Week 2: $25 CVS Gift Card Challenge Saved 99%

Last week I told you about Week 1 of my $25 CVS Gift Card Challenge sponsored by Cheryl at Simply CVS. 

This morning I woke up FAR too early and I couldn't get back to sleep.  I finally decided to get up and go grab my paper off the front lawn and see what coupons it contained.

I usually wait until Sunday to plan my CVS adventures because it seems to me (and today was certainly no exception) that drugs stores like to have their sales go along with the newly issued coupons.  They even put little symbols in their ads to let you know that there is a coupon that you can use on that item.

When I flipped through my coupon inserts this morning, I quickly recognized several items that I had known would be on sale because of this weeks ad-scan preview at Simply CVS.

There are probably several items that previously had coupons available that I missed, but I decided that I wanted to hurry up and make my trip in the morning before we had to leave for church, so I clipped out a few just from this week's paper, and those were the only coupons I used this trip.  That means that if you are new to drug store shopping, and want to get started, this is a good week to do it!  

Here is what I bought this morning (I wanted to get the Bic Soliel Women's Razor, but they were none on the shelf.  That change in my plan actually made me spend much less):

1 Gillette Fusion Proglide (These are my husband's favorite, so I pick up one whenever I can):  $9.99

  --Used $4.00/1 from 7/31 PG  (Get $5 ECBs)

1 Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief   $4.99

  --Used $1.50/1 from 7/31 SS    (Get $3 ECBs)

2 Skinny Cow Bars @ $0.99 each

  --Used BOGO from 7/31 RP    (Get $0.99 ECBs -limit 1)

1 Kotex U Pantiliner  $1.49 on my receipt

  -Used FREE product coupon that printed from the scanner this morning (I notice $1.77 *the upper limit* was actually deducted)

Total Shelf Price:   $21.25

Total Sale Price:    $18.45

Price After Coupons listed Above:  $10.19

Paid with $10 of my ECBs from last week:  $0.19 +  $0.09 tax =  $0.28 OOP  and I got back $8.99 in ECBs  to use next time (plus $2 left from last week for $10.99 total).  That's a 99% Savings!

If you are keeping track:

Week 1:  Spent $5.10 OOP  on $39.61 worth w/ $12 ECBs remaining

Week 2:  Spent $0.28 OOP  on $ 21.25 worth w/ $10.99 ECBs remaining.

Total:  $5.38 spent on $60.86 worth of products

Total remaining:  $19.62 + $10.99 in ECBs.

If you are planning on shopping at CVS this week, Cheryl can help you get the most out of your trip.  I tend to focus on her Extra Bucks deals (since those are the ones that pay you back to shop), but she also has great coupon match-ups for grocery items, household items, and even BOGO items and $1 or less items.

Look carefully through her lists if you have a supply of older coupons, because there are some I noticed that came out before this morning for the same items that were higher in value.