Big Spender

Like many others, I got some crazy CVS coupons this week - $15 off a $75 purchase and $20 off $100. When I first got these, I thought, oh well, there's no way I'm going to be able to use these in a smart or profitable way. But thanks to nasagreen and annathy's posts, I got some great tips and headed out to the store. Gracias ladies!CVS - My card. My subtotal here was over $100, but the cashier hit some button that applied the CVS sales, which brought it down to around $76. Grr! The $20 off $100 coupon then wouldn't work, so I had to run back and grab the monitors real quick. I was glad I had a backup plan in mind!

• 3 cases Diet Coke $11, used three $1 coupons (these always beep at CVS for me -- so annoying) and got back $3 EB (Limit 1) = $5 or $1.66 each
• 2 Excedrin Migraine $1.99 each, used two $2 coupons (second adjusted down) = FREE
• Excedrin Express Gels $1.99, used $2 coupon (adjusted down) = FREE
• Cover Girl Lash Blast Luxe mascara $7 and 2 Cover Girl loose powders $6.49 each, used three $1 coupons (4/5 P&G) and got back $10 EB for spending $20 on Cover Girl (Limit 1) = $2.49 each
• 5 Schick Intuition Razors $9.99 each and one cartridge $10.19, BOGO sale, used three $4 coupons (3/22 SS) and three BOGO coupons (4/5 SS) = $12 profit *FYI these coupons gave me major beepage (at both stores). Luckily the cashiers overrode them.
• Softsoap Ensembles base $3.99, used $2 coupon (Reinventing Beauty magazine found in stores or 3/22 SS) = $1.99 - I was thinking I would get back EB's, but I forgot that you only get them when you buy two. I'm out of coupons at this point, so I'll probably just leave it as this and move on.
• 2 boxes CVS tissues $1.99 each, used $1 off 2 CRT = $2.98
• Bayer Contour monitor $14.99, used freebie coupon (3/22 RP) = FREE
• Accu-Chek Aviva Diabetes Monitoring Kit $9.99, get back $9.99 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
• Used $20 off $100 coupon and $3.98 EB, total was $6.97, overall profit $12.04

DBF's card

• 3 cases Diet Coke $11, used three $1 coupons and got back $3 EB (Limit 1) = $5 or $1.66 each
• 2 Excedrin Migraine $1.99 each, used two $2 coupons (not adjusted at this store) = $0.02 profit
• Excedrin Express Gels $1.99, used $2 coupon = $0.01 profit
• 2 Cover Girl Lash Blast Luxe mascaras $7 each and Cover Girl loose powder $6.49, used three $1 coupons (4/5 P&G) and got back $10 EB for spending $20 on Cover Girl (Limit 1) = $2.49 each
• Accu-Chek Aviva Diabetes Monitoring Kit $9.99, get back $9.99 EB (Limit 1) = FREE
• 6 Schick Intuition Razors $9.99 each, BOGO sale, used three $4 coupons (3/22 SS) and three BOGO coupons (4/5 SS) = $12 profit
• Used $15 off $75 coupon and $3.49 EB, total was $7.97, overall profit $11.53

Walgreens - rebates in DBF's name

• Bayer Contour monitor $14.99, used freebie coupon (3/22 RP) = FREE, got back a coupon for a FREE 6 oz. tube of Crest Pro Health toothpaste
• Garnier Nutritioniste lotion with bonus $10, used $1 coupon (4/5 RP) = $9 - Now will qualify for $11 rebate (WYB $20 of Garnier, $10 + 10% bonus, ESR #3) in DBF's name = $3.50 a bottle
• Total was $9.70

Second transaction

• Crest ProHealth toothpaste $3.50, used freebie coupon from buying monitor = FREE

Rinse and repeated Bayer & Crest twice (all in separate transactions) and will qualify for $5 rebate (ESR #5) = $5 profit