Economic Endeavors

When I first looked at the CVS ad for this week, I wasn't too excited. No "free after ECB" deals! But I did a little deeper digging, and I have to say that now I'm pretty excited about the scenario I put together! Free shampoo and conditioner are two of my favorite freebies!

Because I only just got started CVSing again after more than a year, I don't have any newspaper insert coupons, so I was happy to have been able to work a pretty great scenario using only internet printable coupons.

I'm starting this week with $13 ECBs (earned last week) on each of my 2 CVS cards. So I'll be doing the following scenario twice, once on my husband's card, and once on mine.

Here's my scenario for this week:

So imagine my delight when CVS emailed me today to request that I take a survey, rewarded by $15 ECBs, printable immediately upon completion of the survey. I also had that same request in the email address that is attached to my husband's CVS card, so that meant $30 free ECBs for me to play with, on 2 different CVS cards.

Here's the scenario I came up with (I needed diapers again...)

$9.99 Huggies Little Movers Jeans diapers (sale price)

$4 Old Spice Body Wash (earns $4 ECBs, limit 2)

$$11.98 Two ThermaCare 3pk Heating Pads at $5.99 each (earns $5 ECBs wyb 2, limit 1)

$4.77 Six bottles of Sobe Lifewater, on sale B1G1 at $1.59

$1 Green Bag Tag (have been meaning to pick one up)

$35.74 before coupons

-$5/$30 CVS printable

-$15 ECBs, printable reward for taking survey

-$3/1 Huggies printable

-$1/1 CVS Huggies Little Movers Jeans store printable

-$3/1 ThermaCare 2ct+ printable

-$3/1 ThermaCare 2ct+ printable

-$4.77 B1G1 Sobe Lifewater printables

$0.97 +tax after coupons, earns $13 ECBs!

I did this exact same scenario twice, once on my husband's card, and once on mine. Here's the loot:

House Party is a website that organizes party packs that are supplied by companies that want to promote their products to the public. You can apply to host a party, agreeing to plan a party and invite a minimum number of guests, and if you are chosen, House Party ships you a package filled with fun supplies for the party, sent to you for free and provided by the companies that the party is themed around.

For example, I blogged about the first House Party I was chosen to host a while back. It was a Fisher Price party, and it included some pretty awesome free Fisher Price toys. I hosted a "playdate" party for my toddler daughter and her friends, and it was a blast. And all of the larger Fisher Price toys were ours to keep. The package also included smaller toys for our guests to take home as well.

This week, I received the supplies for the second House Party that I will be hosting this weekend: A Shrek Forever After/ McDonald's McNuggets party. This party package is FULL of some pretty awesome freebies, and my 3 daughters were so excited to open the FedEx box with me when it arrived. Included in the package was:

We'll be throwing our "Shrek/McNuggets" themed party this Saturday, and we are so excited.

If you haven't applied to host your own House Party yet, take a look at the website and see if there are any available to apply for that interest you. There's no selling involved, and it's a great way to get together with friends and score some pretty nice (free!) stuff!

Today, I went to do my CVS deal scenarios for this week, and I scanned my card at the coupon printer and here are the coupons I received:

On my husband's card I got

Stop into any Lane Bryant store before May 19 and get a free Cacique panty in black or white, no coupon needed! More details available here.