This was originally posted on another blog of mine (Simplicity — Small & Cheap). I consolidated all blogs to simplify my life. – Jen 6/19/09
Frankly, I just don’t feel like taking pics today. It’s been a long day for all of us. Well, I still don’t, but figured Lil’ Bit would have fun playing in the piles of goodies so I did it anyway :). But my internet connection took a dump and was too slow to upload them and a week later, I still haven’t posted this yet — It’s from LAST Sunday/Monday — no CVS or Walgreens deals worth posting or making my in-laws take me for (we are visiting them and the van is under the knife).
I did a CVS run and a tiny Walgreens run. I kind of made an elementary mistake in my CVS run and will have to go back to fix it tomorrow. When you have a buy x dollars of Brand Y, get z ECB’s, you can’t use clearance items toward that. Bummer! And I wasted a coupon.
Anyway, CVS:
Almay Eye Pencil- Clearance 50% off – $3.74 – $1/1 = $2.74 (this was my mistake–I have to go back Monday and spend another $7 to get the $5. If I don’t, I’ve wasted 2 coupons, but I have some ECB’s from this transaction that I can use for less OOP, so I’m okay with it. Really. ). I returned it Monday AM & got the full $3.74 back so my coupon didn’t really go to waste.
Almay Eye Shadow Trio for Hazel – $7.49 – $1/1 – $2.50ECB (coming tomorrow) = $4.00
Pert Plus – $1.99 on sale – $1/1 = $0.99
Gilllette Shampoo (3) – $4.99 each – $2/1 – $3ECB = $0.01 MM each
Head & Shoulders (2) – $4.99 each – $1/1 -$3ECB = $0.99 each
Huggies (2)- $10 each – $1.50/1 – $5.00ECB – $6.00 each. ($.0176 PPD).
Total Original Price: $75.10
Total Sale Price: $58.18
Less Coupons Used: $12.50
Less P.E. ECBs: $10.00
OOP: $39.30
ECB’s Earned: $22.50 *
Less Return: $3.75
Total Trip Cost: $9.43
Savings -87%!!!
My Walgreens trip was much easier.
Colgate MaxFresh – $2.99 on sale – $1.00/1 – $2RR = $0.01MM
Savings – 100%
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My Monday CVS Trip fixed my previous error. It was not as impressive because I had to buy some other stuff not on sale, but needed. And I bought this magazine because it had a bunch of coupons in it, but didn’t noticed that they expired LAST SUMMER. Sigh.
Almay Eye Shadow Base – $8.99 – $1/1 – $2.50ECB = $5.49
Other junk – $10.77
Total Regular Price – $20.96
Total Sale Price – $19.76
Less P.E. ECBs – $5.00
Total OOP – $14.76
Less ECBs earned – $2.50
Total Trip Cost – $17.26
Savings – 17%