Still Shopping, just slowly updating and looking for bread

Time runs away from my when my life become 'unstructured.' I've always needed a regular schedule to get the most of of my time. As I no longer work two jobs my shifts at CVS have less structure then before. So I find myself either with too little time or far too much and I want to spend less time on the computer. I should make a weekly schedule for myself. I keep thinking one of those weekly dry eraser boards would work out well right at where my computer sits.

I'm still shopping for my free items at CVS. I love this buy 3 Hallmark get $3 EB. It's nice to go back and look for some $.99 cards for free to set them aside for later. I also picked up on the awesome Aveeno Lotion deal. (It was buy two get $7 EB) At the start of the week the trail size were not included. In the middle of the week the started issuing the EB. Of coarse I had to try it out to see if it worked. ^_~ I'll be using those EB for the upcoming Black Friday sales.

I really want to get back into couponing more. As I am trying to eat more unprocessed foods it becomes more expensive for me. Take bread for example. Before I would buy any whole wheat bread I liked. Has anyone actually bothered to read all the ingredients on bread? The following is the list from my Organic 14 Grain Bread. (I would expect maybe 20 things to be listed because of there being 14 grains, but it's so much more.)


Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Organic Gain Blend (Steel Cut Wheat, Steel Cut Oats, Cracked Tritcale, Cracked Barley, Yellow Corn Meal, Cracked Rye, Spelt Flakes, Kamut Flakes, Sunflower Seed, Bulgur Wheat, Cracked Rice, Quinoa, Millet, Amarath) Organic Sugar, Organic Wheat gluten, Contains 2% or less of the following: Yeast, Salt, Organic Soybean Oil, Organic Honey, Organic Vinegar, Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Malt Extract, Cultured Organic Wheat Flour, Calcium Sulfate, Sea Salt, Ascorbic Acid (Dough Conditioner), Enzymes, Potato Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Corn Starch


33 ingredients. *blink, blink* So much for simple. Just what the heck is Microcrystalline Cellulose anyway? (A quick search reveals: wood pulp. I've been eating wood?!) I've looked high and low in several grocery stores to find some kind of bread with less than 10 ingredients. I had given up on finding something without having to travel 50+ miles or make it myself and settled on the above bread choice. While visiting my mom we went to the grocery store that carries more 'exotic' (read larger ethnic food section from many parts of the globe) items. Lo and be hold! I found a bread! It's 5 ingredients! It has no sugar! (A little honey instead.) It's organic! How much does it cost? $4.69 a loaf. OUCH!

Don't mind the water drops. I freeze my bread to make it last longer.

Right now my bread cost me $3.39 a loaf. That's relatively comparable to most conventional whole wheat bread in the store with the exception of perhaps the generic. (About $2 or so.) I really want to be buy this bread I've just found. How on earth am I going to afford it? Is it really worth the extra $1.30? I think it is. I'll just have to careful about how much bread I eat.

CVS - Part II!

I actually bought these on Monday, but Tuesday morning I woke up really sick. Fevers are a funny thing. I started feeling better by Thursday, just not up to doing much. I thought I would get in a post, but my computer will not read my XD card. WHAT? It's slowly dieing . . . My CD drive died about a year ago, the sound died a month ago and now my SD/XD reader died. Currently my computer is telling me it's Jan 1st 2007?!

Crud. I need a new one.

So now I finally have my laptop up and running and got my picture onto it via my boyfriends computer and am not sick. So on with the trip!

2 Colgate Optic White @ $2.45 each = $4.90
Renu Sensitive $8.99
Soft Soap Body Wash $3.00
Soft Soap Bar Soap $3.00
Total Before Coupons: $19.89

2 $1.50/1 Colgate Optic White (from a Smart Source)
2 $1/1 Colgate Optic White CVS (my boss said it's a store coupon, so there it goes)
$2/1 Renu Sensitive
$1/1 Soft Soap Body Wash
$1/1 Soft Soap Bar Soap
Total After Coupons: $10.89 (I can't find my receipts for the tax)

Received:
$2.00 EB Colgate Optic White (manual print, 2 offers, limit 2)
$7.00 EB Renu Sensitive
$4.00 EB Soft Soap
Net: $2.11 profit! Love my CVS!

CVS - It's been too long . . .

Mostly summer clearance and the St Joseph's baby aspirin that was free after EB.

While I haven't stopped shopping at CVS (I work there after all), I have stopped posting all my trips. Now that I am no longer employed at my part time job (see here) perhaps I will have time and energy to actually get around to posting more regularly. Seems like it's good timing with some good weeks not to long past.

This is from two weeks ago. The Fig Newton Fruit thins were a nice freebie. I really wanted to try these since I've seen them out, but didn't want to pay for them. They also don't exactly fall into my 'less processed' food plans. (See here.) I think I may have some rules for myself soon, but I'm still toying around with a few ideas. I was lucky to get this as about 1/2 through the week or so the coupon stopped printing. I think it was underestimated how many stores got and people ran out quick.

Free tampons, free allergy 5ct (this kind actually worked for Sweetheart!) and a bottle of vanilla (because mine 'home made' hasn't matured yet in it's flavor) for 75% off wraps up the week. Oh! The Reese's are a favorite of Sweethearts and he had a birthday not long before that so I got them as a special treat. I nabbed a bag for $1! (Sale $2, and a $1/1 10-20oz bag from the coupon center.)

I still have two or three items to get this week. I would wait to post, but I don't want to procrastinate because that's what got me off track from posting in the first place. (Hoping for toothpaste, contact solution & body wash.)

3 Dawn Dish soap @ $.99 each = $2.97 (raincheck)
2 Excedrin Migraine 8ct @ $.99 each = $1.98 (I gave these to a friend last night. ^_^)
Thermacare 1ct $3.79
Schick Quattro for Women Cartridges 4ct $8.99
Total Before Coupons: $17.73

3 $1/1 Dawn Dish Soap (Hand Renewal Only), adjusted down to $2.97
$5/1 Schick Quattro for Women Razor or Cartridges (Coupons.com, no longer available)
Total After Coupons: $9.76 + $.12 tax

Received:
$1.98 EB Excedrin (limit 2)
$3.79 EB Thermacare
$4.00 EB Schick Quattro for Women
Net: $.11 cost (so basically a little bit of tax!)

CVS - Freebies!

It's a good week to stop by CVS and scan your card. Most individuals are getting coupons for free Caramello bars and CVS band aids. Some even luckier people are also getting the the free Carefree! (Although from what I've seen on the boards, it's not an entirely new coupon. Just taking it's good old time getting to everyone.) My store ran out of the Caramello bars on Sunday, so we started subbing any regular sized Hershey Bar. Also out of the specified CVS band-aids, so we are subbing any CVS band-aid up to the listed value on the coupon. We're going to run out of those by tomorrow I think. Then what? Wish we had been told what the items would be before Sunday . . .

Jack Links Jerky $3.50
Caramello $1.19
5 G Fit 02 @ $1.00 each = $5.00
2 Ghirardelli bars @ $.92 each = $1.84 (75% clearance)
Care Free 20ct $1.67
CVS Band-Aid $3.79
Total Before Coupons: $16.99

$1.19 Free Caramello Bar
$4.29 Free CVS Band-Aids (scanned at full value on Sunday, now it asks the cashier for a price.)
$1.87 Free Care Free 20ct (again scans at full value)
Total After Coupons: $9.64

Received:
$5 EB G Fit 02
Net: $4.64 (Not bad for Jerky & chocolate!)

Will I do another trip this week? Maybe, because on Saturday I ran short of time and couldn't pack dinner. I ended up buying some jerky & Starbucks for my meal. (Not that healthy. A bit expensive, but I had EB to burn.) I currently have $9 towards the gas rewards. I'm debating about buying up some TP to finish it off. It's time to check the stash.

CVS - Lots of Sales!

By the end of the day Sunday we had been cleaned out of almost all the really hot deals. My store doesn't normally see so many couponers in one day. I was sort of shocked! Luckily we got more items in on delivery so I could finally buy my deals. (I didn't forget my coupons this week!)

*Please note I did this in multiple transactions, but to simplify things I have it listed as one.

Bengay $6.29
Skintimate $2.19
Oral-B Floss $2.99
Renu Sensitive $7.89
2 Schick Quatro Disposable 3ct @ $9.79 each = $19.58
3 Soft Soap Foam @ $2.00 each = $6.00
U by Kotex Liners $3.49
Total Before Coupons: $45.44

$5/1 any one Bengay
$1.50/1 Skintimate Cream Shave (not shave cream . . . so close)
$1/1 Oral-B Floss
$2/1 Renu Sensitive (signed up at the manufacture web site)
$9.79 BOGO Schick Disposable
$2/1 Schick Disposable CVS coupon (From cvs.com)
2 $1/1 Soft Soap Foam (I'm out of ink, so I couldn't do three)
$1/1 U Kotex Liners
Total After Coupons: $21.15 + $.22 tax

Received:
$2 EB Bengay
$10 EB wyb $20 of selected products (Skintimate & Schick)
$6 EB Renu Sensitive
$3 EB wyb 3 selected soft soap items
$2 EB Kotex U
Net: $1.63 profit! (Good trip!)

CVS - Two Days To Spare

It's Friday and I finally made my purchases yesterday. I need to work on not being so forgetful. I'm happy to say I was able to get the small Gillette Shaving Cream. Not much else this week. The tea I needed for a raincheck came in. ^_^ I'm actually buying it for a friend for when he comes over to dinner.

Gillette Fusion Shave Gel $2.27
4 Nestle Diet Green Tea @ $1.25 = $5.00 (raincheck!)
2 Oral-B Tooth Brushes @ $1.99 each = $3.98
Total Before Coupons: $11.25

$1/1 Gillette Fusion Shave Gel/Cream
2 $1.25 Nestle Tea Free Coupons
$1.25 BOGO Nestle Tea
$2/2 Oral-B Indicator
Total After Coupons: $4.50

Received:
$2 EB Gillette Fustion
$1 EB wyb 4 Nestle Tea 20oz
$2 Oral-B (two offers)
Net: $.50 profit!

CVS

This was from last week's sales. I keep forgetting to bring my coupons to work with me so I haven't made any purchases for this week yet. I grabbed these on Saturday night quick. I feel so strange working a Saturday night, but it was a nice change of pace. I usually enjoy putting up signs. I just don't feel like I'm very quick at them.

Dove Body Wash $5.99
Red Vines $1.00
Total Before Coupons: $6.99

$2/1 Dove Body Wash CVS Coupon Machine
$1/1 Dove Body Wash MQ
$.75/1 Red Vines 5.x oz CVS Coupon Machine (I'll try it for a quarter.)
Total After Coupons: $3.24 + $.18 tax

Received:
$2 EB Dove Body Wash
Net: $1.42

It's hectic at work again. My one co-worker is out on leave. My boss and I have no idea for how long. I have a feeling I might be putting in a few hours of overtime again. Everyone is taking vacations at the moment so the help is harder to come by. My boss and I have vacation time coming up soon too. I hope we can use it. On the brighter side I got to use the bento box again. Not my blue one, the pieces from the other set fit into the bag.

CVS - Catch Up Time

It's time I caught myself up on my CVS trips. It's difficult to believe I haven't posted a clear cut trip in about two weeks. I don't have photos of everything mostly due to the fact I don't feel like dragging everything out. I did manage to get photos of some items.

Remember the Dove deal at the end of June/beginning of July? I went a little wild on the men's care items. I had a raincheck from when the deodorant was on sale for $.99. What a deal! Now if only I had realized that it would leave me $1.05 short of the EB I would have only got four for $.99 instead of five. I got a raincheck for the body wash at $3.00 so I could finish off the deal.

Transaction 1:
5 Dove Men's Deodorant @ $.99 each = $4.95
Dove Men's Deodorant $3.00
2 Dove Men's Body Wash @ $3.00 each = $6.00
Nexxus $3.24 (clearance!)
Pringles $1.00
Total Before Coupons: $18.19

3 $2/1 Dove Men's Deodorant
$3 off BOGO Dove Men's Body Wash
$3/1 Nexxus (coupon from a mail sample a while back)
$1/1 Pringles to Go CVS Coupon Machine
Total After Coupons: $5.19

No EB

Net: $5.19 cost

Transaction 2:
2 Dove Men's Body Wash @ $3.00 each = $6.00
Total Before Coupons: $6.00

$3 off BOGO Dove Men's Body Wash
Total After Coupons: $3.00

Received:
$5 EB wyb $15 of selected Dove products
Net: $2.00 profit

Grand Net: $5.19 cost + $2.00 profit = $3.19 cost

Last week I was excited for the Always Infinity deal. $.99 for the small box is an awesome price! I only wish the limit had been higher. I miss those days when limits were typically two. Ah well, take what you can get. Also got a bunch of 2 liters of Coke for $.69! Sweetheart loves this stuff. (The coke isn't included in the transactions below.)

Always Infinity $3.99
2 Oral-B Toothbrush @ $3.00 each = $6.00
Total Before Coupons: $9.99

$1/1 Always Infinity
$3 off BOGO Oral-B
$2/1 Oral-B
Total After Coupons: $3.99

Received:
$2 EB Always Infinity
$2 EB Oral-B (2 deals)
Net: $.01 profit/Free

I was happy to see the one Christophe shampoo marked down to 75% off. I saw on the boards that it went down at other stores about a week ago, but my store finally caught up. There are some coupons on a 'blade' in the aisle of $2/1 full sized product. (A 'blade' is a piece of cardboard that sticks out from the shelving with some kind of advertising or label for a section. Some of these will have coupons.) The conditioner also went down, but the coupons are limit one per customer.

The other clearance item were these black bags. I only found out about it because a customer bought one and it rang up at $.25. That's 90% off?! The customer was surprised, but didn't say anything about it. I went back to our hallmark section and checked it at the scanner. Sure enough it was 90% off. I tried a smaller size and then a different color in the same size and they were all regular price. Hmm . . . So I bought all that we had. Thinking about it I bet someone made the mistake and included these in the Father's Day & Graduation clearance. Yesterday was the last day for those. How lucky is that? ^_^

Balance Bar $1.69
7 Black Hallmark Bags @ $.25 each = $1.75 (90% off)
Christophe Shampoo $2.07 (75% clearance)
Total Before Coupons: $5.51

$2/1 Christophe Shampoo
Total After Coupons: $3.51

Received:
$1.69 EB Balance bar
Net: $1.82 cost (worth those bags!)

As a parting note, what does everyone think of the new look of the EB? I'm not so sure I like it. I feel like we use enough paper already . . . I suppose the corp isn't happy with the EB redemption rate with most customers. Sorry about the fuzziness.

Monday Madness - Catch Up Time

It's been a busy week and it's time to catch up with all the shopping I've managed to get in. This week looks as if will also get crammed together. I'm so hoping I can keep on top of things better. *fingers crossed*

Sometimes I hate grocery shopping. I love actually going to the store and picking out what I'll be eating. I love being able to choose organic versions of items when possible. (See the Nature's Promise Ketchup?) What I hate is when I get to the checkout. I think I managed to get some good deals (pasta on sale for $1 and a $1/1 coupon = free!), but things add up quickly. For the money I spend I feel as if I don't get a whole lot. I do the best that I can. I could certainly do worse.

Total Price of Merchandise: $43.95
Sales Savings: $6.35
Coupons: $5.50
Coupon Double: $.50
Total Spent: $31.60

Occasionally I'm asked by my parents to pick up some things. I would like more time to go shopping for them, but often I get asked to pick up things only two or three days before I see them. As I only get a chance to visit about every two or three weeks my next visit is when I need to bring the requested items. I didn't do too badly. $47.97 CVS retail price for $25.53 between the sales, my discount & coupons. Not bad for last minute shopping. (This trip was done on June 18th.)

My own CVS shopping was done late this past week. Things just kept slipping my mind. I better not that happen this week. I'm hoping to get in on the Dove deal! (See here.) I also treated myself to the nail polish pictured here. I love the sparkle it has. I got $5 EB Beauty Club reward and wanted to splurge a little. $7.89 for that one bottle! Ah well, I really love the color. Short and simple summary for this trip.

Total Price of Merchandise: $29.76 (Not pictured 3 more Honest Teas)
Sales Savings: $5.90
Coupons: $2.00
Extra Bucks Received: $17.48 (I included the Beauty Rewards even though I actually spent it.)
Net: $4.38, not bad

Last, but not least was a trip to Old Navy. Last year they did a spectacular special on camis for $2. This year it was on tanks. I'm lucky I was able to get in about 15 minutes after they opened. It was busy! I could have gotten 10 total, but only ended up with 9. I actually made a deal with a friend that I would buy 5 for me and 5 for her. She would then go in and do the same if there was anything left. She managed to find me 4 and only one for herself. We swapped tanks and the difference in cash. I love how it turned out, some for me and some for her. ^_^

CVS - Two Trips

This past weekend was a busy weekend at CVS. Customers were coming in with 20%, 25% or even 30% coupons. (I think I saw at least one 30%) This generally means the employees get a special discount weekend as well. 30%! So if it's not on sale and I have a coupons to get it free . . . MM! It made for awesome drink trip on Sunday. Normally I don't show my discount, but I wouldn't have got such a great deal without it otherwise.

2 Coke 2L 2 $.79 each = $1.68 (Not advertised. On sale for the next two weeks for $.79 Regional?)
Coke 20oz $1.89
2 Diet Coke 20 oz @ $1.89 each = $3.78
Sprite 20oz $1.89
2 Diet Lipton Tea @ $1.79 = $3.58
Total Before Coupons: $12.72

$3.36 Discount!
$1.69 Free Coke My Coke Rewards (Max value $1.69)
2 $1/1 Diet Coke 16oz or 20oz (IP no longer available)
$1.69 Free Sprite My Coke Rewards (Max value $1.69)
2 $1.79 Free Lipton Tea (Facebook offer)
Total After Coupons: $.40 + $.09 tax (that tax is off, but that's okay)

Received:
$1 EB Green Bag Tag
Net: $.51 profit

I wish there had been more time for me to do my next transaction. I wanted to really roll the EB, but it was so busy! I felt lucky to even get it done. I'm happy I got these first thing in the week, because we ran out of everything except the raisers & eye lashes.

Bayer Advance 20ct $3.00
Hydro 5 Razor $8.00
Hydro 5 Blades 4ct $8.79
2 Motrin PM 20ct @ $4.00 each = $8.00
2 Kiss Eye Lashes @ $3.99 each = $7.98
Zyrtec 5ct $5.99
Total Before Coupons: $31.76

$2/1 Bayer Advance
$2/1 Any Bayer Product CVS coupon machine
$4/1 Hydro Razor
$2/1 Hydro Blades
2 $1/1 Motrin PM
2 $2/1 Kiss Eyelash (IP on manufacture website)
$3/1 Zyrtec (Coupon from a pamphlet)
$3 off $10 purchase First Aid (If it goes in a first aid kit, it counts.)
Total After Coupon: $19.76 + $.31 tax (used $8.50 EB)

Received:
$1 EB Bayer
$4 EB Hydro Razor
$4 EB Hydro Blades
$6 EB Motrin ($3 for each one)
$5 EB Kiss Eyelash
$5.99 EB Zyrtec
Net: $5.92 profit!

Love getting 'paid' to take things. ^_^

CVS

I was done with this earlier in the week purchased over two days. (picked up extra hours this week!) It's a good week to stock up on oral care. I actually have plenty, but it makes for a great donation item. I need to go through my stash and trim back again. Also need to grab a box from work so I can pack it up I decide to donate.

Transaction 1:
2 Excedrin Extra Strength 8ct @ $.99 each = $1.98
Honest Tea $1.00
Total Before Coupons: $2.98

$.50/1 Honest Tea
Total After Coupons: $2.48 (used $2 EB)

Received:
$1.98 EB Excedrin
Net: $.50 cost

Transaction 2:
Crest Pro Health Rinse $4.50
Colgate 360 $2.79
Oral-B Pulsar $6.00
Total Before Coupons: $13.29

$2/1 Crest Rinse
$1/1 Colgate 360 (All You, I forget which issue)
$3/1 Oral-B Battery Toothbrush
Total After Coupons: $7.29 (used $6.98 EB)

Received:
$2.50 EB Crest Rinse
$2.00 EB Colgate 360
$3.00 EB Oral-B Pulsar
Net: $.21 profit

Transaction 3:
Crest Pro Health Rinse $4.50
Colgate Max Foam $2.79
Honest Tea $1.00
Oral-B Pulsar $6.00
Total Before Coupons: $14.29

$2/1 Crest Rinse
$1/1 Colgate
$.50/1 Honest Tea
$3/1 Oral-B Battery Toothbrush
Total After Coupons: $7.79 (used $7.50 EB)

Received:
$2.50 EB Crest Rinse
$2.00 EB Colgate Max Foam
$3.00 EB Oral-B Pulsar
Net: $.29 cost

Transaction 4:
3 Honest Tea @ $1.00 each = $3.00 (not pictured)
Seattle's Best Coffee $1.49 (Got it to try. I wasn't lucky enough to get the coupon.)
Total Before Coupons: $4.49

3 $.50/1 Honest Tea (my last ones!)
Total After Coupons: $1.99 (Forgot to use any EB!)

Received:
$2.00 EB wyb 5 selected drinks for $5
Net: $.01 profit

Grand Net: $.50 cost + $.21 profit + $.29 cost + $.01 profit = $.48 cost! Nice!

CVS

I had a very good trip this week. Our store's clearance end cap got marked to 90% off! I've been meaning to buy up some cotton balls, but haven't seen any good deals. These were the trail size ones that we'll no longer be carrying. Yippie for me! Spotted two flavors of Chips Ahoy! 75% off making them $.94 a pack. Also exciting this week is the Planters BOGO free deal, part of the gas rewards. (I've been packing these up along with some raisins as a healthy snack.) I purchased this on Saturday night, so some of it is part of last week's deals.

Aqua Fresh Kids Toothbrush $1.00 (raincheck)
2 Chips Ahoy! @ $.94 each = $1.88
2 Coke 2-Litters @ $.99 each = $1.98 (one not pictured)
5 CVS Cotton Balls 25ct @ $.09 each = $.45
4 CVS Cotton Squares 20ct @ $.09 each = $.36
CVS Facial Cleansing Tissue $1.49
CVS Green Bag Tag $.99
Essence of Beauty Jumbo Wedge 4 ct $.09
Honest Tea $1.00 (we only had one green tea in stock *sad face*)
Popcorn Indiana $2.50
Pringles Pizza Flavor $1.34
Pringles Regular $1.33
Stirde Gum $.99
Planters South Beach $7.49
Planters South Beach FREE (BOGO Free)
Total Before Coupons: $22.89

$1/1 Aquafresh Kids Toothbrush
$2 off wyb 2 Coke 2 liters & 2 Pringles
$1.50/1 CVS Facial Cleansing Tissue (CVS Coupon Center a while back)
$.99/1 Green Bag Tag (CVS Coupon Center, last week)
$.50/1 Honest Tea 16.9oz (Tear pad on cooler door. It was there for 3 days & then gone!)
$1/1 Popcorn Indiana (CVS Coupon Center, last week)
Total After Coupons: $15.90 +$.19 tax (used $10 EB)

Received:
$.99 EB Stride
$1.00 Green Bag Tag
Net: $14.90 cost (Higher than normal, but I'll work with it)

Today after I got done with work I headed to another CVS because we didn't have any more of the South Beach diet verity of Planters. I'm hoping to finish it off for a $10 gas card once our truck comes in on Friday. I also wanted to use up the raincheck on the Aqua Fresh Toothbrush as the coupons expire on Tuesday.

3 Aqua Fresh Kids Toothbrush $1.00 each = $3.00
2 Planters South Beach @ $7.49 = $14.98
Planters South Beach FREE (BOGO Free)
Planters Energy Mix FREE (BOGO Free)
Total Before Coupons: $17.98 (forgot my EB)

3 $1/1 Aqua Fresh Kids Toothbrush
Total After Coupons: $14.98

Net: $14.98

Grand Net: $14.98 + $14.90 = $29.88

Geez! That's a lot of money from me all in one week. The nuts count towards my grocery budget as does the coke, pringles & popcorn. The rest is from my free money. Luckily I haven't been buying as much in the past week and I got in some rebates for some food products. That'll help my grocery budget.

CVS - Nail Polish Free!

This week is free nail polish at CVS! I don't wear a lot of cosmetics. There are a few things that I go for such as nail polish. I hate having it on my hands, but love it on my toes. Huh? I'm just weird. Some of these colors will be given away to friends or to Mutti. She requested the clear one. Any who . . . On with the trip!

Transaction 1:
2 Revlon Nail Polish @ $4.99 = $9.98
Total Before Coupons: $9.98

$2/1 Revlon Cosmetic
$1/1 Revlon Nail Polish
Total After Coupons: $6.98 + $.06 tax (used $6 EB)

Received:
$8 EB Revlon Nail Polish (two offers)

Net: $.96 profit

Transaction 2 & 3:
2 Revlon Nail Polish @ $4.99 = $9.98
Total Before Coupons: $9.98

2 $1/1 Revlon Nail Polish
Total After Coupons: $7.98 (used $8 EB)

Received:
$8 EB Revlon Nail Polish (two offers)

Net: FREE

Bonus: $5 EB Beauty Club! From buying Nail Polish!

Transaction 4:
Always Infinity $7.99
Crystal Lite single pack $.50
2 Hellman's Mayo $3.00 each = $6.00
2 Reese's Mini's $1.87 each = $3.74
Reese's Mini FREE (Buy 2 get 1 Free)
3 Skippy @ 3/$5 = $5
Total Before Coupons: $23.23

$1/1 Always Pads
$1/1 Always Infinity CVS Coupon Machine
$1/1 Any Crystal Lite CVS Coupon Machine
2 $1/1 Hellman's Mayo (IP a while back, no long available)
$1.87 Reese's Mini Free CVS Employee (Coupon addressed CVS crew members)
Total After Coupons: $17.36 (paid with $5 EB & $8 EB)

*Dear Skippy. I love your peanut butter. Where are my coupons? I haven't seen them in ages!*

Received:
$3 EB Always Infinity
$3 EB wyb $10 of selected Unilever products.
Net: $11.36 cost

Grand Net: $.96 profit + Free + Free + $5.00 profit (bonus EB) + $11.36 cost = $5.40 cost.

CVS - Candy!

Not much of interested for me this week. I did however plan on getting M&Ms for my candy 'jar'. My 'jar' is actually one of gum ball machines. It's great because when I'm feeling the need for some candy I turn the handle once maybe twice and walk away. I don't tear through bags of candy any more. The Coupon Center gave me a $3 off $15 grocery purchase and a $2/1 Hershey's Reese's Mini's or Drops. Sold!

2 Hershey's Reese's Minis 8oz @ $3.00 each = $6.00
4 M&M Bags (Medium size) @ $2.50 each = $10.00
Total Before Coupons: $16.00

$3 off $15 grocery purchase (CVS coupon)
$2/1 Hershey's Reese's Minis or Drops (CVS Coupon Machine)
$2/2 Hershey's Reese's Minis or Drops
Total After Coupons: $9.00 (used $7 EB + $2.00 cash)

Received:
$3 EB wyb $10 of select Candy
Net: $6.00 (about $1.00 for each bag of candy!)

CVS posting

Ah, finally a chance to get to my weekly shopping trip. I haven't stopped at Rite Aid at all this week mostly because of time, partly because I haven't been as interested in the deals. I feel like I'm lagging behind. Gerr . . . I need to pop over there at some point this week or waste my +up rewards.

CVS has had some at least okay deals for me. Again for simplicity I'll just summarize everything up. I need to start cooking dinner and would also like to cook up some things in advance. (Part of that 'increasing' grocery budget.)

CVS Trip Summary
Merchandise Sales Total: $40.32*
Coupons/Discount: $31.71
Tax: $.04
EB used: $6.54
Total Out Of Pocket: $2.11
EB Received: $7.00
Net: $1.65 cost

*Ivory Soap was a raincheck for $.99. Even though we restocked on Friday I didn't buy them until this week.

Oral Care is Free

At least it should be. With all the deals you can get on toothbrushes & toothpaste at the drugstores I really don't think anyone should be paying for oral care items. (The densist is another story.) I'm always surprised when I ring up customers when they just hand me $3-$4 for a tube of toothpaste. Sometimes I want to point out the free after EB specials we run often enough for the same kind in a slightly smaller tube. That's not what people want, so I just smile and take the cash to put in the register. This is what retailers and manufactures want people to do. Ah well.

As always I'm running behind. It seems unless I have a short day on Monday (or have the day off) I don't get around to posting until much latter in the week. I suppose it has to do with the fact I usually end up working at both jobs Tuesday through Thursday.

I'll just do a summary today. If I like this format I'll keep it. It gets tiresome to put in every single coupon I used. It's not as if I do the coupon match ups. I do like see the exact coupons others used and sort of assume they would like the same. Another day. I need to get ready for work.

CVS Summary:
Mechandise Sales Total: $22.55
Coupons/Discount: $9.30
Tax: $.79
EB used: $7.99
Total Out Of Pocket: $8.50
EB recieved: $5.54
Net: $10.95 cost (Those plastice cups were $5 each!)

Rite Aid Summary
Merchandise Sales Total: $12.96 ($1 donation)
Coupons/Discount: $6.00
+Ups Used: $5.76
Total Out Of Pocket: $1.20
Tax: $0.00
Recieved: $8 +up
Net: $1.04 profit

CVS - Honest Tea & Blink

Small trip at CVS this week. I'm very happy that I was able to get 4 FREE Honest Tea. I love that stuff so much! Imagine my surprise when I told our coke rep I couldn't wait for our delivery of Honest Tea. He told me I was the only one. I suppose everyone has their preference, but no one? Maybe the stores don't like getting it in because it use to come from the warehouse and have a relatively short expiration date? Matters not, more for me! ^_^

Blink Tears $7.99
4 Honest Tea 2 $.99 each = $3.96
Godiva Gems White Chocolate $2.49 (clearance, the apple caramel is also clearance)
Total Before Coupons: $14.44

$4/1 Blink Tears (Peelie! I felt very lucky to have found it.)
2 $.99/1 BOGO Honest Tea
2 $.99/1 Honest Tea (Adjusted down from $1)
$1/1 Godiva Gems CVS Coupon Center
Total After Coupons: $5.48

Received:
$7.99 EB Blink
Net: $2.51 profit!

CVS - Last week

Passover/Easter dinner. Makes dinner interesting.

Busy week/weekend. I got the chance to enjoy some time with my parents and latter my Sweetheart's parents this weekend. Just a good time to relax. I'm happy to say with the holiday I'm able to take an extra day off this week from CVS. Yippee! I could have used the extra to pay for student loans, but I'm just so tired of working. (Even though I got a short 'vacation' right before this. It was only one day worth!)

Any who . . . On ward with the shopping! My mom asked for some Godiva Chocolate. She said she saw it on sale at CVS. Alas I think she got her weeks confused. Matters not as one of her favorites was on clearance for 75% off! With $1/2 coupons from the papers I was happy to buy up all we had.

6 Godiva Chocolate Orange Bars @ $1.04 each
Total Before Coupons: $6.24

3 $1/2 Godiva Bars or Bags (I forget how much it had to weigh.)
Net: $3.24 cost! $.54/bar is great!

We ran out of the Aqua Fresh toothpaste & toothbrushes for kids before I had even gotten to work at the beginning of the week. I grabbed rain checks to be sure I could get them latter. Some of the toothpaste came in on the truck. I briefly thought about buying them all, but only grabbed two. I figured if they were on the shelf when I was leaving Saturday I would get them. They were gone. I'll just wait. It's not like I need to make a special trip or something. :-P Also found bath sponges (or whatever they're called) on clearance!

2 Aqua Fresh Kids Toothpaste @ $1.00 each = $2.00
5 Bath Sponges @ $.50 each = $2.50 (90% off clearance!)
2 Head & Shoulders @ $4.99 each = $9.98
Orbit Gum $1.49
Orbit Gum FREE (BOGO sale)
Reach Toothbrush $1.00 (Not regularly carried? Somehow we had one.)
Total Before Coupons: $16.97

2 $1/1 Aqua Fresh Kids Toothpaste
$4.99 BOGO Head & Shoulders
$2/1 Head & Shoulders (P&G Have You Tried This mailer)
$1/2 Orbit Gum
$1/1 Reach Toothbrush (listed w/ a bunch of other J&J oral items)
Total After Coupons: $5.98

Received:
$2 EB Head & Shoulders
$1 EB Green Bag Tag (I'll try to put this in when I remember it.)
Net: $2.98 cost

Let's go for another good week!

CVS - Special K & Schick Hydro

It's a bit late for me to be posting this. I'll be away for the weekend and will not have another chance until Monday at best. Yippie for deals!

Always Infinity 16ct $3.99
Essense of Beauty Anti-Bacterial Soap $4.19
Schick Hydro 5 Raiser $10.49
Schick Hydro 5 Raiser FREE (BOGO)
Schick Hydro Shaving Gel $4.29
Schick Hydro Shaving Gel FREE (BOGO)
2 Special K 'Chips' @ $1.99 each = $3.98
Special k Crackers $1.99
Total Before Coupons: $28.93

$2/1 Always Infinity
$3.99 Essense of Beauty (Facebook offer)
2 $3/1 Schick Hydro Raiser (Facebook offer)
2 $2/1 Schick Hydro Shaving Gel (Look for peelies!)
$2/3 Special K products
Total After Coupons: $10.94

Received:
$1 EB Always Infinity ~ Limit 1 :(
Net: $9.94 cost

A bit higher than normal. Sweetheart prefers Schick Hydro 5 to the Gillette Pro-Glide and this was the best deal I've seen on them in a while. ($4.49 for two raisers or $2.25 each.) The shaving gel was an awesome find! My co-worker spotted it and offered them to me. ^_^ I don't need them, but I think my dad & brother do! ($.29 for two!) I had also hoped to use the free shave gel coupons left over from when these raisers were free, but they expired 4/1/11. Ah well.

I was also hoping the EB deal would still print with the Special K, but alas this week sale cancels it out. (Crackers & 'Chips' for $1.99 is flagged in the system as the better deal. Sometimes it doesn't effect the EB though. Thought I would give it a try.) I did however get a raincheck for the crackers as there were no more to be had. Still not a bad deal and they're tasty!

CVS - Finished the Out Of Stocks

It's a relatively quiet sale week for CVS after last. There are two good freebies for Sunday - Tuesday, but that's about it. (Bubbles & one piece of candy.) I plan on getting in the Airwick sale, but that will have to be latter. For now I managed to get a hold of the hot sale items of last week that we ran out of on Sunday! Truck isn't until Friday. Going like mad as soon as we started unloading! I wrote a LOT of rain checks last week.

Last Week (Saturday, Morning! Gone by the afternoon):
Glide Floss $3.49
Gold Bond Body Wash $5.88
GUM Flossers $2.00
4 Snickers Creme Egg @ $.50 each = $2.00
Total Before Coupons: $13.37

$1/1 Glide Floss
$2/1 Gold Bond Body Wash
$.75 GUM Flosser (IP, no prints available)
2 $1/2 Mars Product (Took forever to find the single snickers listed.)
Total After Coupons: $7.62

Received:
$2.50 EB Glide
$3.00 EB Gold Bond Body Wash
$2.00 GUM Flosser
Net: $.12 cost

This Week:
Bubbles $1.99
Russel Stover Truffle $.74 (not pictured, it's all gone!)
Total: $2.73

No Coupons!

Received:
$1.99 EB Bubbles
$.74 Truffle
Net: FREE! (Gotta love that.)