CVS Shopping: Week 6/29 -7/5

We've had a busy week, and I haven't had time to post my shopping trips to CVS. Tyler has been coming with me, which has been so nice! It's been a fun time to spend together, and it's been much easier with the kids and being uncomfortably pregnant. I will use my card, and he will use his. So, often we get the same stuff.

Here's the Quick Stats on our shopping this week (it was two shopping trips, three transactions):

Total Purchases: $241.64
Card Savings: $146.24 (the Accu-check diabetes things were $65 off)
Total with Card Savings: $95.40

Total Cash Spent: $20.73
Total Coupons: $36.00
Total ECB Used: $39.98
Total ECB Earned: $53.46


SHOPPING TRIP #1
Below is a photo of what we both bought...



BELOW is how each transaction was split (so his and mine):
TRANSACTION (TBC & TS)
Accu-Check Compact Plus Diabetes Monitoring, $9.99, earn $9.99 ECB (limit 1) = $9.99
Viva Paper Towels, 8 rolls, $6.99 each, earn $2 ECB (limit 2) = $6.99
Stayfree MaxiPads 36 ct, $4.49, earn $1.50 ECB (limit 1) = $4.49
Colgate Total Whitening, 6 oz, $1.77, earn ZERO ECB (no limit) = $1.77
Physician Formula Mineral Mascara w/free eyeliner (limit 1) = $7.99
TOTAL: $31.23
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COUPONS:
(1) $5 off $30 (CVS emailed coupon) = $5 off
(1) $0.50 off Viva = $0.50 off
(1) $1.00 off Stayfree = $1.00 off
(1) $1.00 off Physician Formula = $1.00 off
(1) $1.50 off Colgate = $1.50
= $9 off
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New Total: $22.23
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Tyler:
Paid $19.98 ECB
Paid $2.29 in cash

Terri:
Paid $10 ECB
Paid $13.09 in cash
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Both earn $21.48 in ECB
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** The Accu-Check diabetes monitoring system is actually really nice because each box has 17 free test strips. Those things are expensive normally. The ones I used were $1 each - so that would be $17 per box (if this brand costs the same) that I was able to get for free basically.

**Quick little gripe: When I got home, I opened up the coupons that I bought that day in the newspaper and there were ones for the Stayfree pads, Buy 1 Get 1 Free. So, we could have used those and brought home two more packs of Stayfree pads for free! But no, I didn't look at my coupons from that newspaper until I got home. grrr...



SHOPPING TRIP #2
We had both received $4 off $20 coupons in our email for each card. It was only good for July 4th, so we ran off and this is what we bought...

TRANSACTION (TDC)
(2) Stayfree MaxiPads 36 ct, $4.49, earn $1.50 ECB (limit 1) = $8.98
(2) Maybelline Mascara, $4.99, earn $2 ECB (limit 3) = 9.98
Bic Soleil Razor, $6.99 each, earn $5 ECB (when purchase refills as well) = $6.99
Bic Soleil Refills, $6.99 each, earn the $5 ecb above = $6.99
TOTAL: $32.94
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COUPONS:
(1) $4 off $20 = $4 off
(2) $2 off Maybelline = $4 off
(1) $2 off Stayfree = $2 off
(2) $4 off Bic = $8 off
(0) Buy-one-get-one-free Stayfree pads - wouldn't go through = $0
= $18
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New Total: $14.94
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Pay $10 ECB
Pay $5.35 in cash
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Earn $10.50 in ECB
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**Apparently I'm incapable of using the B1G1 free coupon for the Stayfree pads! It was so annoying. I wished I had used that one first instead of giving him the $2 off coupon first, but I hadn't. He already put the other one in the coupon slot and couldn't pull it back out. So, I couldn't change it. Oh well..