limit 2 per household)
$3/1 printable on coupons.com
$3/1 Non-Drowsy Claritin-D, any 10-count + – 08-30-09 SS
$4/1 Non-Drowsy Claritin, any 20 ct + – 08-30-09 SS

*Buy Degree Ultra Clear or Dove Ultimate Clear deodorant – 2/$7, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household) – pay 2/$3 after coupons and ECBs!
$1/1 Degree Men Or Women Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant, Any – 08-02-09 RP
$1.50/1 Degree women fine fragrance mist/stick printable here
$1/1 Degree for women Ultra clear printable here
$1/1 Degree for men printable here
$2/1 Dove Visibly Smooth printable here

*Buy Garnier Fructis shampoo, conditioner, or styler – 3/$10, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household) – pay $2.25/each after coupons/ECBs!
.75/1 Garnier Fructis shampoo, conditioner, or treatment (excluding trial size) – 08-16-09 RP

*Buy 2 General Mills cereals (2/$6), get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household) – pay 2/$3 after coupons!
$1/2 General Mills cereals listed: Boo Berry, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp (any), Count Chocula, Dora the Explorer, Franken Berry, French Toast Crunch, Golden Grahams, Kix, Lucky Charms (any), Reese’s Puffs, Trix – All You, August 2009
.75/1 General Mills-Any Frosted Cheerios, Fruity Cheerios, Apple Cinnamon Cheerios, Banana Nut Cheerios or Yogurt Burst Cheerios Cereal
$1/2 printable coupon here
Various printables on coupons.com

*Buy milk – $2.49, get a $1 ECB (limit 1 per household) – THIS IS REGION SPECIFIC! (CHECK YOUR AD FIRST!)

*Spend $20 on Nexxus shampoo, conditioner, styler, or hairbrush, get a $10 ECB (limit 1 per household)

*Buy Purex Ultra Concentrate liquid laundry detergent – $3.49, get a $1 ECB (limit 5 per household) – it’s like paying $1.49 after coupons/ECBs!
$1/1 Purex Natural Elements detergent printable here

*Buy Scope Outlast Mouth rinse or Crest toothpaste with Scope Outlast, get a $2 ECB (prices start at $4.89, limit 1 per household) – pay $1.89 after coupons/ECBs!
$1/1 Crest Premium Paste: Crest Multicare, Extra Whitening, Whitening Expressions, Any Whitening Plus Scope, Any Vivid White, Sensitivity, Any Pro-Health, Or Weekly Clean, Any 4.2 Oz. + – 08-30-09 RP

*Spend $6 on Suave shampoo, conditioner, styler, or body wash, get a $2 ECB (limit 1 per household)
$1/2 Suave shampoo or conditioner printable here

*Buy 2 Children’s cold and flu remedies (Tylenol/Motris/Sudafed), get a $3 ECB (prices start at $6.49) – get 2 for $6.98 after coupons/ECBs!
$3/2 Infants Tylenol, Children’s Tylenol, Children Tylenol Cold Product, Infants Motrin, Children’s Motrin Product – 09-13-09 RP

BOGO FREE DEALS:
*CVS Pharmacy batteries

*CVS Pharmacy Powerflash disposable camera

*Gatorade or Sobe

*Jack’s Links jerky, nuggets, or tender cuts
FREE Jack Link’s Flamin’ Buffalo Chicken Nuggets, 6.2 oz or larger – from 8-28 All You Magazine (get 2 packages for free with this coupon)

*Nature’s Bounty or Flex-a-min
$1/1 Nature’s Bounty Vitamins and Supplements, Any – 08-23-09 RP
$1/1 printable here
$1/1 printable on coupons.com

*Revlon cosmetics (PSA $1.99)
$1/1 Revlon Color Cosmetic Product, Any – 08-16-09 SS

OTHER DEALS:
*Cheez-It crackers – 2/$5 – $1.75 after coupon
.75/1 Cheez It Whole Grain Crackers

CVS $/$ COUPONS
**Get a $5/25 CVS printable coupon by completing the Ready-fill quiz here (it appears in the scrolling ads toward the top in the middle of the page – you can use it ONCE only)

**Get a booklet with 2 $4/20 coupons from the pharmacy when you ask about their ReadyFill program

**Register your card with your e-mail address at CVS.com and get a $4/20 plus other valuable e-mail coupons

Click here to find out how to get a $25 gift card with a transferred prescription.

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):

You’ll get $12.96 in commonly used household items for $3.97 OOP!

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Colgate Total toothpaste – $2.99

Use $1/1 coupon

Spend $1.99 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Transaction #2:
Buy 1 Reach toothbrush 2 pk – $3.99

Use $2 Reach toothbrush coupon
Use $2 Colgate ECB (they will have to adjust it down to $1.99)

Spend $0 OOP, get a $2 ECB

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 Purex detergent – $3.49

Use $2 Reach ECB
Use $1 Purex printable

Spend $.49 OOP, get a $1 ECB

Transaction #4:
Buy 1 milk (if your area is participating in this promotion) – $2.49

Use $1 Purex ECB

Spend $1.49 OOP, get a $1 ECB

My transactions for the week: (I’m down to $14 ECBs on my card right now) $39.39 in merchandise for $1.49 OOP, $10.99 in ECBs left to spend

Transaction #1:
Buy 1 Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste – $2.99
Buy 2 Dyna Pep energy micro-shot – $4.99/each
Buy 1 Reach toothbrush (2 pk) – $3.99

use $1 Colgate coupon
use $2 Reach coupon

Total before coupons = $13.96 – pay w/ ECBs (they will have to adjust them down), get $13.98 in ECBs back

Transaction #2:
Buy 2 Reach toothbrush 2 pks – $3.99/each
Buy 2 Purex Ultra Concentrate liquid laundry detergent – $3.49/each
Buy 2 Jack’s links

Use BOGO free reach coupon
Use 2 $1 Purex printables
Use Free Jack’s links coupon

Total before coupons = ~ $22.94 (I’m estimating that the Jack’s links are around $3.99, but I don’t know for sure)

Total after coupons = $8.97 (pay w/ ECBs), get $6 in ECBs back (and I still have a $4.99 ECB left as well)

Transaction #3:
Buy 1 milk – $2.49

Use $1 ECB from Purex

Spend $1.49, get $1 ECB back

Frequently asked questions:

Do you really do multiple transactions at your stores?

I usually have $20-30 ECB on hand, so I don’t have to break up my transactions as much as I did when I first started, but when I was getting started, I would do multiple small transactions and even now sometimes if I am doing several deals, I have to break things up. 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.

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