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Now, I am a huge cvser…… I have cut our budget a ton with the stuff I get there. This week I got:

Transaction #1

$9.99 1 Gillette fusion razor

$.10 filler from clearance isle or gum

=$10.09

-2/10 CVS coupon

-4/1 Gillette coupon from Oct. P&G insert

=$4.09

get back 5 EB for purchasing 1 Gillette Fusion razor

Transaction #2

4 packs of diet coke 4/$13

-2/$10 coupon

-4 $1 off coke zero from the vocal point home mailer (they will work for diet coke too)

$7 out of pocket

$3 eb back

That was all for this week, but last week rocked! Seriously! Check this out!

The deal I was shooting for was the kimberly clark buy$25 get $10 back in eb. My goal is to make it all free…….cause, who dosen’t need free diapers and wipes? So, here is what I came up with…….

Transaction #1

huggies mega pack supreme      $15

arnicare pain relief gel                $8.99

arnicare pain relief gel                $8.99

arnicare pain relief gel                $8.99

l’oreal advanced revitalift

wrinkely stuff that is expensive $11.99

ambi bar soap                            $1.99

ambi bar soap                            $1.99

ambi bar soap                            $1.99

whew…………total is                   59.93

COUPONS (before I have a heart attack please!)

-$3/$15

-$1.50 huggies (home mailer)

-$6.00 (3 -$2 arnicare coupons from internet)

-$3 for l’oreal wrinkle cream (newspaper)

-$9 ambi coupons (yes the internet coupons work on the face bars)

pay $ 37.43 (prefer if it is in extra care bucks, I am carrying a high balance on eb until I see some prices on groceries worthy of stocking my pantry with)

get back$9 for ambi

$11.99 for l’oreal

$24.00 on arnicare

= I’m out $7.56 (for now……..just wait for it)

transaction #2

$2.99 for huggies wipes

$2.99 for crest pro health mouth wash

$4.99 for nivea mens body wash

= 10.97

-$2/10

-$$.50 for wipes

-$1.00 for crest pro health

-$1.00 for nivea body wash

=$6.47

$4.99eb back for nivea

$2 eb back for crest

so, down another $.48 (wait for it….)

transaction #3

2.99 for huggies wipes

$2.99 for crest pro health

$4.99 for addidas deod

=$10.97

-$2/10

-$.50 for huggies wipes

-$1 for crest pro health

-$1 for addidas

=$6.47

$2 eb for crest pro health

$4 eb for addidas deod

so, down another $.47 (yes just wait for it)

transaction #4

$2.99 for huggies wipes

$8.99 for arnicare gel

=$11.98

-$2/10

-$2.00 for arnicare

-$.50 for huggies wipes

=$7.48

$8.00 eb for arnicare

wheww, finally up a whopping $.52 cents on that transaction (wait for it)

transaction #5

$2.99 for huggies wipes

$8.99 for arnicare

=$11.98

-$2/10

-$2 for arnicare

-$.50 for huggies wipes

=$7.48

ta da!!! $10 back in eb on this kimberly clark deal

$8 eb back on arnicare

all in all i am up $8.97 in eb!!

Whew, now you know why I end up with thousands of dollars in cvs stuff to donate! I keep the diapers and wipes and one tube of the arnicare for my hubby (super sports man!), oh, and the mouthwash….the rest goes in the cvs bin of stuff we don’t need….

When shopping at cvs, my trick is. take the thing I want, figure out how much I can take off the price by pairing it with other items that are free (cause the money is coming back) and a $ off coupon. This reduces the price of the thing i want and makes it more affordable, then we donate some of the excess….

Faith