Todays CVS Trip

A few of you were able to make it to my very first coupon class, Coupons 101. Thank you to those who came to be my guinea pigs. I may try to do another class- hopefully things would go a little faster and have less hiccups :)

During the class, I told everyone how much I love drugstores like CVS and Walgreens to score everyday necessities like toiletries. So today, I want to show you how you can get "paid" by buying the following items using coupons from last Sunday's paper.If you got 3 or 4 papers like I suggested, these deals are completely do-able.

Today's trip summary:
2 Right Guard body wash $2.49 ea. *Get $1 Extra Bucks when you buy one  (limit 2 per card)
2 Colgate toothpastes $2.77 ea. *Get $2.77 Extra Bucks when you buy one (limit 2 per card)
3pk of Ivory soap .99
Total before coupons: $11.41

Coupons I used:
1 BOGO Right Guard body wash (from the 5/1 Red Plum Insert)   -$2.49
2 .75/1 Colgate toothpaste (from the 5/1 Smart Source Insert)       -$1.50
1 .50/1 Ivory Soap (I had this coupon from a booklet P&G mailed me)   -$.50 --------> -$4.49 off with coupons.

The total looks like this: $11.41- $4.49= $6.92 (plus tax)

I used $7 in Extra Bucks from last week (I bought the soap so I wouldn't waste any of the $7)
And got back:
$2 EB from the body  wash
$5.54 EB from the toothpaste -------> $7.54 EB for next time!

SO my total (when you factor in the EB's) is negative .62! I made money to buy these products! If this is your very first CVS trip, you would have to pay out of pocket the $6.92, but then you would have $7.54 to pay for your next trip! And the next trip- try to buy things that have Extra Buck rewards and keep the cycle going!  You will never pay for toothpaste, body wash, razors and more ever again, it's the best :)

CVS and Walgreens

There are some nice little deals over at CVS and Wags this week. I am hoping to make a solo trip (fingers crossed!!) to both after dinner tonight ;)

Walgreens (the following deals are valid through 5/29)
Freebies:
Complete Multi-purpose contact solution 7.99- get a $8 RR
Goody Ouchless hair elastics or headbands 2.99- get a $3 RR
Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste 2.99- get a $2 RR (there is a $1/1 coupon in the Diabetes and You booklet- I found one by the pharmacy- so it's free if you have this coupon!)
Other Deals:
Hunts Tomato Sauce- .25/ea (great filler and a great stock up price!)
Kraft Mac n Cheese- .69/ea with in ad coupon
Almay and Covergirl Cosmetics- B1G1 50% off

CVS (deals valid through 5/29)
Freebies:
Gillette or Old Spice Body Wash 4.00- get $4 ECB's (limit 2- so potentially $8 ECB's back if you buy 2)- there are a LOT of coupon match ups for this! Check the 5/10 P&G insert!
Other Deals:
Lindsay Olives $1/ea- use the $1/2 from RP 5/2 or 4/18= .50/ea
Bumble Bee tuna- .88/ea
Pepsi 4 pk- .99/ea
Lays chips BOGO
Keebler, Nabisco, or Pepperidge Farm .97/ea

And.... OMG-- have you seen these new "Denim" Huggies??? They are super cute- use one of the $3/1 coupons and print a $1/1 Huggies Jeans diapers from the CVS website, and get a pack for $5.99- so cute and so worth it!

Grocery Shopping at a Drug Store?

I have recently discovered that drug stores are often the best place to score great deals on not only toiletries and medication, but everyday grocery items as well! Milk, eggs, bread, tuna, soup- most kitchen staples can be found in a drug store at great low prices. When there is a stacking scenario- well that just sweetens the deal!

I was telling my friend, Jill, about some canned tomato sauce I bought last week at Walgreens. There was an in-ad coupon which made the sauce 39 cents a can. I also had a manufacturer coupon for 1.00 off 3. SO I bought 3- which would be $1.17 with just the Walgreens coupon BUT then add in the manuf. coupon- takes a dollar off- I got 3 cans for 17 cents! You can't beat that! (Sidenote- I did not make a special trip to Walgreens for 3 cans of tomato sauce! I had a decent size list of things we needed or things we can use, and I had to fill a prescription as well!)

Here are two awesome websites that highlight CVS and Walgreens deals and match-ups for the week (their week is Sun-Sat)- this girl is amazing- check out how she does it- most of the stuff she gets is virtually free!

iheartcvs.com

and

iheartwags.com

-Ambra