CVS Run 10/4 - Saved 99.43% off list price!

This is one of the best CVS runs I've ever had. It may be the highest amount of money ever I've saved doing these deals.



We broke this up into two transactions for two reasons. First, we had two different $5 off $25 purchase coupons (1 flu quiz, 1 that came in email). Second, I wanted to split the nail polish to avoid having an $18 ECB. So I did the first order, and my wife was in line behind me to do the second one.

We needed Halloween Candy & Baby Tylenol.
We can always use Ice Cream, Candy, Nail Polish, Toothpaste, Soap, Tylenol.

Transaction #1:
2 Contour Breeze2 glucose monitors @ $14.99/ea (reg price $59.99)
3 Revlon Nail Polish @ 3.99/ea (reg price $4.99-5.99)
1 2pk of Tone Bar soap @ $1.88 (reg price $2.79)
1 Colgate Toothpaste @ $2.99 (reg price $3.89)
2 Childrens Tylenol @ $6.00/ea (reg price $8.29)
1 Tylenol Rapid Release 100ct @ $8.50 (reg price $10.49)

Used:
1 $5 off $25 CVS purchase - here
1 $2 off $10 Pain Relief at CVS - CRT
2 up to $30 off Contour Monitors (adjusted to $14.99) - 3/22 SS
1 $0.50/1 off Colgate - 9/27 SS
1 $1.00/1 off Tone Soap - Printable Here
3 $1/1 Revlon - 9/13 SS
1 $3/2 Childrens Tylenol - 9/13 RP
1 $2/1 Tylenol - 9/13 RP

Spent $19.98 in ECBs

Total $0.36 + $0.34 (?!?) in Tax = $0.70

Earned
$10 ECB for Monitors
$2 ECB for Colgate
$1 ECB for Soap
$9 ECB for Nail Polish
$10 ECB for Tylenol
$0.50 ECB from Summer Spending
Total = $32.50 in ECBs
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Transaction 2:
3 Revlon Nail Polish @ 3.99/ea (reg price $4.99-5.99)
3 bags of Halloween Candy @ $2.50/ea (reg price $3.59)
5 bags of Hershey Kisses @ $3.00/ea (reg price $3.99)
3 Edys Ice Cream @ $3.50/ea (reg price $5.99)

Used:
$5 off $25 from email
3 $1/1 Revlon - 9/13 SS
5 $1/1 Hershey Kisses - 9/13 SS
1 $1/3 Reeses/Kit Kat Halloween Candy - 9/27 SS
3 $1/1 Edys Ice Cream - Tearpad from Wawa

Spent $26.99 in ECBs

Total $0.98 + $0.13 tax = $1.11

Earned
$9 for Nail Polish
$5 for Candy
$5 for Ice Cream
Total = $19.00 in ECBs
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Total for All Purchases

Total of Items at List Price $234.36
Total after sale prices $112.29
Total after coupons $48.31

Spent $46.97 in ECBs
Spent $1.81 Cash ($1.34+$0.47 in tax)
Earned $51.50 in ECBs
PROFIT OF $6.34
OVER 99% OFF LIST PRICES!

By the way, here's what over $50 in CVS Bucks Looks like...

Pharmacy Deals week of 10/4

Walgreens deals - Coupon Savings Game

Rite Aid Deals - Moms Need to Know

CVS Deals - Coupon Savings Game

I have quite the crazy CVS deal set up for tomorrow morning. Hopefully they'll have everything in stock and I can post the details tomorrow. If it works, it's going to be insane.

Coupons in the 10/4 Paper

This week there are 3 inserts in the paper, 1 SmartSource, 1 General Mills(Smartsource), 1 Redplum.

Moms Need to Know has her weekly preview up, looks like a week to stock up on newspapers...

Weis Deals week of 10/2

For the Mommas has the best deals at Weis this week mapped out for us.

Nothing too big a deal, although it appears ground beef is only $1.99...

20% off your Purchase Coupons!

Click here for 20% off your purchase of $50 or more at Carter's -- Expires 10/7

Click here for 20% off your purchase at Big Lots - Valid 10/5 thru 10/10

Target and CVS Trips -- All for only $26.40

Target Deal:

I Bought...
4 Chex Mix @ $0.99
2 Ziplock @ $1.99
2 Target Brand Tissues @ $0.97
2 Healthy Choice Frozen Dinners @ $2.50
2 Tombstone Pizzas @ $3.34
4 Hunts Tomato Sauce @ $0.69
2 Hunts Tomato Paste @ $0.46
1 Pie Crust @ $2.14
2 M&Ms @ $2.50
5 PopTarts @ $1.94
3 Wonka Fruit Snacks @ $1.59
2 Yogurt @ $0.52
1 Charmin @ $18.99 *

Coupons Used:
$5 off $75 Purchase (TQ)
4 $1/1 Chex Mix (TQ)
1 $1/2 Ziplock (MQ)
2 $1 off Target Up & Up Product (TQ) -- was $1 off $3, but I misread.. cashier took it anyway.
2 $2/1 Healthy Choice (MQ)
2 $2.50/1 Tombstone (MQ)
1 $1/2 M&Ms (MQ)
1 $1/2 M&Ms (TQ)
3 $1/2 Poptarts (MQ)
5 $0.75/1 Poptarts (TQ)
2 $1/1 Wonka (TQ)
2 $0.25/1 Wonka (MQ)
1 Try Free Wonka (MQ)

Total Came to $35.20

* Ok, so the Charmin I intended to get a price match of the CVS ad for $10 (see below). When we went to the customer service desk, it was pointed out to me that the size was not quite right. They were both 16 roll packages, but apparently the CVS pack equals 32 regular rolls while Target's equals 64, so not close enough for Price Match. So I said to return them, bringing my total down to $16.21.

Now I realized later that this should have made my $5 off $75 coupon invalid, but since they also missed one of my coupons and they had none of the "Free with Purchase" totes to go with the M&Ms despite a worker going to check and "confirming" (turned out he lied) they had them (otherwise I would've bought something else), so I felt less bad that neither I nor the customer service desk employee noticed this put me below $75. *shrug* These things tend to come out in the wash in the long term, but that's what happened this time.


We still needed Charmin so off to CVS I went...


CVS Trip:

I Bought...
2 Charmin @ $10
1 Tide @ $6
6 Reese's @ $.89
- CVS deal is Buy 2, Get 1 Free

Coupons Used:
$5 off $25 Purchase
1 $1/2 Charmin
1 $1/1 Tide
3 BOGO Reese's
$10 in Extra Bucks

Total Out of Pocket $10.19
Earned $10 in Extra Bucks


Total Spent on the two trips $26.40. Pretty decent I think. Did you have any great shopping trips this week? Let me know in the comments...

BabyCheapskate Forcast for October

So using past info and presuming that retailers are the predictable creatures we know they are, Baby Cheapskate has a forcast for what kind of deals we can expect this month. Check them out here.

More CVS Coupons

Last week I posted the link to a CVS coupon if you took a Flu Shot Quiz. Well Money Saving Mom has found 2 other links (I posted number link 2 last week, so try the other two) that will print another coupon to use. Yeah Free CVS coupons!

Supermarket Deals for the Week Ending 10/3

Ok so I can wait until I have time to add my own input (and possibly not get it done, like last week), or I can pass you along to other talented bloggers listing the best deals and coupon matchups at local supermarkets.

Giant Deals

Redners Deals

Wegmans Deals

Target Deals

Snow White Blu-ray/DVD arrives next week

UPDATE: It appears this coupon has reached its print limit. Hope you got one in time.


On Tuesday Walt Disney's Snow White is released from the Disney "vault" and available in Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack. Here is a coupon for $10 off. I'm sure many places will have this on sale for ~$20 for the first week, making this a great deal.