Holy New Post! CVS 5/15

So I'm finally updating! And with coupon deals no less! These deals were for the week of 5/9-5/15 so ended today, but I'll hopefully be updating tomorrow with this coming week's deals I plan to accomplish!


Transaction #1

Bought:
2 Right Guard Total Defense - $2.49
SUBTOTAL: $4.98

Used:
$3/2 Right Guard Total Defense (IP from coupons.com)
AFTER COUPONS: 1.98 + .34 tax: $2.32

Paid:
$2.15 CVS Gift Card
$.17 cash
SPENT: $2.32

Earned:
$4 ($2 x2) ECB for buying Right Guard
PROFIT: $1.68★


Transaction #2:

Bought:
2 Crest Pro Health 4.2oz toothpaste - $3.50
SUBTOTAL: $7

Used:
.75 Crest Toothpaste 5/2 PG
.75 Crest Toothpaste 5/2 PG
AFTER COUPONS: 5.50 +.48 tax= $5.98

Paid:
$4 ECB's from Right Guard
$1.98 cash
SPENT: 5.98

Earned:
$7 (3.50 x2) ECB's from buying Crest
ECB'S TOTAL: $7

Spent: 5.98
Received: 7
Profit of: $1.02★

Transaction #3:

Bought:
1 Huggies Jumbo Pack Snug and Dry - $8.49
1 Kotex U 18 count tampons - $4.99
SUBTOTAL: $13.48

Used:
$3 off Huggies Snug and Dry (IP from coupons.com)
$1 Kotex U
AFTER COUPONS: $9.48

Paid:
$7 ECB's from Crest
$2.48+.44 tax
TOTAL: $9.92

Received:
$4.99 for Kotex
$2 for Huggies
ECB'S RECEIVED: $6.99

Spent: 9.92
Received: 6.99
Cost me: $2.93

ALL TOGETHER: $1.68+$1.02-$2.93= COST ME .23 total

Getting back in the groove, WAGS 9/05

I know I've been slacking lately, and not just on the blog! I haven't been buyin papers anBud getting the coupons either. GASP! I know I know, luckily I have most of the recent inserts (at least one copy of each) because my lovely grandmother saves them for me and passes them on, thank goodness! But I came out of hibernation today because I had $10 in RR's expiring today, so I decided to roll them. I was afraid that Wags would be completely sold out of all the good RR items seeing as there were quite a few free after RR items. Luckily they had EVERYTHING I needed/wanted and it turned out to be a fantastic run! Here's how it went:

Transaction #1 and #2

Bought:
1 Theraflu Warming Liquid - $4.99
1 Carefree - $1.99
1 Reach Toothbrush - $2.99
SUBTOTAL: $9.97

Used:
$2 Theraflu Coupon from Walgreens $30 in Saving booklet found at registers
$1 Carefree coupon 8/30 SS
$1 Reach coupon
AFTER COUPONS: $5.97

Paid:
$5 RR
$.97 + .54 tax
SPENT: $6.51

Received:
$2 RR from Carefree
$2 RR from Reach
$3 RR from Theraflu
RR'S RECEIVED: $7

Spent: $6.51
Received: $7
Profit of: $.49★

Transaction #3 and #4

Bought:
1 Theraflu Liquid - $4.99
1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush - $2.99
1 80 page memo noteboon - $.59
SUBTOTAL: $8.57

Used:
$2 Theraflu Coupon from $30 in Savings book found at registers
$.40 Colgate toothbrush coupon 8/30 SS
$.34 off memo book from Walgreens in ad-coupon
AFTER COUPONS: $5.83

Paid:
$5 RR
$.83 + .56 tax
SPENT: $6.39

Received:
$3 RR from Theraflu
$3 RR from Colgate 360
RR'S RECEIVED: $6

Spent: $6.39
Received: $6
Cost me: $.39

TOTALS FOR ALL FOUR TRANSACTIONS:

Spent: $25.80
Received: $26
Total profit: $.20★

8/12 CVS

I've decided that in addition to MY personal runs I will begin to post the deals for the week at the stores I frequent like: CVS, Walgreens, and Target so that everyone (if there IS anyone, lol) who follows can know the deals ahead of time and prepare for the week and just use my transactions as a sort of guideline or cheat sheet to check up on. Anyway, here are the deals I took part in today: spend $15 on selected candy (on sale for 2/$1) get back $5 in ECB's and Huggies 2/$18 get back $4 in ECB's. There's also a "hidden deal" in the candy aisle. The orange bags of Peanut butter M&M's that state "medium size" are regularly priced at $3.99 ring up at either .99 or .39. The first store I went to today had them for .99 so I bought one and the second store had then at .39 and I bought 2. So here's the transaction:

Bought:
30 2.07oz Snickers candy bars- 2/$1
2 packages of Huggies diapers- 2/$18
2 medium size bags PB M&M's- .39
SUBTOTAL: 33.78

Used:
2 $1.50 Huggies diapers
15 $1/2 Snickers candy bar
1 $5/25 CVS purchase from website (www.cvs.com- complete the readyfill quiz from front page)
AFTER COUPONS: $10.78

Paid:
$9 in ECB's
$1.78 + $1.04 in tax on CVS gift card
SPENT: $11.82

Received:
$5 WYB $15 of selected candies (including Snickers)
$4 WYB 2 selected Huggies products
ECB's RECEIVED: $9

Spent: $11.82
Received: $9
Cost me: $2.82

8/4 CVS run

Royally screwed up this run. I had everything strategically planned out with 3 transactions and everything I would pay OOP and go off without a hitch. I should have known that something somewhere would go horribly wrong. They were out of some of the items I wanted, but then I thought I had found the correct item (turned out I was wrong) so the cashier fought with me that my total was correct when I knew it was higher than I wanted it to be so finally she turned the screen around so I could see it and told her to void some of the items. Trouble was she had already scanned in some of my ECB's so I was negative when she voided the items resulting in her voiding some of the ECB's and forgetting to give me back $1.98 of voided ECB's. Ick, I was too frazzled to argue with her though so I took my loss and left. Here's how they went down:

Transaction #1:

Bought:
2 Caliber pocket folders - .49/each
2 Caliber 70 sheet spiral notebooks - .99/each
2 Caliber 3 pack glue sticks -.99/each
2 Caliber stretchable book covers - .99/each
1 CVS brand asprin 100ct - 1.99
SUBTOTAL: $8.91

Used:
Free CVS Asprin CRT
AFTER COUPONS: $6.92

Paid:
$6.76 in ECB's
.53 on a CVS gift card

Received:
.98 (.49 x2) for folders
1.98 (.99 x2) for notebooks
1.98 (.99 x2) for glue sticks
1.98 (.99 x2) for book covers
= $6.92

Spent: $7.29
Received: $6.92
Cost me: .37

Transaction #2:

Bought:
3 30ct Visine Wipes - 3.99/each
1 Softsoap NurtiSerums - 4.99
SUBTOTAL: $16.96

Used:
3 $3.00 off Visine Wipes
1 $1.00 off Softsoap brand
AFTER COUPONS: $6.96

Paid:
$6.96 in ECB's
$1.15 tax on CVS giftcard

Received:
$5 WYB $10 of participating items (including Visine wipes)
$4 for Softsoap Nutriserums
= $9

Spent: $8.11
Received: $9
Profit: .89★

7/28 CVS Run

More school supplies are free after ECB's this week for the 3-day sale (Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.) I went last minute yesterday and had to bring Miss Molly because I didn't feel well in the AM. Had to purchase her a Hershey bar before I could shop in peace because she was screaming and trying to crawl out of the cart. I gave her half of the candy, she ate it and sat like a good girl the rest of the time. Finally I could think straight and picked up these items:

Bought:
1 CVS brand 10 ct Tampon- $1.89
2 2-packs Pilot Easy Touch retractable pens- $.99
2 Caliber 100sheet Composition notebook- $.99
2 Caliber 2-pack sticky notes- .99
1 Colgate Total Advance toothpaste- $2.88
SUBTOTAL: $10.71

Used:
1 $1.00 Colgate Advance coupon (7/12 SS)
AFTER COUPONS: $9.71

Paid:
$9.98 ECB's

= -.27 + .73tax = TOTAL .46 on CVS gift card

Received:
$1.98 (.99 x 2) for Caliber Sticky notes
$1.98 (.99 x 2) for Caliber/CVS compostition book
$1.98 (.99 x 2) for Pilot EasyTouch pens
$2.00 for Colgate Total Advance toothpaste
$1.89 for CVS brand tampons
= $9.83


Spent: 9.98 + .46
Received: 9.83
cost me: .61 total

7/27 Target Trip

Got me a good moneymaker deal going on at Target today, I'm real excited! Kellogg's Poptarts are on sale for $1.52 (regular price $1.99) and Kellogg's has their "Fuel for School" rebate where you but 10 participating items receive $10 rebate. To get your rebate you'll need to create a Kellogg's account then go here to download and print, be patient though, I hear the form takes a minute to load. To make this deal ever sweeter there are .75 off Kellogg's Poptarts Target coupons that I printed from afullcup.com Target coupon generator, and since it's a Target coupon you can stack it with a manufactures coupon! There are .55 off one Poptart product in the 6/7 RP and .55 off one Blueberry Muffin Poptart on the website.

Smart Ones weight watchers meals are on sale 5/$9. On afullcup.com Target Coupon generator there are $1.00 off the meals and combine with this printable for $1/5 meals you pay .60 for each meal bought.

Also, the Softsoap Ensembles hand soap pumps and refill bases are on clearance for $3.00. There are $2.00 Target coupons on afullcup.com Target coupon generator making it $1 for the soap. A while ago there were tearpads for a $4 rebate when you buy 1 pump and 1 2-pack of refills.

And there is one more deal to report, in the toothpaste section of Target on the endcap there are packages of Crest Whitestrips trial size for $4.99. Inside the package is a $7 coupon that doesn't have any exclusions. The boxes aren't sealed very well so it's easy to take the coupon out prior to purchase to use it on that order. Be forewarned, the coupon DOES beep and says "Item not found," some cashiers don't have a problem hitting the K1 button to accept the coupon anyway and others will become bewildered and call a manager over in which case I would just say you didn't want the item because they will most likely not push it through. Here was today's transaction:

Bought:
10 Smart Ones Weight Watchers individual meals $9/5
10 Poptarts 8ct $1.52
2 Softsoap pumps $3.00
2 2-packs Softsoap refill bases $3.00
1 Crest Whitestrips trial size $4.99
SUBTOTAL: $50.19

Used:
10 $1.00/1 Smart Ones Weight Watchers Target coupon
2 $1/5 Smart Ones Weight Watchers
10 .75 Poptart Target coupon
5 .55 Poptart coupon
4 $2.00 Softsoap Target coupon
1 $7.00 Whitestrips coupon
AFTER COUPONS: $12.94

Receive:
$10 for Kellogg's "Fuel for School" rebate
$8 for 2 Softsoap rebate (will send one rebate to my parent's house)
TOTAL REBATES: $18

The rebates makes this transaction a $5.06 moneymaker.

Wal*Mart, maybe they're not so bad after all?

No, Wal*Mart still is as bad as they have ever been, but maybe they're starting to get the hint that people don't so much like them. They have 2 HUGE deals going on right now. First of all the regular price of Hefty One Zip storage bags either quart size (22 count) or gallon size (17 count) are $1.00. In the 5/17 RP there were coupons or $1 off ANY Hefty OneZip, making the bags at Wal*Mart, FREE!!! (There were also blinkie machines in vaious grocery stores that had the same coupon so be on the lookout, although rumor has it those machines came down last week.) The second deal that's going on now if for Pull-Ups flushable wipes. If anyone if familiar with the "CleanTeam" brand this is the new name for the CleanTeam wipes. In this Sunday's insert, 7/19 SS, there are coupons for $3/2 PullUps flushable wipes. The regular price for the soft packs (they also come in a hard container but those cost more so be sure to look for the soft packs) of these are $1.64, so buy 2 of the soft packs, use the $3/2 coupon and pay .28 OOP, or .14 a pack! I went to Wal*Mart today to use up the last of my Hefty coupons and to use some of my wipes coupons so the transaction went like this:

Bought:
3 Hefty OneZip gallon storage bags $1.00
4 Hefty OneZip quart storage bags $1.00
4 PullUps flushable wipes soft packs $1.64
SUBTOTAL: $13.56

Used:
7 $1.00 off any Hefty OneZip
2 $3/2 PullUps flushable wipes
AFTER COUPONS: .56

Ended up paying $1.42 OOP after tax for 7 boxes of bags and 4 packs of wipes.

I cleaned them out of the wipes so I will have to go back after they restock.