Getting Started with Cvs 3/20/2011

Ok so you just started couponing and lets say you dont have a stock pile of coupons yet. How do you cvs. It easy.. pick 1 item that gives ecbs an example next week :

Allegra Allergy 5ct you will pay 6.99

http://allegra.com/SaveOnAllegra.aspx go there and print the 2.00 off coupon

you pay 4.99 and will get 6.99 ecbs for next week .

more drug store blogs

I always use southernsavers to do my print out list just bc her format is so easy to check off and print a list... but I love the fact that iheart has the ads 2wks in advance so I can look and see if I need to save a coupon for a better deal.

http://www.iheartcvs.com/

http://www.iheartwags.com/

http://www.iheartriteaid.com/

http://www.simplycvsshopping.com/ ~ I dont use her but she has lots of good info for new coupon users.

Rite Aid 3/16/11

*This was a last minute trip I planned last nite after I realized I was out of grocery bags so I looked around to see where the best deal was. The best I could find was at riteaid.. Not a spectualor deal but hey have to have trash bags.

*If you live in Newnan today is the day to go. The truck came this am they were stocking shelves while I was there.

*Note: you can stack store and manf coupons

http://riteaid.adperk.com/ <- if you go to the link register you can watch videos and print out riteaid store coupons it changes monthly

buy 10.00 get 3 ups back

1 glad trash bags 38 count 6.99

-1.00 coupon

=5.99

1 tilex shower cleaner

2.00

1 tilex cleaner

2.00

=4.00

-1.00 coupon

3.00

8.99+tax -3.00 ups =5.99 (break up how you want not to bad for something I will need and use)

Purex Crystal Beads

3.99

-2.00 manf coupon

-1.00 store coupon

=.99

+1 ups

so free after ups

I paid 11.03 total got back 4 ups

so 7.03 for all of the bad not to bad for an unplanned shopping trip

Kroger 3/14/11

Kroger was my big shopping trip out of the week.. I will only shop kroger if they are having a mega deal normally ( buy 10 items save 5.00 instantly normally) the bad thing about the mega deal is you have to make sure you have 10,20, 30 so on if you have 19 you will not get that extra 5.00 off.

It was a big shopping trip I will touch on the things I think were a real good deal . Total spent 50.28 total saved 54.89

Eggs=free coupon

hellva dip 2 equal free with deal and coupons, Chicken packages ranged from 2.18-2.80 and had a 1.50 off coupon if you bought cream cheese ( so I paid like .70-1.25 each for them )

2 packes of pasta = free .49 after deal each I had a 1.00 off coupon

old spice deodrant and body wash both for 1.99

Publix 3/16/11

I hit 3 stores today and will start with the easiest one. I cannot find my publix reciept so I cant tell you how much I saved. 4 butters 2 frozen veggies total .86 cents

StockPilingNo

*Note my pantrys are not always organized and I do not have a nice walk in pantry anymore and I think its the only thing I miss about my old house. I didnt start this so you could come shop at my house. Just pointing out why I only have to shop sells. This is not all just to give you idea of what I have . 1. beginners will not get as good of deals as I get bc you are still going to have to buy non sale items . internet coupons are wonderful to a begineer ) 2. bc your pantry is probably bare and you probably were like me in the beginning and only went to the grocery store when you were out of everything. Another thing also Im a stay at home so I will more than likely be able to get more deals than a working mom ( I have played both roles ) I know when you are a working mom You just want to go to 1 store and be done for the week Ive done that role. I pick 2 days to shop on a normally week. ( MWF all my kids are in school till 12) so guess when I do my shopping. Monday - drug store day Wed- grocery store day . This week was a little different with the drug stores bc they had good sells I hit cvs and walgreens on sunday. riteaid and cvs on monday and rite aid again on wed. Publix and kroger on wed... Happy Shopping and Deal Hunting

3/14/11

I told you I would be going back to CVS this week:)

*Heads up no way I would have paid 5.49 and 4.49 for boxes of bandaids and neosporin but I wanted the 5.00 ecbs for paying 10 they had cheaper boxes but I needed to spend 10 and I only had 1 coupon.

It was a very small trip

2 Aussie 3 min conditioner 2/5.97

-1.00 coupon

-1.00 coupn

=3.97

+ 2 ecs

so like getting them for 1.00 each

Neosporin 5.49

Bandaids 4.49

=9.98 I was .02 off 10 but most of the time they will let u do it and ecb will print

-1.50 coupon

8.48 - 5ecbs so like 3.48 ( not to bad after u look at it like that 1.74 each )

I also bought a 20 oz coke my exuse was I had a 25% off coupon that was for non sale items (but I think it took off for my sale items bc I took offf -1.82 and my coke was 1.79 ( I know hight but it is cvs and it did become free :)

I did use 3 ecb too

total was 10.47 ( im not breaking it down anymore I already confused my self hahah )

and I got back in total 7 ecbs

so if u want to break it down that way 3.47

and I saved 11.33 not including my ecbs i have for next week

so next week I have my 9.99 ecbs I got from the pads yesterday plus the 7 ecbs I got from today

for a small trip I made this complicated but it was just bc I added the coke :) but it was free :)