CVS 12-15-12

Retail $159.39 ... Saved $157.07 ... Paid $2.32 ... 98.54% Saved

CVS 12-05-12

Retail $106.92 ... Saved $120.92 ... Paid +$14.00 ... 113% Saved

CVS 11-30-12

Retail $200.02 ... Saved $197.62 ... Paid $2.40 ... 98.8% Saved

Used Extra Bucks and received new ones. Extra Bucks usually have a 2-3 week expiration date. Use them like cash for minimal out of pocket expense!

CVS & Walgreens - Week of Black Friday

 

  

 

 

Black Friday is fun! I brought my friend Gigi with me once again ... We traditionally shop Black Friday each year ... CVS & Walgreens is a great way to warm up & get ready for the chaos! So many deals ... so little time! CVS and Walgreens have a variety of items for FREE ... Use the Extra Bucks & Register Rewards as cash and roll over your transactions ... We did great last year ... but topped it and did awesome this year !!!

Longest receipt yet ... 17 feet ... About 5 feet was the receipt ... the rest was Extra Bucks!

CVS Retail $379.09 ... Saved $414.19 ... Paid +$35.10 (Includes EB)
WAGS Retail $116.60 ... Saved $103.70... Paid $12.90 (Includes RR)

Total-> Retail $495.69 ... Saved $530.79... Paid +$22.20 ... 107.08% Saved

CVS 11-7-12

Retail $140.36 ... Saved $146.55 ... Paid +$6.19 ... 104.41% Saved

Ralphs 10-24-12

Retail $158.16 ... Saved $121.55 ... Paid $36.61 ... 76.85% Saved Made time for a second trip ... couldn't resist the deals :)

Ralphs 10-20-12

Retail $290.69 ... Saved $207.67 ... Paid $83.02 ... 71.44% Saved

At Ralphs there was a great deal that could be paired with a sale ... Several items were 10 for $10 or 4 for $5 ... There was also a "Buy 5 get $5" ... That made some items $.25 and others FREE!

A great time to stock up ... and since I do 2 of my biggest donations around the holidays ... I took advantage of the great prices to be able to donate more :)

CVS 10-10-12

 

Retail $43.91 ... Saved $30.70 ... Paid $13.21 ... 69.91% Saved

CVS 10-08-12

It's never too late to stock up on school supplies.  Sometimes the best deals are found several weeks after school has started.

Retail $159.15 ... Saved $178.09 ... Paid +$18.94 ... 111.9% Saved

CVS 10-3-12

Never to late to get ready for Halloween ... It usually takes a few weeks ... but Halloween candy can be found for unbelievable prices if you are patient :)

Retail $288.73 ... Saved $260.89 ... Paid $27.84 ... 90.35% Savings
(Multiple transactions & rolling over Extra Bucks)

Walgreens 10-3-12

Retail $56.55 ... Saved $53.86 ... Paid $2.69 ... 95.24% Savings

Target 9-28-12

Retail $84.61 ... Saved$78.81 ... Paid $6.80 ... 93.14% Savings

Target offers lots of deals that include receiving a $5 Gift Card with qualifying purchases ... Piggyback that with manufacturer and Target coupons (when available) for awesome savings.

Something about Rebates!

Rebates can be tricky ... If you are not willing to do the work (minimal work overall) ... Your savings can be negated.

Some rebated require very little effort ...

Walgreens, for instance, has some that are easy to do ... Simply go on their website ... register your receipt and choose your type of refund ... One option is a Walgreens Gift Card (my personal favorite) ... By choosing that option ... they will give you 10% additional ... Who can say no to free $$ !

Some rebates are real work ... if you want to call it that ... also well worth your time. Cutting out a bar code(s), filling out a rebate form, addrerssing an envelope and mailing it in.  The problem occurs when you don't take the time or worse ... forget or miss the deadline ... It happens ... I have done it.  It makes you re-evaluate if rebates are for me.

Generally I pass ... but a few good deals ... Try Me Free items or moneymakers are hard to pass up!

Best advice ... Do your rebates immediately ... get it done and submitted ... and then wait for the rewards:)

CVS 9-14-12

If you continue to roll over your Extra Bucks ... your "out of pocket" can be kept low.

Retail $ 88.93 ... Saved $89.29 ... Paid +$.36 ... 100.4% Savings (includes a rebate).

CVS 9-12-12

Retail $99.44 ... Saved $102.83 ... Paid +$3.39 ... 103.3% Saved

Over 100% savings is possible when you have Extra Bucks from previous transactions and you use those as payment for current transactions making your "out of pocket" expense less ... If the current transactions yield more Extra Bucks ... you subtract those from what amount you did spend out of pocket ... and sometimes you have more than your retail total ... That would create a 100% or more savings!

Isn't couponing fun!

CVS 8-24-12

Retail $117.50 ... Saved $100.07 ... Paid $17.43 ... 85.16% Saved