CVS Deals - Couponing!

Who out there enjoys couponing?...I DO! I love a deal and learned how to coupon when Justin was laid off last year.

Sidenote...as stressful as all that was, it was such a blessing and we see so many good things that were reaped from that time, especially for us now. Justin did so much to help while I was working full-time and he was searching for a job...he cleaned the house for me, did the dishes, laundry, cleaned, and did grocery shopping. So his role at this point in our lives isn't much different except for the fact that Justin is working full-time and taking care of me and the baby full-time...poor thing. He is the best though...no complaints from that boy...he just gets it done. Don't worry..more to come on J...he is so awesome, he is gonna get his own post :)

Anyway, that was a good time for us b/c we really worked on our finances and learned to coupon. So this post is to give a good example of a very successful shopping trip at CVS. I was pretty proud of how this turned out. See below:

Ok...so to narrate the picture...I listed the price of the items and total before coupons was $18.67 I had $4 in coupons and paid with tax $16.35. At CVS, with certain items, you can get CVS money called "Extra Care Bucks" (ECB). It's like free money (in receipt form) you can only use at CVS. Alright....so above I got 3 things of eyeshadow for $16.35 with $5 ECB (that just means I got a receipt printed out after my purchase with $5 on it)



So then I check out a second time with these two items. I listed their regular price in the store if you just went in and bought them with no coupons or CVS card. So they initially were $17.78. I got them on sale b/c I swiped my CVS card, had an awesome coupon that was buy one, get the other half off, I applied my $5 ECB (free CVS money) and my grand total was..drum roll please... $1.80

NOW THAT'S A DEAL!!!!




And then for all you CVS newcomers...you gotta have this little red card in order to get the deals. You just scan it every time you check out and that's what gives you the sale prices and how you earn ECB. It's pretty fun, especially when you can walk out of there with a good purchase and paying very little :)

More to come on couponing later. I won't be doing too much of it right now b/c we have been super blessed with so many people providing us meals right now. So we only need a few small items usually and Walmart is right by our house. I shop mostly at Publix and CVS, but Publix is not a convenient location for Justin to hit at the moment, so we will just be sticking with Walmart for now. But when I'm back on my feet...I can't wait to share some of the deals I get there. I can seriously walk out of that store with them paying me for stuff or I get free stuff all the time! So for now we will just stick with CVS and I'll try to share when I have a good week with purchases.