CVS 7/31/11

well, I had a great plan this morning for CVS.  I finally got one of those $5/25 coupons and I had a great scenario: buy 1 gillette fushion razor, 1 of the bic solei shimmer razors, 2 revlon lipglosses, use the $5/25, $4 gillette MQ, $3 bic MQ, (2)$1/1 revlon MQs, $3 off $10 beauty purchase CVS Q
$27.56 - 17 in Q's, $6 ECB, pay $4.56, get $14 ECB back.

Instead I ended up doing:
Transaction 1- 1 gillette fushion razor- $9.99, used $4 MQ & 4 ECB, paid $2.11, got 5 ECB back
Transaction 2- 2 revlon lipsticks- (2)$5.79, used (2)$1.1 MQ & $3 off $10 beauty CVS Q, 5 ECB, paid $0 OOP, got 6 ECB back

Total spent- $2.11, total saved- $25.38

So far to date on my CVS challenge:
Purex laundry detergent
Purex laundry detergent
Purex laundry detergent
Revlon nail polish
Revlon nail polish
Revlon nail polish
Total OOP = $1.47, $18.53 remaining on gift card

Twix bar

Dove chocolate bar
Crest toothpaste
Crest toothpaste
Preparation H wipes
3 pack of ivory soap
3 pack of ivory soap
Total OOP = $1, $17.83 remaining on gift card

oral-b pulsar toothbrush
oral-b pulsar toothbrush
crest pro health mouthwash
crest pro health mouthwash
colgate toothpaste
colgate toothpaste
huggies jumbo pack
dawn dish liquid soap

Total OOP= $0.91, $16.92 remaining on gift card

zyrtec, 5 count
motrin PM, 20 count
motrin PM, 20 count
bayer advanced, 20 count
speical dark hershey pieces
york peppermint pieces
Total OOP = $1.49, $15.83 remaining on gift card
 
dove men's deodorant
dove men's deodorant
dove men's deodorant
single serve cheerios
colgate max clean toothpaste
colgate max clean toothpaste
hershey bliss dark chocolate candy
huggies natural care wipes
Total OOP = $0.00, $15.83 remaining on gift card

Brilliant Tampons

Single serve Pringles
Pantene Shampoo
Pantene Shampoo
Huggies Jumbo pack
Huggies Jumbo pack
Total OOP = $0.19, $15.17 remaining on gift card                      
 
Tampax Tampons
Oral-b toothbrush
Oral-b toothbrush
REACH toothbrush
2 liter diet coke
2 liter diet coke
Total OOP = $2.48, $12.69 remaining on gift card
 
2 oral-b toothbrushes
Cover girl lip gloss
Cover girl mascara
Total OOP = $5.15, $7.54 remaining on gift card

1 wallet-size Kleenex travel pack

1 crest pro-health toothpaste
1 oral-b satin floss
Total OOP = $0, $7.54 remaining on gift card
 
1 gillette fusion razor
1 revlon lipstick
1 revlon lip gloss
Total OOP = $2.11, $5.43 remaining on gift card

coupons....so sad

Lately the coupons have just been blah.  Soooo sad.  I'm hoping we aren't seeing the end of couponing.  If you're just starting out, you may get burnt out quickly since it's been so slow, but hang in there!  I'm hoping August and back to school will encourage the companies to issue some better coupons, but the last couple weeks have been AWFUL!!!  Grocery prices are going up, up, up and I know we could all stand to save a little more.  Good luck in your adventure and if I see any stellar deals I'll be sure to post!  Nothing too exciting for me in the grocery store this week, but we're trying to manage.

CVS 7/17 and 7/24 week

CVS 7/3- this is to recap my beach week-
3 oral-b battery operated toothbrushes
(2) 2 liter diet cokes
1 tampax pearl

Used (2)$3/1 MQ, $2 MQ, $1 MQ, 6 ECB, OOP- $2.48, got ECB's back....can't remember how many because I shopped for 7/17

CVS- 7/17
2 oral-b manual toothbrushes
1 covergirl lipstick
1 covergirl mascara

used $2/2 MQ, $5/2 MQ, 8 ECB, paid $5.15, got 7 ECB back and I have $7.54 left on my gift card

CVS- 7/24 plan
2 prohealth toothpaste (2)$1/1 ea, $4 ECB, pay $0, get $4 ECB (i may get 1 floss, 1 toothbrush, that would be $0.25 OOP)

Catching up....

Well, I was at the beach for 4th of July week!!  yay for vacation, so I'm behind, but I have a cute pic to show for it:

So...anyways, while at the beach, I did make a quick CVS run.  It wasn't as fabulous as I'd like b/c I had to get some 2 liter drinks, but it wasn't terrible.  I got 1 box of tampons, 3 toothbrushes, and (2)2 liter drinks and paid $2 and change.  I wish I remembered exactly, but I can't find the receipt.  When I get back again, I'll be able to figure out where I am on my $20 GC challenge.  I figure I have about $13 remaining.

Target has some great specials going on regarding school supplies.  I was able to get 4 sharpie markers and 2 packages of pens for $0.02.  I threw in some crayons (I'm a teacher at heart & just love school supply time) for my DS and am contemplating getting more in case I want to use some for gift bags later on in the year.  Rose Art were only $0.20 and since he's 2, those will do just great.  They had crayola for $0.40, but I'm pretty sure Wal-Mart marks them down to $0.25 at some point, so I'd hold out if you want crayolas. 

Not much new to report on.  Had a blast at the beach with family & friends and now back to the grind.  Going to check out my grocery ads for the week & scan CVS.  Hoping next week's ad has more to offer than this past one...it was B-O-R-I-N-G!

~chow~