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1-1-12 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on January 1, 2012 None comments

My CVS shopping trip today wasn’t as successful as my Walgreens trip. There were 2 deals I really wanted to do, the nivea and the skinny cow. I was able to do the Nivea deal (we looovee that chapstick) and then I got a raincheck for the Skinny cow. I also received $8.50 ECBs (CVS dollars) for quarterly rewards. I will save the ECBs for next week because I really didn’t need anything else.

Buy 4 Nivea Lip Balm- On sale 2/$5
Use two $3/2 Nivea Lip Care Products, 1/1 RP newspaper insert (exp 1/15/12)
Price after Coupons- $4 and receive $5 ECBs

Skinny Cow Candy- On sale B1G1 Free
Use B1G1 Skinny Cow Candy printable coupon
Price after Coupons- Completely Free!

12-17-11 CVS Shopping Trip- Cheap Stocking Stuffers

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 18, 2011 None comments

We went to CVS last night to use our mars candy coupons and some ECBs. We ended up paying about $1 for all of this stuff which would have been almost free but I bought the Slim Jim pack as a stocking stuff for $1 because I thought I needed a filler item. The M&Ms were B2G1 and we used-

-$1/2 Mars Holiday candy- M&M’s, Dove, Snickers, Twix, Milky Way or 3 Musketeers RP 11/13

12-11-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 11, 2011 None comments

Combos Snacks — $2.00
Get $2 in ECBs
Price After Coupons and ECBs– FREE

Axe Holiday Gift Sets — $9.99
Get $2 in ECBs
$3/1 AXE Holdiay Pack 12/11/2011 RP Insert (exp 01/07/2012)
Price After Coupons and ECBs- $4.99

$10 Gift Card Centrum Deal-
Buy Three Centrum Pro Nutrients 50 ct $9.99 sale price
– Use three $7/1 Centrum Pro Nutrients manufacturer coupons, 12/11 SS newspaper insert
– And 1 $5 off CVS Coupon from the CVS coupon printer
Price After Coupons- $3.97
Your precoupon total is $29.97 and your total needs to be $30 to qualify for a free $10 Gift Card so I also bought CVS Classic Potato Chips $2 just in case; however, it might work without the chips because it is only .03 cents but I didn’t want to take that chance.
Price for Vitamins and Chips- $5.97
Received- One FREE $10 Gift Card which equals $4.03 overage

In Three Transactions-
Spent- $5.29
Saved-$58.46
Received- $4 ECBs and a $10 gift card

12-9-11 Publix Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 11, 2011 None comments

International Delight Coffee Creamer, 32 oz, $2.50
-$1/2 International Delight pints, quarts, singles, SS 11/13
-.75/1 International Delight product, pint or quart printable
– $1 off International Delight SS 12/11
Price After Coupons- $1.50

Beggin Strips 10oz $4.00 on sale ($5.29 regular price)
– Use 4 $2.50 Beggin’ Strips 10 oz. or 25 oz., Publix printable store coupon available here
and use 1 $4/4 Purina Dog Snacks manufacturer coupon, 12/4 SS (exp 3/4/12)
Price After Coupons- $2.00 total or .50 each

Zephyrhills Sparkling Water Lemon and Lime 1L BOTTLE, $0.99 regular price
-$1/1 Zephyrhills Sparkling Water 1L Bottle printable manufacturer coupon available here
Price After Coupons- FREE

12-11-11 CVS Makeup 75% off Sale

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 11, 2011 None comments

CVS has lots of Revlon items on sale 75% off. Some really good deals which will probably be even better with coupons. We even found a $3 off coupon stuck to one of the Revlon items which made it almost free. This could make for some great stocking stuffers!

12-9-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 10, 2011 None comments

$2.00 ECB WYB Candy Canes, 10 ct., $1.27 Limit 1
– No coupons
Cost after coupons and ECBs- FREE

I bought the Candy Canes first and used the $2 ECBs to pay for two
Just The Basics Party Mix $1
– If you haven’t tried it yet it’s great and a really good deal for $1, it’s good if you need a $1 filler item

Buy 2 Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty tools (excludes clearance) = $6 Ecb (limit 1)
Use 2 $1/1 beauty tool coupons found in the 10/30 SS (Expires 12/31)
Cost after coupons and ECBs- Depends on the Items You Choose

AJAX Dish Soap- On Sale .89¢
– Used .50¢ off Ajax corupon from The El Sentinel (A Free Spanish Newspaper in our area)
Cost after coupons- .39¢

Used- $11 ECBs
Spent- $1.66
Saved- $15.02
Received- $6 ECBs

12-6-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 7, 2011 None comments

I bought-

$1.27 ECB WYB Candy Canes, 10 ct., $1.27 Limit 1
– No coupons
Cost after coupons and ECBs- FREE
*Note* – These ECBs are not printing so make sure the cashier manually prints them, when they do for some reason you will get $2 ECBs

$10 ECBs when you buy $20 any Playtex or Schick Products
Bought-
(2) Schick Disposable Razors, 10 pk., $9.49
(1) Shick Hydro Shave Gel, $4.29
Used-
-B1G1 Schick disposable razor, max $13.99, excl 2 ct, SS 11/06
-$2 off Schick disposable razor, excl 2 ct, SS 12/04
-$1 off Schick Hydro shave gel, SS 12/04
Cost after coupons and ECBs- .78¢

I was going to do this deal-
Buy 2 Revlon Cosmetics or Beauty tools (excludes clearance) = $6 Ecb (limit 1)
Buy 2 Revlon nail clippers $2.99 (based on online price)
Use 2 $1/1 beauty tool coupons found in the 10/30 SS (Expires 12/31!)
Pay $3.98
Get back $6 Ecb
Cost after coupons- FREE
But what ended up happening was that the Revlon beauty tools were 50% off unmarked clearance which and I had no idea so I got both nail files for .50 cents each but no ECBs

Arm & Hammer Spinbrush Toothbrush or refills., $5.99 get $2.00 in Extra Bucks, limit 2
-$4.00 off 1 Arm & Hammer Spinbrush Sonic printable or printable or printable
Cost after coupons and ECBs- FREE

Used a Rain Check from last week’s sale for 4 Glade Air Fresheners or Scented Oil Warmer, 1 ct., 99¢
– I used $2/2 Glade Winter Collection product CVS printable coupon
You can also use-
-$1.50/2 Glade Winter Collection fragrance printable
-.75/1 Glade Winter Collection product, excl solids, November Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, or Cooking Light Magazines
-$2/2 Glade Winter Collection product, excl solids, November Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping or Cooking Light Magazine
-$2/2 Glade Winter Collection products, excl solids printable
Cost after coupons- FREE+

I started with $10 ECBs
In two transactions my totals were-
Spent- $2.96
Saved- $63.73
Still Have- $6 ECBs
Money Back- $4 from a coupon the cashier forgot so they gave me the cash,
So I actually was paid $1.04 to take all of this out of the store, plus $6 ECBs

Thanks to SouthernSavers.com for the coupon match ups

11-28-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on December 1, 2011 None comments

Xtra 2x Laundry Detergent 28 loads $1.49
-$1/2 Xtra laundry detergent, SS 11/13
Cost after coupons- .99¢

Dawn Dish Liquid 99¢
-.50/1 Dawn product, P&G Everyday Solutions home mailer
-.50/1 Dawn product, PG 10/30
-.50/1 Dawn Power Clean, Bleach alternative or Oxi product, PG 10/30
-.25/1 Dawn product, P&G Home Made Simple Gather Together home mailer, PG 11/27
-$1 off Dawn Hand Renewal with Olay Beauty, Booklet in select PG products
Cost after coupons- .50¢

Glade Air Freshener or Scented Oil Warmer, 1 ct., 99¢ (forgot to put in picture)
-$1.50/2 Glade Winter Collection fragrance printable
-.75/1 Glade Winter Collection product, excl solids, November Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, or Cooking Light Magazines
-$2/2 Glade Winter Collection product, excl solids, November Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping or Cooking Light Magazine
-$2/2 Glade Winter Collection products, excl solids printable
Cost after coupons- FREE

11-24-11 Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday at CVS

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 24, 2011 None comments

These are my “Black Friday” deals at CVS. The deals actually started Nov. 24th at midnight so I went at about 1:30am because I didn’t want to be there right at midnight to fight the craziness but I am night owl. The employees at the store told me I just missed the huge line that had extended to the back of the store.This actually worked in my favor because there was almost no one in the store and the staff was great about helping me do multiple transactions, which I usually don’t do.

I was excited because they still had almost everything in stock. I didn’t have a preplanned list of transactions because I know that often they will be out of one item that forces you to redo your plan in the store anyways.

My strategy was this, collect all of the items I was going to buy and then, because almost all of the items were free after ECBs (CVS dollars), I split them into transactions of as close to $15 as I could get so that I could keep reusing the $15 ECBs so I had a much lower out of pocket cost.

I started with $5 ECBs from earlier this week. The only transactions I used coupons on, besides for store dollars, were the first two. The items in the first transaction were the ones that I would make a profit off of or get back more store dollars than cash spent. I did this intentionally because that way I got my initial $15 ECBs for only about $4 out of pocket and the rest of the money I spent on the other transactions was mostly tax or the slight difference in balances and ECBs from the previous transaction.

Transaction #1

Spent- $4.68 Saved- $13.74

Transaction #2

Spent- $1.36 Saved- $20.22

Transaction #3

Spent- $.59 Saved- $18.67

Transaction #4

Spent- $1.75 Saved- $22.21

Transaction #5

Spent- $.65 Saved- $17.86

Transaction #6

Spent- $.63 Saved- $10.35

Totals for all 6 transactions-

Spent- $9.66

Saved- $103.05

Still Have- $14.37 ECBs That’s like getting paid to take all of this out of the store!

If you would like to see a list of all of the CVS deals and coupon match ups SouthernSavers.com has a great list HERE.

11-22-11 CVS Shopping Trip

Posted by Ney@ShopahoicSavers.com on November 22, 2011 None comments

You are able to get a really fantastic deal on Garnier Products at CVS this week. I used Garnier Nutritionist Skin Renew Daily Moisture Lotion every day. At around $14 for a 2.5oz bottle, I have thought about using something cheaper but this works great for me. It doesn’t leave my skin greasy, it doesn’t clog my pores, and it has an SPF 28 which is higher than most cheaper lotions and living in FL it’s important to protect your skin from the sun. The point is, this is a product that I am willing to pay a little more for but that doesn’t mean that I don’t still look for deals on it when I buy it. Everyone has products they can’t live without so keep your eyes open for great deals!

Today, the deal I did was-

Transaction #1
Bought- 1 Excedrin 8 Count .99¢
Total- .99¢
Received- .99¢ ECB and $1 ECB from using my green bag tag

Transaction #2
Bought- 2 Garnier Nutritionist Skin Renew Daily Moisture Lotion- On Sale for $10
Coupons Used- $5 off of $20 Skin Care Purchase Printed From the CVS Coupon Printer
– $5 off of $15 Garnier Purchase Printed From the CVS Coupon Printer
– (2) $1 off Garnier Moisturizer Coupons from RP 11/06
– The $1.99 CVS ECBs from the 1st transaction
Total- $6.92
Received- $5 CVS ECBs

Totals for Both Transactions-
Spent- $7.91
Saved- $19.97
Still Have- $5 CVS ECBs
That’s like spending $2.91 for all of the items!

Note- I’m always trying to get as much free stuff as possible. When I go to CVS and Walgreens knowing that I am going to spend a certain amount of money I always look for items that are free after store dollars like the Excedrin was today. I didn’t spend any more money buying that item than I would have otherwise spent at the store. I used the store dollars I received towards my larger purchase because I was going to spend the money anyway. It simply allows me to get more for my money.