Shopping Trip - 5/13/12

Just CVS and Walgreens today. Well, I actually shopped at Kmart, too--but I'll make a different post about that.

Total before coupons: $95.02 + tax = $103.11
My OOP: $20.78 + tax = $28.87, with $17.99 rewards and $5 Beauty Club rewards remaining
Savings: $74.24, 72% (78% without tax)

I bought 19 items today. They include 3 bottles Crest Pro-Health mouth wash, Essence of Beauty body wash, One Touch Ultra Mini blood glucose meter, Pantene shampoo, 2 Pantene conditioners, Pantene styler, NatuRelief pain relief tablets 30ct, Crest Pro-Health toothpaste, 2 Crest Pro-Health clinical toothpastes, Starbucks Refreshers beverage, Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper, Lysol disinfectant spray, Airwick iMotion compact kit, Airwick compact refill, and Airwick freshmatic refill.

Here's a breakdown of each store.

Walgreens

I didn’t have any RRs to start with.

Naturelief Chewable pain relief tablets 30ct $5.99 (regularly $9.99)
Used -$1.00 mfr coupon
Cost: $4.99, earn $5 RR (making these FREE + $0.01 profit)

Starbucks Refresher energy drink $0.99 (sale price)
Cost: $0.99, earn $0.99 RR (making this FREE)

One Touch Ultra Mini blood glucose meter $19.99
Used -$10.00 mfr coupon
Used -$10.00 store IVC
Cost: -$0.01 (making this FREE + $0.01 profit)

Knoxville News Sentinel newspaper $2.00

Walgreens total before coupons: $28.97 + tax = $31.58
-$21.00 coupons
My OOP: $7.97 + tax = $10.58, with $5.99 RRs remaining
Savings: $21.00, 66% (72% without tax)

CVS

I had $10.74 EBs to start with. 

Transaction # 1

Essence of Beauty body wash $2.37
Used -$3.00 FREE body wash CVS coupon (auto-deducted this amount and the manager was the cashier)
Cost: -$0.63 (making this FREE + $0.63 profit)

Crest Pro-Health toothpaste $3.49
3 Crest Pro-Health 1-liter mouth rinses @ $6.49 = $19.47
Used -$1.00 toothpaste mfr coupon
Used (3) -$0.25 mouth rinse mfr coupons
Used -$5.81 30% coupon discount
Cost: $15.40, earn $10 EBs (making these $5.40 or $1.35 each)

Transaction # 1 total before coupons: $25.33 + tax = $26.84
-$11.56 coupons
-$10.74 EBs from a previous purchase
My OOP: $4.03 + tax = $5.54, earn $10 EBs

Transaction # 2

2 Crest Pro-Health clinical toothpastes @ $3.39 = $6.78 (regularly $4.89 each)
Used (2) -$1.00 mfr coupons
Cost: $4.78, earn $4 EBs (making these $0.39 each)

Lysol disinfectant spray $5.00 (regularly $8.49)
Airwick iMotion compact kit $5.00 (regularly $9.99)
Airwick compact refill $5.00 (regularly $6.29)
Airwick freshmatic refill $5.00 (regularly $5.99)
Used -$1.00 Lysol mfr coupon
Used -$2.00 Airwick kit mfr coupon
Used -$1.50 Airwick compact refill mfr coupon
Used -$1.50 Airwick freshmatic refill mfr coupon
Cost: $14.00, earn $10 EBs (making these $1 each)

Transaction # 2 total before coupons: $26.78 + tax = $29.39
-$8.00 coupons
-$10.00 EBs from Transaction # 1
My OOP: $8.78 + tax = $11.39, earn $14 EBs

Transaction # 3

4 Pantene products @ 2/$6.97 = $13.94 (regularly $4.99 - $5.79 each)
Used (2) -$3.48 BOGO free mfr coupons
Used -$3.00/2 mfr coupon
Cost: $3.98, earn $2 EBs (making these $1.98 or $0.49 each)

Transaction # 3 total before coupons: $13.94 + tax = $15.30
-$9.96 coupons
-$3.98 EBs from Transaction # 2 (adjusted down from $4)
My OOP: $0 + tax = $1.36, earn $2 EBs

CVS total before coupons: $66.05 + tax = $71.53
My OOP: $12.81 + tax = $18.29, with $12 EBs remaining and $5 Beauty Club EBs for reaching my next $50 mark on Beauty Products
Savings: $53.24, 74% (81% without tax)

I have $12 EBs and $5.99 RRs remaining. That’s $17.99 in rewards for next week.  Plus, the $5 Beauty Club EBs that will print sometime this week!