Free lotion sample

Click here for a free sample of Vaseline Intensive Rescue lotion. You don't have to be a Costco member.

CVS 10.21.08

Trip 1:
2 Gum toothbrushes $7.98

Coupons:
$7.97 ECB

Total OOP: $0.01 (No tax for some reason)
ECBs earned: $7.98
Total saved: $9.97

Trip 2:
1 Gum toothbrush $3.99
2 Halloween glo sticks $1.98
2 Clean and Clear trial size $1.98
1 Excedrin $1.99
2 Kleenex $1.78

Coupons:
$3.00 Excedrin CVS coupon (from coupon machine, make sure you scan your card each trip!!)
$1.00 Clean and Clear 8/3 Smart Source
$1.00 Clean and Clear 8/3 Smart Source
$5.99 ECB

OOP: Total $0.94
Total ECBs earned $5.98
Total saved: $15.59

Trip 3:

1 Windex $2.50

1 Scrubbing Bubbles $2.50

2 Excedrin $5.97

2 Gold Emblem candy $1.98

Coupons:

$2 Windex

$2 Scrubbing Bubbles

3 $2 Excedrin

$2 Gold Emblem candy (from CVS coupon machine)

Total OOP: $0.43

Total saved: $26.38

Trip 4:

Windex $2.50

Pledge $2.50

2 Gum Toothbrush $7.98

2 Excedrin $3.98

1 CVS soap $0.99

1 Sure deoderant $2.79

2 Pert Plus $7.98

Coupons:

2 $1 Gum toothbrush

$1 Sure deoderant

$2 Windex

$2 Pledge

2 $2 Excedrin

2 $2 Pert Plus

$14.26 ECBS

Total OOP: $1.16

ECBS earned: $13 .98

Total saved: $42.20

Freebies

Click here for a Splenda sample

Click here for a sample of Seattle's Best Coffee

Click here for a sample of Folger's Coffee

Another CVS tip.....

Click here to join the CVS Advisory Panel!! I joined a couple of weeks ago and this week I was contacted to take a survey. The survey took about 10 minutes and I was asked questions about the CVS and Walgreens ads that came out today. In exchange for my time, I'm going to get $10 ecbs!! I am so excited! If you haven't joined yet, you should. It is a great way to earn some ECBs.

CVS tips this week

Lots of good deals this week!! Here are some things not to forget:

Butler (GUM) toothbrush 2 pack: $3.99
Tip: Use $1 coupon from 8/3 Red Plum. If you are trying to grow your ECBs, then buy the toothbrushes, use the coupon and buy something that will make a $1 ECB. This week the pumpkin pail, funlight and CVS 1pack bar soaps will get you a $1 ECB

Excedrin Extra Strength Express Gels 20 count: $1.99
Tip: SCAN YOUR CARD!! Scan your card at the price check machine every time you go to CVS. You will get coupons. Last week I got a coupon for $3 off Excedrin Express Gels, so when I bought this today I got $1 of overage.
Tip: I haven't tried this yet, but you should be able to print a $2 off coupon here, which makes the Excedrin free.
Tip: The shelf at my store was empty, but I found an endcap full of Excedrin, so look around!!

Cleaners: Scrubbing Bubbles, Windex, Pledge on sale 2/$5
Tip: Click here for some coupons that would make each cleaner $0.50
$2 off any Windex product
$2 off any Pledge product
$2 off any Scrubbing Bubbles bathroom cleaner

CVS 10.13.08

Lots of free stuff this week....at least in WINDY Southern California!!!

Will I use this stuff? Yes, as my mom says, I am a sickly person. I think it is because I am a teacher and I constantly touch dirty things and get sick from the kids!! We've been back in school for a month, and I've already had a cold, now with the wind I feel one coming on again :(

Anyway, here's the transcation:

1 Lysol wipes $2.50 (filler, we need these at home
1 Bengay $5.99

1 Chloraseptic lozenges $4.17

1 Comtrex cold medicine $4.97
1 Simply Saline $7.97

Coupons:

-$0.75 lysol wipes 10/12 Smart Source

-$1.00 simply saline (peelie on package)

-$2.oo Bengay 10/12 Red Plum

-$21.27 ECBs (if you don't have this many ecb's, break up the transactions)

Total OOP: $0.93

ECBs earned: $23.10

Total savings: $29.57

Another trip:

1 Scott paper towels $5.49

1 Bengay $5.99

1 Colgate $2.99

Coupons:

-$2.00 Bengay

-$1.00 CVS Colgate coupon from price check machine

-$4.17 ECB

-$4.97 ECB

Total OOP: $1.68 (not bad for paper towels which I would normally spend $5+ on at Target)

ECB's earned: $7.99

Total saved $20.94

Free sample Always Infinity

This time WalMart is giving away a free sample of Always Infinity.

I'm back!!!

How can you tell if I'm sick??? Well, I haven't been to CVS until today, and I never made it to Kmart double coupon days :(

Small trip today:
1 Arrowhead water (stocking up for Thanksgiving @Ocotillo!!) $1.00
1 Bic Soleil refill $5.99
1 Always infinigy $4.98
1 Colgate $2.99

Coupons:
-$0.75 Colgate
-$2.00 Bic Soleil
-$11.79 ECBs

Total OOP: $0.69
ECBs back: $11.00
Total saved this trip: $17.54

Trip 2:

2 Arrowhead water $2.00

3 Bic Soleil $17.97

1 Always infinity $4.98

1 Vitamin water $2.29

1 CVS soap $.99

Coupons:

3 Soleil $2 off coupons

$21.97 ECBs

Total OOP: $0.72

ECBS earned: $20.27

Total Savings: $33.36

Few deals you should try at CVS this week:

****Update: this link will work for the Bic Soleil coupon. Coupons were also in 9/14 Smart Source!!

Bic Soleil razors and refills are $6.99.

Use $2.00 coupon HERE or from 9/14 SS

Pay $4.00 OOP, or use $4 ECB if you have it

Get back $4.00 ECB

You can do this up to 5 times.

Think stocking stuffers!

Always Infinity on sale $4.99

Pay $4.98 OOP or use $5 ECB

Get $4.98 ECB back

Limit has increased to 2 in Southern California!!

Watch Oprah Wednesday!

Despite my boycott of Oprah due to differing political views (are you sure Hillary isn't on the ballot??), I have set my Tivo to record tomorrow. It sounds interesting. "A thrifty family provides tips for stretching the dollar; viewers across the country reveal money-saving secrets."

Thanks for the heads up BFF Rachel!