Trying to get back into the CVS game

It's been absolutely ages since I've shopped at CVS and used Extra Care Bucks with any kind of regularity.  All of the shopping I did there over last winter really helped.  I think we just recently ran out of toothpaste.

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Since Patience is sick, and I had to make a CVS run anyway, I got out the flyer and my coupons.  Now, keep in mind that in order to get ECB's to use in the future, you have to spend some $ to start off.  At least I've always found that to be the case.  There were things on sale this week that I don't know that I would normally buy (i.e., name brand), but they were items that we use, and I could get ECB's back, so I went for it.

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This is what I bought:

2-Dawn Ultra   I saved $1.02 each with the sale, and had 2-20 cent coupons

2-2 liter bottles of Coke saved 49 cents each, and earned $1 ECB

2- 42 count boxes of Prilosec saved $4.22 each with the sale, had a $7 coupon, and earned $10 ECB

2- 5.8 oz Colgate Total saved $1.40 each with the sale, has 2- $1 coupons, and earned $2 ECB

1 package of Neti Pot premixed solution packets saved $2.49 with sale

2-12 count boxes of Nyquil & Dayquil (one box of each) hmmm, I'm just realizing I didn't get the sale price on these....I was supposed to save $.99 each, and I had $2.50 in coupons.  Those plus the solution packets earned me $10 ECB. Although I had to go back into the store to get the $10 ECB's because for whatever reason, they didn't print out on their own--probably for the same reason that I wasn't given the sale price on the Dayquil and Nyquil.  Not sure if I'll go back to get that $1.98.

2-8.5 oz Soft Soap handpumps BOGO saved $3.29

4-boxes of Kleenex They were BOGO (saved $4.78), and I had a $1 off 4 coupon

A SoftSoap handpump with a base refill I had a coupon for a FREE refill ($3.99 value), and I'm just noticing that that coupon wasn't redeemed.  Did I drop it?  Did the cashier drop it?  Is it still in my coupon box? Grrrr. It's not here.  He must have dropped it.  Do I go back?  I have a $3 coupon I could apply to this purchase.  I earned $4 ECB by buying both.

I also bought a package of gummy vitamins for the kids and a bottle of CVS hand sanitizer.

Once I got home from CVS, I found an online coupon for $5 off a $30 purchase.  I went back to the store yesterday evening (hence my hesitation to go back AGAIN), and they allowed me to apply it to my transaction.

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SO.

Before sales & coupons, my total would have been $146.36.

I had $4 ECB's to apply to the order.  I used $17.90 in coupons.

I paid $92.78, and I now have $27 ECB's to use next week.

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I have to admit, it's a little frustrating to see where the cashier messed up and I didn't catch it.  I need to pay more attention!   If I had caught the mix up on the Nyquil/Dayquil price, and realized that he didn't use the Softsoap coupon, I could have saved an extra $6.  I did save $54, though, and that's nothing to sneeze at.

8:57 AM - Nov. 5, 2009 - post comment

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Amanda~I can totally relate. I have had this happen to me a few times and you wonder~How many times do I have to go back there?! Time is worth money,too. It is frustrating when you realize the mistakes.

I think this is a conspiracy to make all of us penny pinchers lose our minds. LOL!!!

Ruth

Ruth - 4:35 PM - Nov. 5, 2009

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