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On Saturday I stopped at CVS to get some Benadryl for my daughter.  She had a very strange case of hives on Friday and the doctor said that she was ok but must have been exposed to something that she was allergic to.  We just can’t figure out what it could be.   The hives didn’t last long.  She wasn’t bothered by them either.

While I was at my favorite CVS, which I might add is very small, I decided to look at some of the other deals.  In my email I got a $5/$30  coupon and thought this would be a perfect time to use it.

Tide 100 oz was on sale for $10.99 – Get $2 ECBs

Tide Stain Release $4.49

Used the Buy a Tide get a Tide Stain Release for FREE coupon P&G 2/7 = Tide Stain Release $4.49 = FREE after coupon

Scott 6 big rolls $4.99

Used $1.00 off Scott Paper Towels, any one 6-pack + – All You, March 2010  = $3.99 after coupon

Almay mascara with eyeliner $5.99 – Get $3 ECBs

Didn’t have a coupon but still not a bad deal

Powerbar Energy Gels $1.50 – Get $1.50 ECBS

Used the $5/$30

Used ECBS $16.98

OOP $5.59

Got back $6.50 ECBs for next time!

Thanks to Jenny from Southernsavers.com, she found an unadvertised deal for Huggies Baby Wipes!   They are on sale for $2.50!  Check out her post HERE!

I had $13 ECBS expiring this week so I ran in went to the red machine scanned my CVS card.  Always scan your card at the red machine you might get a $5/$15 this week!   I got a $4 off a box of Huggies!  Others got a $2 off any Huggies wipes.

5 – Huggies large wipes $2.50 each

1 – CVS cough drops $.50

-$13 ECBS

$.58 tax OOP

After adding in my diaper purchases for January and February here is what I’ve spent so far on diapers this year.

I will be getting additional rebates for the Rite Aid Pampers and will subtract that when I get it.

This last week I got my rebate check from Caregivers Market Place- $12.50!   Not bad for saving my receipts for Huggies diapers and a few other products then at the end of the year I filled out the rebate form.   I will add that $12.50 back into the cost of diapers for this year, since I didn’t include that in my calculations last year.  Note:  This year 2010 Caregivers doesn’t offer the same rebates as in 2009.

Check your email because you might have a $5/$30 coupon that expires tomorrow 2/3/10!  I just saw mine today!  I missed out using the one that expired on Sunday. If you are looking for some deals here are some suggestions.

Huggies Pull-Ups 2/$20   used 2 coupons $2 coupons SS 1/17

2 Dove Men’s Bodywash $5.49  used 2 coupons  $1.25 RP 1/31

Viologie shampoo $2.50 used CVS coupon I got from the Red machine $2 off any full size Viologie haircare product.  Note, the coupon did beep at the cashier but she pushed it through.

Used the $5/$30

Used my $12 ECBs from buying SoyJoy Bars a week ago!

Out of Pocket $9.30

ECBs got back $1 for using the Green Tag 4 times, $10.98 for the Dove Men’s Bodywash and $5 for the Huggies = $16.98

Thinking about the cost I’ll make this easy and consider the $12 ECBs as a coupon so my cost is $9.30 OOP.   Otherwise, if I consider the new ECBs as cash then the cost is really less $4.32 = (9.30 OOP + 12 ECBs) – $16.98 ECBs earned

If you don’t need diapers I suggest checking out DealSeekingMom because she has some other suggestions like Ragu sauce, and PG products.

Check out your mailbox because my mother-in-law this last week got 2 great coupons – $25 gift card for a new or transfer prescription!

One of the reasons I started to get into couponing was because of the cost of diapers and wipes.  I would go to Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, Babies R Us and compare the prices and figure which store would give me the best deal and then I discovered the ‘coupon‘.  Coupons as you may or may not already know hold the key to finding some great deals.  In the last year thanks to the CVS and Rite Aid I’ve lowered my cost to diapers to about $300 a year.

This is an estimate so this year I plan on costing out how much I spend on diapers and soon training pants. My little girl isn’t a little girl anymore.  She wears size 6 and is a “big” girl!  Size 6 diapers cost a lot more than the 1 and 2 sizes and are hard to find on sale.  In some cases, I get excited about some of the deals only to find out that they don’t carry size 5 or 6.  Today, we bought her “potty” and will slowly introduce her to it.  She is 18 months old going on 19 months and thinks the “potty” is really neat.  I hope that continues!

If you find a good diaper deal or training pant deal PLEASE let me know.  Thanks!

How much have I spent on diapers in 2010?

Img Source:  Justin Newitter

Cost = $22.24

Spent $27.98 ECBS,  OOP = $4.26, Earned $10 ECBs

I have a couple trips to the store that I haven’t had a chance to post just because of the   holidays.  Time sure does fly by!   I had over $20 worth of ECBs that I needed to spend that were to expire so I went to CVS and this is what I got.  I was hoping to make the deal a money maker or close to free as possible but they were out of the Complete Contact Solution $9.99 Get $9.99 ECB, so I came up with this scenario instead.   All of the items I can always use!  I realized before I  checked out that I didn’t need the Kleenex to get my total to $28 but I had to rush with the hubby and little one in tow.

3 Coke Classics for $.99 each = $2.97   Get $1 ECBs wyb 3

1 Diet Coke FREE (They still had a sign up that said if you buy 3 – 2 liter cokes you get 1 – Diet Coke FREE!  and they were fine honoring the old sign.)

2 Pantene Hairsprays = 2/$7   Get $2 ECBs wyb 2

Used 2/$3 any Pantene products P&G 12/27/09  = $2.00 after ECBS and coupons or $1.00 each

1 Gillette razor = $8.99 Get $4 ECBs

Used $4 off any Gillette razor P&G 11/09 (expires 12/31/09) = $0.99 after ECBS and coupons

1 Bounty Basic 6 pack = $5.88

Used $1.00 off Bounty 6 or higher P&G 12/27/09 = $4.88 after coupon

1 Ivory Soap 3 pk. = $.99

Used $1.00 off Ivory soap P&G 12/27/09 = FREE! after coupon

1 Efferdent Tab 120 count = $4.99 Get 3 ECBS

Used $.50 off Efferdent or other products RP (expires 12/31/09) = $1.49 after ECBS and coupons

4 Kleenex Tissues B1G1 Sale $2.39 x2 = $4.78

Used 4/$1.00 Kleenex Tissues = $3.78 or $.94 each

2 CVS brand Pretzels B1G1 50% off $.79 + $.39 = $1.18

Used CVS coupon $1 off 2 CVS pretzel or nut products  = $.18

1 Pine Candle Pack 50% off = $4.99

Used 27.98 ECBS!  and spent $4.26 OOP.  Got back $10 ECBS!

Cost = $22.24

It really depends on how you think about the cost.  Do you consider the ECBS as cash like I do or do you consider them as coupons – only when you spend them?

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Thanksgiving.  I’m so thankful for my family, friends and my health.   Going into the Holiday season remember that you don’t have to do it all and take only one day at a time.

I made a couple stops at CVS this last week, but didn’t have a chance to post all of them until now.

I’m going to apologize that my pictures are blurry because I’m trying to take pictures with my new camera phone (more about that in a later post).  You have to be really really still.  Being a Mom to a toddler being “still” is difficult.

Cost= $4.62

2 -  Gold Emblem Nut Clusters -$.88 each (These were on sale!)

Used CVS $2 off 2 Emblem Nut items

2  – Advil 100 count $7.49 each

Used 2 – $2/1 – 11/5/09 RP

2  – Glad Sense & Spray $6.00 each

Used 2 – $4/1 – 10/18/09 SS

2  – Lindsay Black olives B1G1 $1.99

Used 1 – $1/2 Lindsay Black Olives IP coupon

Scanned my Green Bag Tag

1 – CVS Babywipes 160 count $1.30  On clearance!  Always check clearance items.  This was marked $2.30. Was even lower when I checked out.

SubTotal $32.03

-$5/$30 from Online Quiz – the manager had to push it through.  At first it tried to enter in an extra $35 for some Hawaiian item.  Oops!

Used $7 ECBs

OOP $5.62 Used GC 0.00

Got back $8 ECBs

Cost= $4.62

Not bad for 2 – 100 count of Advil and all of the other items?!  I can’t even buy generic Advil for that price!  Sweet!

Profit $7.12

I did 2 transactions today.  After learning my lesson from earlier in the week I decided to do 2 transactions.  The cashier was great!  He knew exactly what I was doing and even tore off my ECB for me in order to do the next transaction.

1st transaction

1 – Complete contact solution = $8.99

Used 1 – $1/1 Multi-Purpose Solution, Any 12 Oz. + (Free Lens Case Inside) – 10-25-09 RP

Used $8 ECBs from above

Subtotal 0.00

OOP 0.00

2nd transaction

1 – Complete contact solution = $8.99

Used 1 – $1/1 Multi-Purpose Solution, Any 12 Oz. + (Free Lens Case Inside) – 10-25-09 RP

1 – Vaseline Sheer Infusion lotion = $7.99

-$1.50 vaseline sheer infusion lotion or here

1 – St. Ives Body Wash = $3.99

Used 1 -$1/1  St. Ives any Body Wash or Body Polish – 11/15/09 SS

1 – Schick Quattro Razor = $9.99

Used 1 – $2/1  Schick Quattro Titanium Razor, Trimmer, or Refill – 11/22/09  SS

Scanned green card

Subtotal $30.96

-$5/30 from CVS email

Used $8.99 ECB from previous transaction

OOP = $11.87 (forgot my giftcards at home)

Got back $27.98 ECBS!!!

Profit $7.12

Cost = $8.98

Thanks to the fact I got a $5/$30 coupon in my email and a FREE green tag coupon, this turned out to be a pretty good trip.  This isn’t the best diaper deal that I’ve come across.  Still I didn’t pay much! I used a Gift Card that I had from last years cold and illness season.

This is what I did:

When you Buy $20 get $5 ECBs on any Huggies jumbo excluding overnights and large pack of Huggies wipes $6.99 Limit 1

2 – Huggies Stay & Dry $18.99

Used 1 -$2.00 IP Huggies Coupon

Used 1 -$1.50 Huggies Coupon 10-25-09 SS  (Check your insert since some have $1.00 and some have $1.50)

1 – Huggies Wipes $6.99

Used -$.50/1 Huggies wipes 10-25-09 SS

2 – Complete Contact Solution $8.99 each – Get back $8.99 ECBs  Limit 2

Used 2 – $1/1 Multi-Purpose Solution, Any 12 Oz. + (Free Lens Case Inside) – 10-25-09 RP

1 – Green bag tag $.99

Used -$.99 Green bag tag CVS coupon

Subtotal $44.95 Much more than I usually spend.

- $5/$30 CVS coupon

After coupons $32.96

-$7.99 ECB from last week’s Ear Rinse

-$3.00 ECB from last week’s Clairol Natural Instincts

$21.97  I used my Gift Card so the OOP $0.00

ECBs $23.98 (I got the ECBs for the $17.98 contact solution, $5 Huggies diapers and $1 for using the Green tag 4 times!)

Cost = $8.98 for 2 packs of diapers, 1 mega wipes and 2 contact solutions!!

What I should of done retrospect is to purchase only 1 Complete contact solution.  However, it would cost me less out of pocket but more in ECBs.

2 – Huggies Stay & Dry $18.99

Used 1 -$2.00 IP Huggies Coupon

Used 1 -$1.50 Huggies Coupon 10-25-09 SS  (Check your insert since some have $1.00 and some have $1.50)

1 – Huggies Wipes $6.99

Used -$.50/1 Huggies wipes 10-25-09 SS

1 – Complete Contact Solution $8.99 each – Get back $8.99 ECBs  Limit 2

Used 1 – $1/1 Multi-Purpose Solution, Any 12 Oz. + (Free Lens Case Inside) – 10-25-09 RP

1 – Green bag tag $.99

Used -$.99 Green bag tag CVS coupon

Subtotal $35.96 Much more than I usually spend.

- $5/$30 CVS coupon

After coupons $24.97

Use $10.99 ECBs

Total OOP $14.98

Get ECBs  $14.99

Cost = $9.98

Transaction 2

Purchase another complete contact solution $8.99

Use the $8.99 ECB from above  (or use the -$1.00 Complete contact solution 10-25-09 RP) and purchase something else for $1.00!

OOP 0.00

Get ECBS  $8.99

Cost = 0.00

Total Cost =  $1.99 for 2 packs of diapers, 1 mega wipes and 2 contact solutions!!

To help with your CVS purchases here is a list of fillers or freebies.

J&J First Aid Kit
Retail: 99c
Coupon: $1/1 from 8/2 SS (exp 11/30)
Final cost: Free!

Arm and Hammer Travel Size Toothpastes
Retail: 99c (buy 3)
Coupon: $3/2 from 8/16 SS (exp 11/30)
Final cost: 3 for Free!

Degree Deodorant (trial size)
Retail: 99c
Coupon: $1/1 from 9/13 RP (exp 12/6)
Final cost: Free!

CVS Gold Emblem Nuts
Retail: 99c ea. Found at the register or the travel section.
$2/2 CRT (prints at the register or the price scanner)
Final cost: Free!

Schick Disposable Razor found in the trial bins
Retail: $1.29 ea
Coupons: Schick Disposable Razor any $2.00 10-11 SS (exp 11/22/09)
Final cost: Free!

Johnson’s Buddies
Retail: $1.19 or $1.39
Coupon: $1 from 9/13 Redplum (exp 12/15)
Total: $.19 or $.39

American Greeting Cards
Retail: 99c ea
Coupon: $1/2 printable
Total: 49c ea

Thanks to HotcouponWorld

Let’s start Getting the Bucks at CVS!  Here is a start for this coming week.

CVS Savings Week#2

1. I’m going to look at easy transactions that will include coupons that you can get in our local papers or online.   Always check your coupons because every region gets different amount coupons and that changes the transaction.
2. Start collecting the coupon inserts every week from now on, and save every coupon!
3. If you haven’t registered your card with your email address, go ahead and do so at CVS.com, or call 1-800-SHOP CVS. They will send you a $4/20 coupon.
4. Save your ECBs to use next week to “roll” them over!

New CVS coupons:
Use a $5/30 after taking a short quiz HERE!

I’m really excited about this week because this seems to be a good time to stock up on medicines.  It is the end of the year so use your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) debt card or submit your FSA receipts.

Transaction Suggestion
Buy 2 Advil $7.49 get $4 ecb when you buy 2 Limit 1 = $14.98
Use 2 -$1 Advil coupons -$1 Advil liquigels or other Advil coupons
Get $10 EB When You Buy $20 Limit 1:
Buy 4 – DayQuil or NyQuil Plus Vitamin C 10ct. $5 = $20
Use 4 -$1.50 Vicks NyQuil or DayQuil, any P & G 11/1/2009
-$5/$30 (Present this coupon first!)
SubTotal = $34.98
OOP=$21.98
(Use FSA card if you have one)
(Use ECBS from last week – I got the $7.99 EarRinse and -$3 HairColor = OOP $10.99 )
Get back ECBS = $14
Cost = $7.98 after coupons and ECBS!

Deals

Advil $7.49 get $4 eb wyb 2 Limit 1  -$1 Advil liquigels

Here are a couple suggestions:

Suggestion 1
Get $10 EB When You Buy $20 Limit 1:
Buy 4 – DayQuil or NyQuil Plus Vitamin C 10ct. $5 = $20
Use 4 -$1.50 Vicks NyQuil or DayQuil, any P & G 11/1/2009
Cost = $4 or $1 each after coupons and ECBS! Combine this with a $4/$20 or with the $5/$30 coupon above with a couple other items and this is basically FREE!

Suggestion 2
Get $10 EB When You Buy $20 Limit 1:
Buy 2-Theraflu warming syrup $6  = $12
Use 2 -$1.50 Theraflu Product, any SS 10/18/09
or -$3 off 2 Theraflu Product, any SS 10/18/09
Buy 2 – Robitussin Adult Night Time cough cold and flu 4 oz $5 =  $10
Use 2 -$1 Robitussin Product, excludes Robitussin To Go, 2 ct V 9/27/09
Cost = $7 or $1.75 each after coupons and ECBS!

Other options include:
Boiron Homeopathic Cold or Flu Remedy $9
-$2 Boiron Oscillococcinum
-$2 Boiron Homeopathic items (cvs coupon) $100 coupon book
DayQuil or NyQuil Plus Vitamin C 10ct. $5
DayQuil or NyQuil 40ct. or liquid value pack 20oz total $10
Mucinex, Mucinex D or DM $12
-$1 Mucinex Adult Product, any SS 10/11/09
Robitussin Adult Night Time cough cold and flu 4oz $5
-$1 Robitussin Product, excludes Robitussin To Go, 2 ct V 9/27/09
Theraflu warming syrup 8.3oz or packets 6 ct. $6
-$1.50 Theraflu Product, any SS 10/18/09
-$3 off 2 Theraflu Product, any SS 10/18/09
Vicks 44 Custom Care liquid 8oz $6
-$1 Vicks NyQuil or DayQuil, any P & G 10/11/09
-$1.50 Vicks NyQuil or DayQuil, any P & G 11/1/2009
-$1 Vicks Formula 44 Custom Care, any P & G 10/11/09

Thanks to i heart cvs: 11/15 – 11/21 weekly deals

$10 ECB wyb Cover Girl Simply Ageless Foundation $13 and Blush $10 Limit 1
Free Face Product wyb Cover Girl Foundation PG 11/1 (regional)
-$1 off CoverGirl Product, PG 10/11, 11/01
-$2.50/2 CoverGirl Products, PG 11/01

Transaction Ideaes
Buy 1 Cover Girl Simply Ageless Foundation $13
Buy 1 Cover Girl Simply Ageless Blush $10
Use:
Free Face product wyb Foundation PG 11/1
-$1 off Cover Girl RP 11/1
Total Due: $12
Get Back: $10 ECB,
Cost = $2 or $1 each

(3) Skippy Peanut Butter (3 for $5)
(3) Ragu Sauce (3 for $5)
(2) Glade Sense & Spray Kits $6 ea
(1) Duracell 4pk $2.99
(1) Scope Outlast $3.49
(1) Kleenex 99¢
(1) Dial Body Wash $2.99
Use:
-$5 off $30
-$1.25/3 Ragu RP 11/15
(3) -.40/1 Skippy RP 10/04, 11/15
(2) -$4 off Glade Sense & Spray SS 10/18 or printable
-.75/1 Duracell PG 11/1
-$1 off Scope Mouthwash PG 11/1
-$1 off Kleenex $100 Flu Booklet
-$1 off Dial printable (IE) or printable (FF)
-$1 off Dial $100 Flu Booklet
Total Due: $12.26
Get Back: $10 ECB ($3, $4, $1, $2) — makes it 18 cents ea.

Buy:
(3) Skippy Peanut Butter (3 for $5)
(3) Ragu Sauce (3 for $5)
(2) Theraflu $6 ea
(1) Boiron Homeopathic product $9
Use:
-$5 off $30
-$1.25/3 Ragu RP 11/15
(3) -.40/1 Skippy RP 10/04, 11/15
(2) -$2 off Theraflu printable (IE) or printable (FF)
-$2 off Boiron printable
-$3/2 Theraflu $100 Flu booklet
-$2 off Boiron $100 Flu Booklet
Total Due: $12.55
Get Back: $13 ECB, makes it FREE

Thanks to SouthernSavers.