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Sunday, August 1, 2010

Goodbye July, Hello August!

CVS trip . . .

2 gallons of milk, rasor, toothpaste, altoids
Spent: $3.42, plus $6.99 ecb from previous week
Saved: $23.39, plus got $10 ecb back, and coupon for a free milk

Milk - sale $2.99, get $1 ecb back
Colgate, sale $2.99, get $2 ecb back
    $1 off coupon from paper
     makes it FREE with ecb
Gillette Rasor - sale $9.79, get $5 ecb
    $4 coupon from paper
    makes it $0.79 with ecb
Altoids - $1.49, get $1 ecb back (needed a few more cents to add to my total so I could use . . )
        $4 off $20 purchase (sign up your email and cvs card number at cvs.com/email)
        $6.99 ecb from previous weeks
        Total: $3.42, plus got back $10ecb, and milk coupon (not sure how I got that). Counting the milk coupon, but not my previous week's ecb, that's a profit of about $3!

Walgreens . . .
2 contact solution bottles, washable markers, 2 notebooks, 2 bottles of Alive multivitamins, 10pk pencils, visine, 2 boxes of crayons, & pk of highlighters
Total: $8.33
Saved: $53.85, plus got back $11 RR and a $3 rebate form
That's almost $6 more than I paid!

First Transaction:
   1 Contact Solution - $7.99, get $7.99 rr
       $2 off printable coupon (can't find where I got it)
   1 box Crayons - $1, get $1rr
   Visine - $3.99
       $1 off coupon from paper or printable
      $2 off coupon from Walgreen coupon book (in store)
      $2 off coupon from Walgreen ad from today
Total for all: paid $6.47, got back $9rr

2nd Transaction
    Alive Vitamins - $10, get $10 back
         $1 off printable coupon
    2 notebooks - $0.29 each
   Used my $9rr from first transaction
Total: paid $.58, got $10RR

3rd Transaction
   Contact Solution - $7.99, get $7.99 rr
        used another $2 printable coupon
   Crayons - $1, get $1 rr
   Crayola Washable Markers - $3, get $3 rebate printout
   Pencils - $.09
   Used $10rr from 2nd transaction
 Total: paid $.09, got $9rr, $3 rebate printout

4th Transaction
   Alive Vitamins - $10, get $10 back

      $1 off printable coupon
   Highlighters - $0.19
   used $8rr from first transaction (kept $1rr)
Total: paid $1.19, got $10 rr

So if you add up my deals for today
    Spent: $11.75, Saved: $77.34, that's 87% savings PLUS
    Got back: $11rr, $10 ecb, plus $3 rebate, and a free milk coupon
   

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