Economic Endeavors

I told myself I was going to get these posted by Sunday, but the weekend was busy, and yesterday was as well. Next week, I'll try to get them posted earlier than Tuesday!

Here's what I came up with. After doing all 6 transactions, you'll get 3 Jumbo packs of Pampers, 2 Huggies Baby soap, 2 boxes of hair color, 4 toothbrushes (as if we need more, right?), a razor, 2 bottles of dish soap, Chex Mix, 4 South Beach bars, and 3 kids mouthwash...

All to the tune of $3.07 oop! That's $90 worth of products!

***EDIT
Do one more transaction, purchasing a One Touch Ultra Mini Meter for $19.99, and CVS pharmacy cotton swabs 500ct for $3.19. Use a $20 off One Touch coupon from the 4/27 SS (will need to be adjusted down to $19.99), and use the $3/$15. You'll pay only $0.19 +tax, and get back $7 ECBs!
This eliminates the $3.07 for this week's scenarios, and gives $113 worth of products for the week, for a profit of $3.74! Woo hoo!

So on to the scenarios!

Transaction 1:

$5.99 Clairol Natural Instincts
$5.99 Clairol Natural Instincts
$3.49 Listerine Smart Rinse (earns $3.49 ECBs, monthly deal)

$15.47 before coupons

-$3/$15
-$4 Clairol Natural Instincts (from 06/01 P&G)
-$4 Clairol Natural Instincts (from 06/01 P&G)
-$1 Listerine Smart Rinse Anticavity Fluoride Rinse (from 4/27 RP)
OR -$1 Listerinse Smart Rinse 250 ml printable

$3.47 after coupons, earns $3.49 ECBs

tip: I found mail-in-rebate forms a little while back at Kroger for the Listerine Smart Rinse, but I also saw them on a big cardboard display at a CVS store last week. Look for these to send in to get $3.49 back! EXP 12/31/2008

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$9.99 Gillette Phenom Fusion Razor (earns $4 ECBs)
$2 2 Dawn Dish Soap 11 oz. - limit 4 (earns $1 ECB)
$2 2 Dawn Dish Soap 11 oz. - limit 4 (earns $1 ECB)
$1 Chex Mix

$14.99 before coupons

-$3/$15
-$4 Fusion Razor (from 6/1 P&G)
-$0.25 on one any size Dawn (from 6/1 P&G)
-$0.25 on one any size Dawn (from 6/1 P&G)
-$1 Chex Mix printable

$6.49 after coupons, earns $6 ECBs

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Transaction 3:

$7.99 Pampers Jumbo Pack diapers
$6.99 Oral B CrossAction Manual Toothbrush 2 pk

$14.98 before coupons

-$3/$15
-$1.50 Pampers coupon from inside diaper packages

$10.48 after coupons, earns $6.99 ECBs

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Transaction 4:

do above transaction a second time to get more pampers towards your Pampers ECBs

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Transaction 5:

$7.99 Pampers Jumbo pack diapers (earns $5 ECBs)
$1.79 x4 South Beach Diet bars 2.11 oz ($7.16, earns $3 ECBs)

$15.15 before coupons

-$3/$15
-$4 (4) $1 off South Beach Living high protein cereal bar or sweet nut creation bar (from 6/01 SS)
-$1.50 Pampers coupon from inside diaper packages

$6.65 after coupons, earns $8 ECBs

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Transaction 6:

$3.49 Listerine Smart Rinse (earns $3.49 ECBs, monthly deal)
$3.49 Listerine Smart Rinse (earns $3.49 ECBs, monthly deal)
$3.99 Huggies lotion, hair & body wash 15oz or washcloths 20 ct (earns $2 ECBs, monthly deal)
$3.99 Huggies lotion, hair & body wash 15oz or washcloths 20 ct (earns $2 ECBs, monthly deal)

$14.96 before coupons

-$3/$15
-$1.00 Huggies Bath and Body Product, any (from 5/18 SS1)
-$1.00 Huggies Bath and Body Product, any (from 5/18 SS1)
-$2 (2) $1 off Listerine Smart Rinse Anticavity Fluoride Rinse (from 4/27 RP)
OR -$1 off Listerinse Smart Rinse 250 ml printable

$7.96 after coupons, earns $11 ECBs
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Total spent: $47.53
Total ECBs earned: $44. 46
Oop after ECBs: $3.07