Absent for a while, but look at this FREEBIE!

My daycare got new playground equipment and was simply tossing out the old stuff. A quick question to my director netted me and my 16 month old son a $700 Step 2 gym set for FREE! Check it out...

9/20 at CVS - MAKIN' MONEY!

Had a raincheck for children's Advil... so three free.

Aleve on sale for $3.99 - used $1.00 coupon, got $3.99 back in ECBs, profit of $4.00

Excedrin on sale for $3.99 - used $2.00 coupon, got $3 back in ECBs, profit of $1.01

Paid with $5 ECBs - transaction was free
Got back $6.99 in ECBs.

WHAT A DAY!

13¢ TODAY!!!

Two trips - one to Target and one to CVS. But the total between both was only an amazing 13¢!!! Check it out:

Target:
4 Boxes of Kashi Cereal $11, used coupons for $6 and a $5 gift card, so FREE
4 Boxes of Kashi Fruit Bars $11, used coupons for $6 and a $5 gift card, so FREE
Got $5 gift card - so up $5.00!!!

CVS:
5 bags of Chex Mix $5, used $5 in coupons so FREE
1 Loreal Advance Wipes $5.99, used $1 coupon, so $4.99
Used $5 in ECBs and 13¢ OOP
Got $5.99 in ECBs, so up 86¢

GRAND TOTAL FOR THE DAY = Up $5.86

WHAT A DAY!!! Take a look!

CSV wonders on 9/3

Needed batteries for my kids toy - hearing aid ones none the less, so quite expensive. Look at my haul:

Cascade gel packs - $3.49 (used $1 coupon) - $2.49
Colgate Total tootpaste - $2.99 (used $1.50 coupon) - $1.49, plus $2 back in ECBs
2 Covergirl Wetslicks - $5.99 each (used BOGO and $1 off coupons) - $4.99 for 2, $5.99 back in ECBs
Hearing Aid Batteries - $7.49
Card for a friend - 99¢
Visine for the hubby (alergies!!!) - $4.49 (used $3 coupon) - $1.49

Used $2/$10 coupon
Used $5.99, $3, $2 and $2 ECBs
OOP $5.63
Made $7.99 in ECBs

Coupons from the newest All You!

Most of you know the value of the magaine that can only be found at Wal-Mart - All You. Take a look at what the next issue has in store for you:

$1.00 off any BRUT product
$1.00 off any Kotex product
Buy 2 Get 1 Free when you buy two Starkist Gourmet Choice Tuna
$1.00 off any two of The Family Table Items
$1.00 off any bag of Tyson's Any'tizers
$1.00 off any three Bird's Eye vegetables
$.55 off any one Marzetti Apple Dip 12oz or above
$.50 off any Underwood product
$.50 off any White Cloud Green Earth bathroom tissue
$.75 off any Palmolive Pure + Clear liquid dish soap
$.75 on Windex Antibacterial Multi-Surface Cleaner or Wipes Canister
$1.00 off any Sani-Hands or Sani-Hands for Kids instant hand sanitizing wipes.
$1.00 off any Colgate Max Fresh toothpaste
$1.00 off any Colgate manual or 360 Sonic Power toothbrush
$2.00 off any package of Purina Fit & Trim brand adult dog food, any size
$.75 off Little Debbie Family Pack Muffins
$1.00 off any Flexitol product
$2.00 off any 3.6lb or larger bag of Kibbles 'n Bits

Happy Clipping!!!

Wonderful CVS on 8/24

Quick trip for some free cereal, but walked out with a few good deals:

3 Malt O Meal Cinnamon Toast Cereal ($1 each) - Used 3 $1 off coupons, so FREE
5 Sobe Life Waters ($1 each) - used 5 50¢ coupons, so $2.50 for 5, plus $2 ECB back
2 Skintimate Shave gels (2/$4) - used 2 $2 coupons, so FREE
1 Kotex Pantyliners ($1.49) - used $1 off coupon, so 49¢, plus $1.49 in ECBs
1 Playtex Tampons ($4.99) - used $1 off coupon, so $3.99, plus $3 in ECBs

Total - $6.98 before tax
Used - $2/10 CVS coupon
Used $4.98 in ECBs ($5 adjusted!) so FREE

Got $6.49 back in ECBs - I made $1.51 today and got all this stuff!!!

CVS Lovin' on 8/16

Soda galore today. I used a few of the coupons everyone's talking about before they were problematic...

6 12pks of Diet Coke ($4.49 each)
Used 6 $4.50 coupons adjusted - FREE!!

Free Coke today. Just cost me tax, which I paid for with a gift card, so essentially FREE!!!

Have a great week.

Holy Schmolly! CVS Rocks

I had the best CVS trip ever tonight!!!!

I went to a new CVS and totally hit the jackpot! Too bad it's 30 minutes away from me...

Spent 92¢ (87¢ of which was tax!) - so 5¢ for all of this!!! I didn't even have to use ECBs! The batteries were on clearance for $1.45 but the cashier used the $2 coupon, posted on each and every package, for the full value, giving me $4.95 overage that I applied to the clearanced night pants (for my nephew, who still wets the bed), I had a CVS coupon and the manufacture coupon for the Alavert (for my hubby) and the Mascara (34¢ each) and Elmo doll (69¢ for my son) were on 90% clearance. I'm on a total hight right now!!!

Total Saved on this transaction - $168.02. Plus I earned $3.00 ECBs on the Alavert. Now that was fun!

CVS 8/9/08 - It's a babies world!

I love Pampers, so jetted over Saturday night for three seperate purchases:

3 Pampers Size 3 - $8.88 (used 3 $2 off coupons)- $20.64
2 CVS Bonus Size Q-tips - 2/$3 (used 2 $2 off CVS Beauty Care coupons) - FREE + 50¢ overage
1 Gallon of milk - $3.29
2 Revlon Eyeshadows (BOGO and used 2 $2 off coupons) - $2.99 for both
2 Johnson's Buddy Bars 97¢ each (used $1 off coupon adjusted) - FREE

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS with TAX - $52.22
Used 3 $2/$10 coupons and $9.99 in ECBs
OOP - $10.43, but for 3 packs of Pampers and Milk that I really needed!

Make Money From HOME!

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CVS - 8/5/08; Fillin' my medicine cabinet

Only two things today:

1 Children's Advil $5.79 (used $1 IP) $4.79
1 Bayer Vitamin, Clearanced down to $1.79 (used $2 coupon from CVS on vitamins, adjusted)

Used 4 ECBs
OOP about 90¢
ECBs Earned $5.79

Pretty good if I do say so myself!

CVS - 8/3/08

Two stops, two cards, two Extreme Energy shots (actually four, since it's two per package!) Here's the deal:

Two Extreme Energy Shots - $4.99 each

Used $5.00 in ECBs for each transaction - SO FREE
Lost 2¢ in ECBs, but now have four Energy shots! Not sure what I'll do with them yet, but they were free!

NEW COUPONS

The new coupons are out. Check them out in the window on the left.

Have a great shopping day!!!

CVS - Deals Galore!

I love those dang Kodak Picture DVD Movies. I got three today, all free of course, but was having trouble with the machines, so I got rainchecks for 6 more (3 on each of my two cards!). SCORE!!!

Here's today's deals (each movie was on it's own transaction, so I could roll the ECBs):

3 Kodak Movie DVDs - $9.99 each ($9.99 ECBs back each) - used $1 off coupon
1 Trial Size Razor - 99¢ (used $1.00 off coupon adjusted)
1 20 count of CVS ibuprofin - $3.29 (used my free coupon for August from CVS)

Used ECBs for total cost, so NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH, out of pocket.

I'm even up $1 in ECBs... Loved today's deal!!!

Amazing week @ CVS - IT'S ONLY TUESDAY

I had a great week so far at CVS, thanks to all my rainchecks and coupons. Below is the tally, which was done in seven different transactions:

8 CVS Brand Wipes - $2.00 each so $16.00 (used 8 $2 off coupons) - FREE + $5 ECBs

2 Kodak Picture books - $15.98 (used Rainchecks) - FREE

Oral B 2-pack of toothbrushes - $7.99 (used Raincheck) - FREE + $2 ECBs

4-pack of AAA batteries - $2.99 (used $1.00 off coupon) - $1.99 (forgot where I put them! So not in the photo)

3oz bag of Ritz Bitz (my little one loves em!) - $0.99 (ate them already, so not in the photo

10 packs of Trident - $1.49 (BOGO from CVS, used 5 BOGO Coupons) - FREE + $5 ECBs


TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS and WITH TAX - $53.87
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS (including the $3 off $15 coupon), and WITH TAX - $0.48 (paid with a Money Card!)
ECBs Earned - $12.00

What looked like a pretty crappy week, turned out to be pretty great. Plan on doing the Wipes and Trident one more time with my other card for another $10!

P.S. The little guy in the photo is my son - Jackson - he's 14 months old!

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CVS 7/19/08 - Photobook Fun

A short trip today, but wanted to get another photobook before the deal expires:

6/8 Photo Book - $7.99 ($7.99 ECBs back)

Speedstick 24/7 Deodorant - $3.99 (used $1 printed coupon - bottom of page on the right)- $2.99 ($2.00 ECBs back)

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS and ECBs - $12.80
Used $10.00 ECBs
TOTAL AFTER ECBs and COUPONS WITH TAX - $1.12 (used Money Card, so FREE)
Received $9.99 in ECBs (oh no, I lost $0.01 in ECBs - hope I can make it up!)

Thanks a ton. Look for more great CVS deals from this week at The "Cent"sible Sawyer

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CVS Trip - 7/15/08

I wanted to get the free photo book, but also wanted to use my 3 off 15 coupon, so here we go:

1 Photo Book - $3.99 ($3.99 in ECBs)

8 Sally Hansen Nail Polish - $0.99 each, so $7.92 (used 7.92 in coupons) - FREE!

2 Nail clippers (buy one get one 1/2 off) - $2.99 (used $3.00 off coupon) $0.01 OVERAGE!!!

Advil Trial - $0.99 (used $1.00 coupon adjusted) - FREE!

2 Buddies Soap - $1.98 (used a $2 off 2 adjusted) - FREE!

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS and WITH TAX - $18.83
AFTER COUPONS and WITH TAX - $1.93 (paid with money card, so essentially FREE)
ECBs gained, $3.99

SCORE

Cub Foods - Planters Heaven!

I had a great day at Cub Foods yesterday. Take a look:

(I did this on 4 transactions, so got $16 in Catalina to use on my next trip)

7 jars of Planters - $2.50 each, $3.00 coupon off each = $3.50 OVERAGE!
5 cans of Planters - $3.00 each, $3.00 coupon off each + FREE
4 packets of Koolaid - $0.20 each, $0.80 total
2.37 pounds of bananas - $0.69 per pound, $1.63 total
Almond Joy (Filler) - $0.50 total (on sale!)
Cub Chili - $1.39
2 cans of Chefboyardee meals - $1.00 each on sale, used $1.00 off two coupon = $1.00 for two

TOTALS BEFORE COUPONS and AFTER TAX $47.91

TOALS AFTER COUPONS $2.73 - THAT's A 94.7% SAVINGS!!!!
And I have $16.00 to use next time I shop. What a deal!

WANNA BRAG ABOUT YOUR WEEK?

CVS Deals Today - 7/10/08

Not a great day, but I did pick up a few good things:

90% off reading glasses at my store, so I picked up 3 at $0.80 each (total $2.40 for three pairs of glasses that I'm going to donate to my church)!

(2) Always Maxi Pads - $2.99 each, used BOGO so $2.99 for both

Advil Trial Size - $0.99, used $1.00 off coupon adjusted so FREE

Clean and Clear Trial Size - $0.99, used $2.00 off coupon adjusted so FREE

Shick 2 pack razor off Trial section - $0.99, used $1.00 off coupon adjusted so FREE

Tylenol Trial Size - $0.99, used $1.00 off coupon adusted so FREE

TOTAL BEFORE COUPONS - $12.34
TOTAL AFTER COUPONS and WITH TAX - $5.69 (OOP)
No ECB's, but a ton of free stuff and items I can donate, so I'm feeling good.

How did you do this week?

SmartSource Schedule - Remainder of 2008

Good morning all! Here's the inside scoop on when you'll get those amazing SmartSource coupons in your Sunday paper for the rest of the year:

July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10 (This one's the Back to School special)
August 17
August 24
September 7 (This one also will feature Back to School specials as well as Diabietes Smart)
September 14
Septemeber 21
September 28
October 5 (Pink special; believe this one is Breast Cancer awareness)
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2
November 9 (Features sales benefiting the Children's Miracle Network)
November 16
November 23
December 7
December 14

OF NOTE: No SmartSource coupons on August 31st, November 30th, December 21st or December 28th.

Have a great and prosperious day!

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My first post - CVS June 8, 2008

The adventures of CVS continue...

I've been an avid CVS customer for months now, but just decided to start a blog to track all my awesome finds. I'll start with today's goodies and try to keep it updated, adding photos when I can (sorry - no photo today - hopefully next time).

(2) Pert Plus - 2.50, used 2.00 coupon and 2.50 coupon (was 3.00 but she adjusted it). 50 cents for both.

1 Olay product which pushed my total for Olay over $20 for the month - 4.99, used 3.00 coupon. 1.99 after coupon, but I got 10 back in ECBs.

(2) Clean and Clear travel sizes - 0.99 each, used a buy 2 get 3.00 off (adjusted to 1.98) - FREE.

1 Shick two pack from the trial section - 0.99, used a 1.00 off (adjusted to 0.99) - FREE.

Twix Bar (filler) - 0.50

Total before coupons, 13.46
Total after coupons, 2.99
Used 3.00 in ECBs but OOP 0.69 for tax (this is a new thing for my store - bummer)
Received 10.00 in ECBs, so a profit of 6.31!!

Year to Date Savings - 698.16

KEEP IT COMING!!!