CVS success

Just wanted to share my success story with all of you.

This is how I make my shopping list at CVS...

it really helps to be organized and go in with a plan.

1.  I always remind myself to scan my card in the beginning b/c I might get other coupons or Extra Care Bucks (ECB) that I can use. 
2.  Then I list out each item, the price it should be and if I have a coupon or not. 
3.  When I get more than one of something, I list that next to the item as well. 
4.  I write my list, in the order I will be checking out.  That helps me be more efficient at the register.

*If you see on my list under *scan card*, I have $11 ECB.  I would highly recommend, utilizing the online CVS Extra Care website.   All you do is register your card there and when special coupons, adds or you accrue ECB through different promotions, you can send them directly to your card instead of having to keep up with multiple pieces of paper.  I had accrued $11 ECB through a special promotion and they were able to apply that to my order when I was checking out, but I put it on my list so I could make sure I redeemed them.

I checked out in two separate transactions.  

The first one I only spent $14, after sales, coupons...

 

But what is pictured below, my total was $2.38 FOR ALL OF THIS!!!!!  

I mean one 12 pk of cokes at Walmart is almost $5.  

My overall shopping trip was a huge success.  

I went in with a plan to buy $70 worth of items (regular price) and walked out paying less than $20 for all it.  I would say that was a successful shopping trip!

That's just proof that it CAN be done folks.

CVS tips

Here are some more CVS deals and tips...

When you walk in, scan your card at this machine. They have them at all the stores. You can scan it twice in one visit.

The machine prints out coupons like you see below...don't know if you can read them, but one coupon is $.50 for using your bag tag and then the other is for ONE FREE PAMPERS JUMBO PACK..that's free money people! I mean, if you have a baby and buy diapers...CVS just gave me a pack for free!

And then when you check out and use your red CVS card, the register prints out ECB (extra care bucks) which is free CVS money for you to use on your purchases. The ECB look like this. And if you're a CVS shopper...it makes your heart happy to hear that beep beep beep BEEEEEP...when those ECB print out.

Coupon success

I'm a little late with this post b/c this is a deal I got last week, but just wanted to share the possibilities out there with coupons.

If you went to Walmart to buy these same items, you would pay around $2.50 a piece. I got all of them for a total of $3.45 at CVS with coupons and ECB (extra care bucks). I thought that was pretty good!


A tip for shopping at CVS...at the checkout counter there are these green bag tags (see below). They cost .99 and you attach to a reusable bag. When you checkout, scan it and every fourth time it's scanned, you earn $1 ECB. Note: if you check out with multiple purchases, you can only scan it once in that visit and only one per customer.


Unfortunately, I don't have a picture from my Publix trip this week because when we got home, I had to feed Briggs and J unloaded and put away all the groceries before I could take one (which I'm not complaining b/c how many husbands would do that...and then, how many husbands know where all the stuff goes...MY HUBBY IS THE BEST!) Anyway, my grand total this week for Publix was...drum roll please...$70.76 AND I SAVED $55.43!