Transaction #1
L'Oreal Skin Genesis Cleanser, $5.99 (on sale from 7.99)
Right Guard Xtreme Deodorant, $2.99 (on sale from 4.49)
2 Chex Mix, $1.00 each (on sale from 1.99 each)
Coupons:
-1.00 off L'Oreal
-1.00 off Right Guard
-1.00 off Chex Mix
-1.00 off Chex Mix
-2.00 CVS coupon
-200 ECB from last week
Total out of pocket: $3.68 (originally 16.46 worth of stuff). I earned 5.99 ECB from the L'Oreal and 2 ECB from the Right Guard. So, a profit of 4.31!
Transaction #2
Arnicare Pain Relief Gel (random money maker, going to my grandfather), $9.49
Renuzit Tri-Scents Plug In, $7.99 (on sale from 9.99)
Butterfinger Fun Size Bag (part of B1G1 free Nestle deal), $2.99
Nestle Crunch Fun Size Bag, free (other half of B1G1 deal)
Vicks Kids Thermometer Patches, $0.33 (in clearance basket from 2.69)
Coupons:
-1.00 off Nestle candy
-2.00 off Arnicare pain gel
-4.00 off Renuzit
-4.00 off 20 CVS coupon
-7.99 ECB from last purchase
Total out of pocket: $2.69 (originally 28.15 worth of stuff). I earned 8 ECB from the Arnicare and 3 ECB from the Renuzit. So, a profit of 8.31!
Transaction #3
Right Guard Professional, $6.99 (on sale from 9.99)
Soft & Dri, $2.99 (on sale from 4.29)
Glade Fabric and Air Spray, $2.99 (on sale from 3.99)
Skittles, $0.50 (on sale from 0.79, I just had to buy them to make my total above 0.00)
Coupons:
-0.75 off Soft & Dri
-1.00 off Right Guard
-1.50 off Glade
-2.00 CVS coupon
-8.00 ECB from last purchase
Total out of pocket: $0.57 (originally 19.06 worth of stuff). I earned 5 ECB from the Right Guard Professional and 2 ECB from the Soft & Dri. So, a profit of 6.43!
And, I still have 3 ECB from Transaction #2, leaving me with a total of 10 ECB for next week and another $4 off 20 purchase coupon printed on the register receipt.
Bonus Transaction
Kate has a killer diaper rash right now that is making her miserable, so we had to get her doctor to call in a prescription for Vusion ointment. This stuff costs $234 per tube before insurance kicks in (if your insurance covers it), that is right $234!!! Thank God that our insurance covers it and thanks to Katie Compton, I learned about their website offer to make your copay only $10! And, we don't usually get our medicine at CVS, but now that I am obsessed with them, we switched... so I got a $25 gift card to CVS just for bringing a new prescription to them. I can't wait to use it for my weekly deals!
This may seem like a neat little hobby to some people, but I am truly thankful that I have found ways to get groceries and household/personal items at such low prices. It can really open up room in your budget for other things. I feel like it is something I can do to keep our costs low since I am not working much (at all, these days). I just wish I had learned the art of "couponing" a long time ago!
For those of you interested in starting couponing on your own, I started a new link list to the right of other blogs I stalk to get ideas and coupons. Each one of them has a blog link list of their own that I can trail off on, but they are my original favorites. There are sidebars or advertisements on their blogs of coupons you can print there, but you can also go to Eversave.com, couponmom.com, coupons.com, smartsource.com, and you can just google "printable coupons" for certain items. For example, the other day, I wanted to use a coupon to make a CVS deal cheaper on Neutrogena cosmetics, so I just googled "printable neutrogena cosmetic coupon" and I found one! Most sites will let you print a coupon at least twice, so hang on to those extra coupons, you never know when something will be B1G1 free and you can use 2 coupons at once!
1 comment:
my brain gets tired trying to follow all the cvs deals! i'm amazed!
-- the best way to help diaper rash is let it air out! if diaperless makes youu too uncomfortable to do much, simple clothe diapers without a waterproof cover will let air circulate and will make a huge difference. if you want to know where to get the best price for good quality cloth let me know(the gerber kind sold in stores doesn't work at all).
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