CVS 10/30.....Enough to send in for P&G Rebate!

I had a scenario planned out that would get me the $30 I needed for the gas card and for the rest of my P&G Rebate that has to have all items bought by today 10/31/11. I am so excited on this trip! I started with $7 ECBs and $7.91 on a gift card. I earned $7 ECBs and a $10 gift card, so a big moneymaker! Here is the breakdown:

Olay Regenerist $20.99
-$3/1 MQ
-$5/$20 Facial Care CRT
-$12.99

Covergirl Lipstick $7.99
-FREE MQ wyb Olay Regenerist (max $7.50)
-$.49

Covergirl Eye Shadow $3.89
-BOGO 1/2 sale (took off $1.95)
-$1/1 MQ
-$.94

Aveeno Travel Lotions (2) $2.98
-$7 ECB Earned (force printed)
-$4.02 MM!
-I was going to see if it would print and when it didn't I just asked and was very willing to hear no, however the cashier says that it should because the ad says .5-18 oz.

All together, my subtotal was $35.85. I used $11.50 in MQs, $10.95 in CVS Qs and sales, and $7 ECBS. This brought my total down to $6.40 plus $1.53 tax for a total of $7.93. Because I only had $7.91 on my gift card left, I did pay $.02 OOP.

Factor in that I will be getting a $10 MIR and I earned an extra $2.07 on a gift card, I made $12.07 on this trip :)

CVS 10/29....Last Trip This Week was Fun!

I special ordered 60 Seattle's Best and had to go get a raincheck for them. I also had $7.02 left to spend to get a $10 gift card. Without a child by my side grabbing at everything, I took my time and did three transactions. I started with $7 ECBs and $10.22 on gift cards. I ended with $7 ECBs and $7.91 on a gift card. So this means, this all cost me $2.31 on a gift card!

Here is the breakdown:

Tresemme (4) $15.96
-(2) BOGO MQs (took off $12- $6 each coupon...this threw my calculations off too)
-$3.96 or $.99 each

Dove Men+Care Bodywash $5.49
-$1/1 MQ
-$2 ECB Earned
-$2.49

Listernine Total Care Zero $3.99 (raincheck)
-$2/1 MQ
-$2 ECB Earned
-$.01 MM!

Nivea Lotion $10.49
-$2/1 MQ
-$5 ECB Earned
-$3.49

Arm & Hammer Sheets (2) $7
-$1/2 MQ
-$6 or $3 each (this got me my $10 gift card)

Cheerios $1
-$1/1 MQ (from Pampers package)
-FREE!

Dry Idea Deoderant (2) $2.28 (clearance)

-$2 ECB Earned ($1 each)
-$.28 or $.14 each

Covergirl Eyeliner (2) $10.58
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$3 ECBs Earned
-$5.58 or $2.79 each

Excedrin $.99
-$1 ECB Earned (raincheck)
-$.01 MM!

Allegra $6.99
-$7 MQ (took off $5.97 because last to scan and would not cover tax :(
-$1.02

Skittles (5) $3.09
-$3.09 or $.62 each (used as fillers to use coupons and ECBs and Blenders will be going back because they were $1.19, not $.50)

All together, my subtotal was $67.96. I used $26.97 in MQs, $12 in CVS Qs ($4/$20) and $2o in ECBs. This brought my total down to $8.99 plus $3.32 tax for a total of $12.31 OOP, which was all on a gift card. It felt a lot better than it looks here.

I will also be shopping tomorrow to finish off the P&G Rebate that I have $20 towards now. I also did get $5 Beauty Club ECBs today that I didn't calculate in, but also earned over $42 towards my next $5 today!

CVS 10/26......Savings of 93.9%

In an attempt to use up my coupons, I had three transactions tonight at two stores. I tried to special order my Seattle's Best at the second store I went to, but they didn't know anything about it. They guy that helped me last time was more than happy to try to help me again. We will see though :) I have used up a lot of those coupons already, but they need to be gone by the end of the week! Here is what I got in all three transactions!

Seattle's Best (13) $13
-(13) $1/1 MQs
-FREE!

Special K Crackers (2) $3.98
-$1/2 MQ
-$2.98 or $1.49 each (counts towards gift card)

Arm & Hammer Detergent (2) $7
-$1/2 MQ
-$6 or $3 each (counts towards gift card)

Glade Sense & Spray (3) $15
-(3) $3/1 MQs
-$4 ECB Earned
-$2 or $.67 each

Snickers (2) $5
-$1/2 MQ
-$3 ECB Earned (bought other two yesterday)
-$1 or $.50 each

Physician's Formula Eye Booster $10.99
-$7 ECB Earbed
-$3.99

Suave Dry Shampoo (2) $6.78
-(2) FREE MQs (took off $6- $3 each)
-$.78 or $.39 each

All together my subtotal was $61.75. I used $31 in MQs, $12 in CVS Qs (3- $4/$20) and $15 in ECBs. This brought my total down to $3.75 plus $2.19 tax for a total OOP of $5.94. However, this was all on a gift card, so I didn't really send anything OOP :) If I didn't have the gift card, it would be a savings of 93.9%.

I also started with $6 ECBs and ended with $7 and and $7.02 away from earning a $10 gift card!

CVS 10/25...Savings of 99.97%....actually Moneymaking :)

I have to get to CVS this week and use all of the 110 Seattle's Best coupons I bought as well as all of the twenty $4/$20 CVS coupons I bought. I had never bought them before and was a bit nervous about it, but the do scan just fine. However, I hate usong multiple in one store, because I don't want the cashier to get suspicious. Anyways, I had a really nice cashier yesterday, so I did use two and left it at that. It is posted here as one though : )

Seattle's Best Drinks (12) $12
-(12) $1/1 MQs
-FREE!

Progresso Soup (4) $5
-$1/4 MQ
-$1 ECB Earned
-$1.25 MIR
-$1.75 or $.44 each

Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent (2) $7
-$1/2 MQ
-$6 or $3 each (counts towards gift card)

Snickers (2) $5 (Jason took one bag with him on the road)
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$3.50 or $1.75 each ($5 more to get $3 ECB)

M&Ms (2) $5
-(2) $1/1 CRTs
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$1 SavingStar Credit
-$.50 or $.25 each

Starburst $.50
-$1 ECB Earned (already purchased other 3)
-$.50 MM!

Allegra $6.99
-$7/1 MQ (catalina on ANY size from Walgreens!)
-FREE!

All together, my subtotal was $41.49. I used $23.99 in MQs, $10 CVS Qs (includes two $4/$20), and $7.49 in ECBs. This brought my total down to $.01 plus $.79 tax for a total of $.80 OOP. So, an overall savings of 99.97%

Here is a picture of Haylee at JK's Pumpkin Patch. It's been a while since I have posted one, so she may look huge.....well, she is. Her 18 month check-up, she was 98% in height and 90% in weight :)

Breakdown of 2 CVS Gift Cards

This picture is of the 3rd transaction that earned me my second $10 CVS gift card this week. I will list the whole break down of both though, so you can see how good of a deal it all was!

Wisk (4) $19.96
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$13.96

Pampers (3) $26.97
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$1.50/1 MQ
-$3/$15 CRT
-$20.97

Coke $1.50
-$1/1 MQ
-$.50

Nature's Bounty Prenatal Vitamins (2) $24.98
-BOGO Sale (took off $12.49)
-$2/1 MQ
-$1/1 MQ
-$9.49

The subtotal for all three transactions was $73.41 (only $60.92 counted towards deal...that's why I didn't finish off the third gift card deal). After the coupons, my total was down to $44.92. I earned 2 $10 gift cards, which means all of this cost me $24.92! A savings of 66%. This may not sound great for CVS, but I really need the vitamins and laundry detergent. I am also 3 Pampers packs away from a free one :)

CVS 10/19....Moneymaking Theraflu!

I went to CVS to see what coupons would print out and got quite a few good ones. I also looked at the clearance shelf and wanted to grab some things off of it. Here is how I did:

Pampers (2) $17.98
-$1.50/2 MQ
-$3/$15
-$13.48 or $6.74 each (not great, but counts towards gift card!)

Folders (15) $1.80 (clearance)
-$.12 each (good prizes to give at school)

Erasers (3) $.30 (clearance)
-$.10 each (always need these being a math teacher :)

Toddler Shoes $.99 (clearance)
-$.99 (just found out we're having a boy!)

Lumene Wipes $2.87
-$5/1 CRT (adjusted down to $2.87)
-FREE!

Covergirl Lipstick (2) $2.18 (clearance)
-(2) $1/1 MQs
-$.18 or $.09 each

Theraflu (2) $11
-BOGO CVS CRT (took off $5.50)
-$3/1 CRT (printed last week?)
-(2) $2/1 MQs
-$3 ECBs Earned
-$4.50 MM! (made my night ;)

All together, my subtotal was $37.12. I used $7.50 in MQs, $14.37 in CVS Qs and $8 in ECBs. This brought my total to $7.25 plus $2.05 tax for a total of $9.30 OOP. Although I "lost" $5 ECBs, I will be getting a $10 gift card when I spend another $2.04 on participating items! $9 for two packs of Pampers alone is awesome :)

Walgreens 10/16....Savings of

I wanted to get a couple of freebies at Walgreens and was hoping to get the Cottonelle deal. As you can see from the picture, I was successful, but it was a strange trip. The first store I went to was remodeling everything and their catalina machine was down. The manager found me while I was shopping and told me to keep track of my RRs so he could give me a gift card instead. Because of this, I decided to do my second transaction (Cottonelle) at the Walgreens close to my house. It is all combined here to make it easier though. Also, because I got my RRs back on a gift card, I earned an extra $.60 that was the tax!

Cottonelle (2) $10
-(2) $.50/1 MQs
-$1/1 WQ (took off $2)
-$3 RR Earned
-$4 or $2 each...this is $.22 a roll!

Walgreens Pads (2) $4
-$.50/1 WQ (took off $.50, forgot to use code at first store)
-$2 RR Earned
-$2.14 on GC Earned
-$.64 MM!

Schick Hydro Razor $8.49
-$5/1 MQ
-$4.50 RR Earned ($4.82 on GC)
-$1.33 MM!

Oral B Toothbrush Heads (2) $6 (clearance)
-(2) $3/1 MQs
-FREE!

Reach Total Care Toothbrush $1 (clearance)
-$1/1 MQ
-$2 RR Earned ($2.14 on GC)
-$2.14 MM!

Foil $1.59
-$.69 WQ (took off $.90)
-$.69

My subtotal was $31.08. I used $13 in MQs, $3.40 in WQs, $11.70 in RRs/GC. This brought my total to $2.98 plus $2.08 in tax for a total of $5.06 OOP! This is a savings of 90%.