Economic Endeavors

This was a great week at CVS. You can see my four transactions here, and coupons I used. I did the four transactions on both my card and my husbands, in 3 separate trips to the store. I had a bit of a problem with the Glade Plug-ins deal, but worked it out (the cashier let me substitute the Scented Oil Candles and use the Plug-Ins Scented Oil coupons, because they didn't have the Plug-In warmers in stock). I didn't get a picture of my first trip to the store, in which I did Transaction 1 on both cards. But below are pictures of my last 2 trips to CVS this week, doing Transaction 2 and 3 in the first picture, and 4 (plus the 5th transaction I worked last minute to use the $2 ECBs that printed for each card at the card scanner machine and expired in 3 days!).

This trip cost me $8.22 cash oop ($5 of that was tax!)

Here's what I scored at CVS this week! You can see my shopping plan here, with a list of what I bought and what coupons I used!

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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!