My Shopping Trip: CVS
After 2 attempts to do this deal yesterday, I finally did it today. If you follow LRWC on Facebook, you may have seen me mention that I went to CVS 2 times yesterday and both times I forgot my coupons.
The first time, I clipped and prepared all my coupons, headed out to the store, went to pull out my list and realized I left them on my desk. Then, later in the day, I brought my coupons from my desk, placed them on the kitchen counter while I went to get my bag to put them in. By the time I placed my bag on the counter, about 5 things happened and distracted me. The coupons never made it into my bag and I realized it, yet again, while I was in the store. Yikes! I went to bed earlier figuring that would be the safest thing for me to do. Who knows what else I would have forgotten.
Luckily today is a better day and I had an awesome trip to CVS. Just a note, that the P&G deal is actually a limit of 2. I looked at my receipt on my second transaction and it said I only needed $11.08 to get the deal again.
For this trip I took advantage of the Suave Deal and the P&G Deal. I had received CVS coupons from the Coupon Machine for $3/$15 Olay Products and a $2/$2 any deodorant which made these deals sweeter. I know a lot of you are getting all kinds of CVS coupons to work into these deals!
Technically (minus the $6 ECB I used) everything was only $0.97 plus tax of $3.42. I will be submitting for the $10 off $30 Olay Rebate however I know some of you have mentioned that the free items (body wash) may not count. I figured I’d give it a try anyway as I have nothing to lose since everything was basically free anyway.
Here is what I did:
CVS Transaction 1:
- (2) Suave Deodorants – $1.00
- (2) Suave Bodywash – $2.00
- (4) Olay Cleansing Cloths – $3.74
- (4) Olay body Wash – $5.99
Coupons Used:
- (2) $0.75/1 Suave Deodorant (7/29 RP)
- (2) $0.75/1 Suave Body Wash
- (2) $3/2 Olay Cloths or Cleanser (7/1 P&G)
- (4) Free Olay Body Wash wyb Cleanser (7/29 P&G)
- $3/$15 Olay CVS Coupon
- $2/2 any Deodorant CVS Coupon
- $6 ECB
- Tax: $3.00
Paid: $3.97
Received: $5 ECB (OLAY)
CVS Transaction 2:
- (2) Suave Deodorants – $1.00
- (2) Suave Bodywash – $2.00
Coupons Used:
- (2) $0.75/1 Suave Deodorant (7/29 RP)
- (2) $0.75/1 Suave Body Wash
- Tax: $0.42
Total Savings including sale prices and coupons: $71.32 which I will be adding to the LRWC Reader’s Grocery Savings Counter. Be sure to add your savings so we can see how much we have all saved in 2012
Here is an update to my Grocery Budget:
- Total in envelope as of 7/3: $144.25
- Added $150 to envelope as of 7/7
- $152.42 spent at various trips to Best Market (stocked up on meat)
- $9.55 from shopping trips on 7/16
- Total in envelope as of 7/17: $132.28
- $10.59 from shopping trips on 7/18
- Total in envelope as of 7/18: $121.69
- added $150 to envelope on 7/20
- $28.69 spent at Best Market for produce and meat
- $6.52 at a local Farm Stand
- $1.47 shopping trip on 7/22
- total in envelope as of 7/23: $235.01
- $43.42 from various trips during the week
- $7.68 shopping trip on 7/31
- total in envelope as of 7/31: $183.91
If you’re interested in seeing how we set up our budget envelopes, make sure to check out, How To Set Up a Budget and Stick to It.
How are you doing on your grocery budget?
LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter: Be sure to add your weekly grocery savings to the the LRWC Reader Grocery Savings Counter below. You can check out the counter in the sidebar to see how much we have all saved so far in 2012!
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