cvs trippin

-$5 off $30 medicare part d coupon

= $19.67 + $1.75 tax (used $18.98 eb + $2.44 oop)

received:

11/1-12/25

summary:

year to date savings: $3282.66
fall 2009 spending: $32.03
cvs got $171.50 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

not the greatest deal in the world, but i try to get some nexxus whenever they have a deal on it. it would have been better if i got the $7.99 nature's bounty instead (overage!), but they were out.

i tried to use the $5/$30 medicare coupon. it would not scan at all and they tried entering the manual code which did not work either. they seemed to be at a loss of what to do, so i just used one of my sunset coupons instead.

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11/18 revlon, skippy, ragu, nature's bounty, & cashews

cost: $3.59

he bought:

subtotal $34.95

used coupons:

= $12.45 + $1.14 tax (used $12 eb + $1.59 oop)

received:

11/15-11/21

summary:

year to date savings: $3253.38
fall 2009 spending: $32.03
cvs got $161.50 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

i don't think my $5/$30 beeped (just printed it today) but i think the cashier entered it manually because it wouldn't scan. if it didn't scan there must have been something wrong with the coding because it was printed perfectly clear.

i didn't bring any ragu coupons with me because i was planning to get all skippy for the hellman's deal - but they didn't have enough skippy on the shelf. still a great deal.

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11/16 glade, revlon, scope, xmas lights, & tilex

cost: $1.82

i bought:

subtotal $20.47

used coupons:

= $7.47 + $1.29 tax (used $7.49 eb - adjusted to $7.47 + $1.29 oop)

received:

11/15-11/21

summary:

year to date savings: $2001.49
fall 2009 spending: $13.15
cvs got $189 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

he bought:

subtotal $20.77

used coupons:

-$4 Glade Sense & Spray Starter Kit

= $6.77 + $1.27 tax (used $6 eb + $2.04 oop)

received:

11/15-11/21

summary:

year to date savings: $3253.38
fall 2009 spending: $29.99
cvs got $146 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

cost of both transactions combined: $1.82

still no beeps on my $5/$20's... i just know it'll happen once i stop getting nervous about it! (many of the $5/$20 coupons people printed have been beeping as already used, it seems like cvs must have issued duplicate barcodes.)

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11/14 nature's bounty, earinse, & paper towels

profit: $3.63

i bought:

subtotal $20.27

used coupons:

= $5.27 + $.09 tax (used $5 eb + $.36 oop)

received:

11/8-11/14

gbt

summary:

year to date savings: $2001.49
fall 2009 spending: $13.15
cvs got $184 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

i believe this is the 3rd $5/$20 i have used from sunset.com - so far i haven't had problems with any of them, although many people have reported them beeping as already used!

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11/11 nova max, earinse, & xmas lights

profit: $.91

he bought:

subtotal $21.97

used coupons:

= $16.97 + $.08 tax (used $16.99 eb - adjusted to $16.97 + $.08 oop)

received:

11/8-11/14

summary:

year to date savings: $3179.41
fall 2009 spending: $29.91
cvs got $ 137 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

this was a surprisingly good trip. i didn't expect any nova max to be in stock - but they had one left. i half expected my sunset.com coupon to beep already used, since many people have been having problems using that coupon - but it went through fine. i even got offered the holiday catalog and was reminded to use my gbt! :)

these xmas lights are battery powered, so i am collecting them for my balcony!

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11/07 newspapers, pantene, & plackers

cost: $6.51

he bought:

subtotal $15.99

used coupons:

long island magazine

= $9.99 + $.51 tax (used $10 eb - adjusted to $9.99 + $.51 oop)

received:

11/1-11/7

summary:

year to date savings: $3161.19
fall 2009 spending: $29.40
cvs got $137 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

i started out buying 4 early sunday edition newspapers (or so i thought). they are usually $1.50 each, when they rang up $.75 i added another 4 papers so that i would still have the same total.

when i got home i took another look at my newspapers and realized that some of them are actually saturday papers, although the covers are almost identical. the cashier must have charged me for all saturday papers instead of the early editions. whoever put the papers together must not have been able to tell the difference either since the sunday comics, coupons, and ads were inserted into the saturday papers as well as the early sunday editions!

as you can see from the photo, some of the papers were missing the redplum insert. i had checked them beforehand, but when i added 4 more papers i had to take some incomplete ones because there weren't enough papers left with both inserts! (still a great deal though, since i was expecting to pay the same price for half the number of newspapers.)

oh, if you haven't seen the new eb yet - they have redesigned them to be a bit smaller!

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11/04 softsoap ensembles, nova max, & gold emblem

profit: $1.40

he bought:

subtotal $19.95

used coupons:

~~-$2 off 2 Gold Emblem Nut items crt~~

- register would not take this coupon

= $12.95 + $.64 tax (used $12 eb + $1.59 oop)

received:

11/1-11/7

gbt

summary:

year to date savings: $3092.19
fall 2009 spending: $27.81
cvs got $135 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

i had meant to throw in a filler to reach $20 before tax, but i completely forgot. the $5/$20 still went through though.

the $2 off 2 gold emblem nut crt would not go through. the cashier said it was because of my being $.05 short of a $20 subtotal - but that really doesn't make any sense. i read on slickdeals that others have had the same problem combining the nut crt with the $5/$20 and the theory is that the crt is incorrectly coded as $2/$10. so in order to use both without beeps, your subtotal would have to be $30 or more.

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11/02 pantene, viologie, fruitopia, softsoap, plackers, xmas lights, cashews, & a caramel

cost: $5.69

i bought:

subtotal $30.25

used coupons:

- i shouldn't have used this on 2 bases! my mistake

= $12.25 + $1.44 tax (used $12 eb + $1.69 oop)

received:

11/1-11/7

summary:

year to date savings: $1965.03
fall 2009 spending: $11.46
cvs got $174 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

my store was out of the nova max meters, which i had been counting on to spend my $12 eb expiring today. i wandered around for some time before i got this transaction together. but i should have done a price check on the xmas lights, because they rang up $1 less than marked - thats why i ended up throwing in yet another pack of cashews!

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10/31 nature's bounty, aveeno, pepsi

profit: $3.02

i bought:

subtotal $28.98

used coupons:

= $2.98 + $.48 tax (used $3 eb + $.46 oop)

received:

summary:

year to date savings: $1857.61
fall 2009 spending: $10.86
cvs got $169 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

he bought:

subtotal $18.09

used coupons:

= $4.09 + $.53 tax (used $4 eb + $.62 oop)

received:

october 2009 clipfree coupon book

will receive:

$.10 bottle depositssummary:

year to date savings: $3064.73
fall 2009 spending: $27.19
cvs got $135 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

♥ profit on both transactions combined: $3.02 ♥

just squeezing some more out of the nature's bounty deal!

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10/30 nature's bounty, campbell's, ibuprofen, & speed stick

profit: $2.87

i bought:

subtotal $31.45

used coupons:

-$1 off 2 Campbell's cooking soups

= $3.95 + $.18 tax (used $3.99 eb + $.14 oop)

received:

summary:

year to date savings: $1857.61
fall 2009 spending: $10.86
cvs got $148 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

if you happen to have a variety of nature's bounty in your cabinets you can sign up for nature's bounty rewards and get these $5 coupons!

the registers seem to ignore the $0 bogo prices and allow the $5 coupons to go through for each bottle - even though it causes overage. just make sure you have enough items in your transaction so you don't end up with a negative balance!

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10/28 ibuprofen, speed stick, campbell's, & neosporin lip

cost: $3.55

he bought:

subtotal $15.26

used coupons:

-$3 neosporin lip health, any
-$2.78 (adjusted from $3) neosporin lip health, any

-$1 off 2 Campbell's cooking soups

= $3.98 + $.57 tax (used $3 eb + $1.55 oop)

received:

-$3 neosporin lip health, any

summary:

year to date savings: $3039.47
fall 2009 spending: $25.64
cvs got $124 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

thought i would get the ibuprofen while its on sale since i always seem to be running out. combining it with other items i could get free and the $3/$15 was cheaper than buying it alone!

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10/25 pepsi, paper towels, ibuprofen, nova max, & neosporin lip

cost: ~~$7.55~~ $6.55

i bought:

subtotal $27.96

used coupons:

= $16.96 + $.84 tax (used $17 eb + $.80 oop)

received:

october 2009 clipfree coupon book

green bag tag

will receive:

$.20 in bottle depositssummary:

year to date savings: $1763.15
fall 2009 spending: $9.56
cvs got $127 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

he bought:

subtotal $16.54

used coupons:

= $13.54 + $.44 tax (used $13.50 eb + $.48 oop)

received:

~~$1 eb wyb 2 Pepsi 2 liter october 2009 clipfree coupon book Limit 5~~

green bag tag

will receive:

$.05 in bottle depositssummary:

year to date savings: $2969.99
fall 2009 spending: $25.16
cvs got $117 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

cost of both transactions combined: ~~$7.55~~ $6.55

i expected the cashier to adjust the neosporin coupons to $2.89, but he pushed them through for the full amount.

i had already purchased one pepsi 2 liter on my boyfriend's card so i should have gotten $1 eb for buying the second one today. but instead 2 separate tallies printed at the end of the receipt with one towards each! i guess since they have the pepsi deal in this week's ad it is coming up as a separate deal and overriding the monthly deal.

i'll email cvs customer service and see if they will issue the eb to me. if they do, my cost will change to $6.55.

update 10/28: got the $1 eb issued to card for pepsi deal!

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10/24 newspapers

cost: $7.50

cost: $7.50

i bought extra newspapers today for the bayer meter coupons... but it turns out they were not included in my newspapers! it must be a regional coupon. :(

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10/20 centrum & glade

profit: $2.50

he bought:

subtotal $26.99

used coupons:

-$5 off 2 centrum ultra coupon

= $13.99 + $.49 tax (used $14 eb - adjusted to $13.99 + $.49 oop)

received:

10/18-10/24

summary:

year to date savings: $2934.62
fall 2009 spending: $24.67
cvs got $117 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

...almost the same as yesterday's.

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10/19 essence of beauty, centrum, & glade

profit: $2.36

i bought:

subtotal $29.98

used coupons:

-$5 off 2 centrum ultra coupon

= $13.98 + $.63 tax (used $14 eb - adjusted to $13.98 + $.63 oop)

received:

10/18-10/24

summary:

year to date savings: $1724.79
fall 2009 spending: $8.93
cvs got $121 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

the first time i tried to print the centrum coupon, a robitussin coupon printed! did that happen to anyone else? strange indeed...

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10/17 wheat thins

profit: $4

he bought:

wheat thins $3subtotal $3

used coupons:

or buy $1 coupon

= $1 (used $.99 eb + $.01 on discover card)

received:

10/11-10/17

summary:

discover card

year to date savings: $2930.64
fall 2009 spending: $24.66
cvs got $109 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

i already had $12 towards the kraft deal from 10/11 and had been hoping for more digiorno pizza. but all the stores had left all week were the "supreme" (non-vegetarian) pizzas.

so today i just bought the cheapest thing i could to finish the deal.

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10/15 olay & pantene

cost: $.79

i bought:

subtotal $23.98

used coupons:

$20 mir wyb olay regenerist eye roller and any pantene shampoo or conditioner 12.6 oz +

or buy this coupon

= $18.98 + $1.81 tax (used $17.98 eb + $2.81 on discover card)

will receive:

summary:

discover card

year to date savings: $1691.82
fall 2009 spending: $13.28
cvs got $113 in man. coupons to be reimbursed (since 8/24/09)

thanks to Anna for suggesting this rebate as a way to use my expiring eb!

you could also add $1.02 to bring your total to $25 and then use the -$5 off $25 flu iq coupon instead of the $3/$15.

there is a $1 coupon for Pantene Expressions or Restoratives in RP 09-13, but none of those types seemed to come in a big enough size for the mir.

i used my green bag tag with my own card today (used it with boyfriend's card yesterday) and it worked fine. so its definitely not linked to your cvs card.

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10/14 soy joy, pepsi, milk, reinventing beauty, & green bag tag

profit: $5.10

he bought:

green bag tag

~~$.99~~

subtotal $25.73

used coupons: