Economic Endeavors

This looks like a pretty good week at CVS. I was able to plan out 5 transactions, and will be stocking up on diapers, lots of wipes, Tide, some food items, and a purchase to send in for the Glamour bag offer, and will be breaking even and spending very little, if any, out-of-pocket (oop). I heart CVS. :)

Here are my scenarios:

Transaction 1:

$2.50 Playskool Cottony Cloths wipes
$5.99 Tide Free 24-32 loads (earns $2 ECBs)
$4.99 Adidas deodorant (earns $4.99 ECBs, monthly deal)
$1.99 Excedrin migraine

$15.47 before coupons

-$5/$15*
-$1 Tide Free printable (can print as many as you like)
-$1 Playskool Cottony Cloths wipes printable (can print as many as you like, can only use once per transaction)
-$2 Excedrin printable

$6.47 after coupons, earns $7 ECBs
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Transaction 2:

Do the above transaction a second time, to get more wipes toward your Playskool ECBs.
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Transaction 3:

$10.99 Playskool Mega Pack diapers
$3.99 Colgate 360 toothbrush

Total before coupons: $14.98

-$5/$15*
-$3/$10 CVS brand (from the card scanner machine, can be used on Playskool, which is a CVS Brand)
-$3 Playskool diapers CRT
-$2 Playskool diapers printable

$1.98 after coupons (or $4.98 if you don't have the CRT, which I only have on one of my 2 cards), earns $3.99
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Transaction 4:

$2.50 Playskool wipes
$2.50 Playskool wipes (earns $5)
$1.50 Ragu 26oz
$1.50 Ragu 26oz
$1.50 Skippy 16.3oz
$1.50 Liptons tea bags 40-100ct
$3.00 Lipton To Go tea 10ct
$1.50 Hellmans mayonaise 24-30oz (earns $3)

Total before coupons: $15.50

-$5/$15*
-$1 Playskool wipes printable
-$1 off 2 Ragu Pasta Sauce, RP 5/18
-$0.60 any one Lipton tea bags, or iced tea mix RP 5/18
-$0.60 any one Lipton tea bags, or iced tea mix RP 5/18
-$0.50 any one hellmann product RP 5/18

$6.30 after coupons, earns $8 ECBs
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Transaction 5:

$16.99 24/7 Mineral Makeup (earns $10, and qualifies for Glamour bag offer)

-$5/$15*

$11.99 after coupon, earns $10 ECBs
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Breakdown of ECBs:
Card #1 (with the Playskool CRT in transaction 3): ECBs spent- $33.21, ECBs earned- $35.99
Card #2 (without Playskool CRT in transaction 2): ECBs spent- $36.21, ECBs earned- $35.99

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* this $5/$15 coupon was in the NY Newsday last week, and was available in their e-edition only if you were a current subscriber, or if you paid $19 to sign up. I have a friend who subscribes, and who allowed me to print the coupon from his account. I did not blog about it because it was not a coupon that was available for free to everyone.