CVS Shopping

My first foray into the world of CVS shopping..

DH came home one day, a couple of months back and got me hooked onto to these bloggers who bragged and gave tips on how to make these huge household purchases with as little as a couple of dollars out of pocket.

The biggest novelty was the CVS system with their Extra Cash Back (ECB) feature. Coupling this with coupons and sales, I was excited to begin this shop and save, or rather, shop but save. I am all about dreaming up scenarios in my head... but life happened and none of these plans were carried out. Finally, the grand initiator himself took an interest and we finally plunged in ...

The rest is .. history... or rather very exhilarating..

We started with an initial investment of $14 to get our ECBs started. Outlined below are our trips so far :


Trip 1: Oct 6, 2009
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1 boost high protein drink : $6.99
1 boost high protein drink : $6.99
1 boost high protein drink : $6.99
1 CVS coupon :-$1.00
1 boost MQ :-$2.00
1 boost MQ :-$2.00
1 boost MQ :-$2.00
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Total : $20.97
OOP : $13.97
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Savings : $7.00
ECB : $10.00
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Trip 2: Oct 9, 2009
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1 Dial 3-bar soap : $1.88
1 Sudafed PE 20 ct : $7.00
1 Sudafed PE 24 ct : $7.00
1 Colgate Total Adv. : $2.99
1 Tylenol Cold : $6.00
1 CVS Hand Sanitizer : $2.29
1 CVS $5/$25 :-$5.00
1 sudafed MQ :-$1.00
1 sudafed MQ :-$1.00
1 Tylenol MQ :-$1.00
ECB :-$10.00
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Total : $27.16
OOP : $9.23
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Savings : $18.00
ECB : $13.00
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Trip 3: Oct 10, 2009
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1 Dove Extra Dry Cream : $7.00
1 Dove Frizz Conditioner : $4.99
1 Dove adv. Conditioner : $4.99
1 Dove adv. Shampoo : $4.99
1 Kleenex face tissue : $2.39
1 Kleenex face tissue : $2.39
1 poise liner :$2.49
1 poise liner :$2.49
1 CVS $5/$25 :-$5.00
1 Kleenex BOGO :-$2.49
2 CVS Kleenex :-$2.00
2 poise MQ :-$4.00
3 dove haircare MQ :-$3.00
2 dove haircare CVS :-$2.00
1 dove extradry MQ :-$1.50

ECB :-$10.00
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Total : $31.73
OOP : $1.99
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Savings : $19.99
ECB : $10.00
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