Shopping Trip - 3/4/12

I went to CVS and Walgreens today.

Total before coupons: $66.06 + tax = $71.81
My OOP: $16.91 + tax = $22.66, with $8 RRs and $10 cash card remaining (plus $5 Beauty Club EBs)
Savings: $49.15, 68% (74% without tax)

I bought 20 items today. Purchased items include 4 All Free & Clear laundry detergents, 2 Lysol spray cleaners, 2 Lysol disinfectant sprays, 2 Lysol disinfectant wipes, Softsoap body wash, Crest Pro-Health rinse, Softsoap bar soap 4-pack, Walgreens Saline Nasal mist, Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste, 2 Revlon eye shadow singles, bag of jelly beans, single-serve box of Golden Oreos, and a Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper.

Here's a breakdown of each store.

Walgreens

 
I started with $8.00 Register Rewards from last week.

Walgreens Saline Spray $5.00 (sale)
Cost: $5.00, earn $5 RR (making this FREE)

Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste $3.00
Cost: $3.00, earn $3 RR (making this FREE)

Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper $2.00 

Walgreens total before coupons: $10.00 + tax = $10.78
-$8.00 RRs from last week
My OOP: $2.00 + tax = $2.78, with $8 RRs remaining
Savings: $8.00, 74% (80% without tax)

 

CVS

I started with $7.79 ExtraBucks, a $3/$15 Facebook coupon, and a 20% off non-sale items CVS email coupon. 

Transaction # 1

Softsoap body wash and Softsoap 4-pk bar soap @ $3.50 each = $7.00 (regularly $4.39-$4.49)
Used -$1.50 and -$0.50 mfr coupons
Cost: $5.00, earn $5 EBs (making these FREE)

Nabisco Golden Oreos 5.5 oz $1.50 (regularly $2.19)

Used -$1.50 FREE Oreos CVS scanner coupon
Cost: FREE

Crest Pro-Health Rinse $4.99 (regularly $6.49)

Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $3.99, earn $2 EBs (making this $1.99)

Gold Emblem jelly beans $0.99 (regularly $1.19)

Cost: $0.99, earn $0.99 EBs (making this FREE)

2 Revlon Diamond Lust eye shadow singles @ $5.29 = $10.58

Used -$1.87 20% off coupon
Cost: $8.71, earn $8 EBs (making these $0.71 or $0.36 each) 

Transaction # 1 total before coupons: $25.06 + tax = $27.01
-$1.87 20% off
-$3/$15
-$7.79 EBs
-$4.50 coupons
My OOP: $7.90 + tax = $9.85, earn $15.99 EBs (plus $5 EBs from reaching my Beauty Club $50!)
 

Transaction # 2

These items were part of the $10 CVS cash card when you buy $30 in participating items promotion.

4 All Free & Clear laundry detergents @ $4.00 = $16.00 (regularly $7.79 each)

Used (4) -$1.00 mfr coupons

2 Lysol Neutra Air sprays @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.19 each)

Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons

2 Lysol All Purpose cleaners @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.99 each)

Used -$1.00/2 mfr coupon

2 Lysol disinfectant wipes @ $2.50 = $5.00 (regularly $4.99 each)

Used -$1.00/2 

(Total was $31.00. I used -$8.00 in coupons and earned $10 cash card. That made it $13.00 for everything or $1.30 each)

Transaction # 2 total before coupons: $31.00 + tax = $34.02
-$8.00 coupons
-$15.99 EBs from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $7.01 + tax = $10.03, earn $10 CVS cash card 

CVS total before coupons: $56.06 + tax = $61.03
My OOP: $14.91 + tax = $19.88, with $10 cash card remaining
Savings: $41.15, 67% (73% without tax)

I have $8 Register Rewards and $10 CVS cash card remaining. Today’s purchases also put me over the $50 mark for CVS beauty club, so I’ll be getting $5 ExtraBucks in a couple of days!