CVS Savings (8-23-08)
August 23, 2008 by Maricar
Filed under CVS Savings, Frugal Living
There weren’t a lot of good deals that I could use this past week at CVS. For one thing, I’ve used up my ECBs and didn’t have a lot of coupons that I could stack with the store sales.
However, at the end of the week, I found we needed some ibuprofen and so I did a quick stop to get the following:
Bandaid Ultra strips, $4.49
Neosporin ointment, $5.79
CVS brand ibuprofen, $7.49
CVS brand acetaminophen, $4.79
Coupons:
Bandaid manufacturer’s coupon – $1.00
Neosporin manufacturer’s coupon – $1.00
CVS coupon ($2.50 off $12.00 CVS brand) – $2.50
Total out of pocket (OOP) = $19.26
New ECBs generated = $5.00
My new running total for CVS is now
Total merchandise = $438.93
Total out of pocket expenses = $186.68
Total savings = $253.25 (58%)
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I’m hoping that I can do something good with the new $5 I now have. Real CVS pros are able to ‘grow’ the ECBs they have, to essentially get their OOP as low to zero as possible.
Meanwhile, I’ve also been stacking coupons and sales at other stores. Here are some of the good deals I got this past week:
At Walmart:
Glade scented oil plug-ins, $3.97 (bought 2)
Used 2 coupons for $4.00 off, making the plug-ins free!
At my local grocery store:
Dove conditioner, reg. $3.99, on sale for $3.00 (bought 2)
Used 2 coupons for $2.00 off, final price $1.00 each
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Remember that the key with maximizing savings with coupons is to use them when the product is on sale. This is called ’stacking’ in couponing lingo. Sometimes products end up being free or almost free with this strategy.
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