Good Deal on Colgate Toothbrushes at CVS

Look in the travel size section of CVS and you'll find Colgate toothbrushes on sale for .99 cents. Purchase this toothbrush and receive $1.00 Extra Care Buck. Its like getting them free after Extra Care Buck.

CVS Savings

A free razor is always nice but when that free razor comes with a travel size shampoo and conditioner, thats even better! If you go to CVS this week for the Intuition Razor deal, look for the ones with the sample size Cool Moisture Dove Shampoo and Conditioner.

The Razor is on sale for $8.99 this week and it offers $3.00 Extra Bucks...combine that with the $4.00 off coupon from the 3/22 Smartsource and the total is $1.99. Also, I never pass up on a St. Ives deal because hubby uses the face wash. So I bought $11.97 in face scrub and earned $5.00 ECB's. I used $14.00 in ECB's to purchase these products because some of them were going to expire soon so my total came to $3.52 Out of Pocket an I earned $8.00 in ECB's. Even thought I *lost* ECB's I still consider it a success.

CVS $5 Challenge

This week I decided to participate in the CVS $5 Challenge, hosted by Alyssa at Kingdom First Mom.com. The challenge is to come up with a scenario to purchase items you need at CVS with a budget of $5.00 out of pocket.

Transaction #1

Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste $3.49

Use .50 off coupon from the 3/15 P&G insert - or $1.00 any crest toothpaste from Publix

$2.99 (or $2.49) Out of pocket

Receive $3.49 in ECB's

Transaction #2

Schick Intuition Razor - $8.99

Use $4.00 off coupon from 3/22 Smartsource

Use $3.49 in ECB's from transaction #1

Pay $1.50 Out of Pocket

Receive $3.00 ECB's for next week!

Total out of pocket is $4.49 for $12.48 in products. - I have to give Alyssa credit for this scenario - its the best one this week for newbies.

Also, Check out this post from Coupon Cravings for the scoop on What's Free at CVS this week.

CVS Savings

This week I did not follow my own advice and went to CVS today instead of Sunday when I would have had a better chance of scoring some deals. But, I lucked out and I was still able to get everything on my list. The Maybelline/Garnier deal was too good to pass up. Here is the play by play:

(2) Palmolive - $1.49 ea. - earned $2.00 ECB's
Vaseline Total Moisture Lotion - $3.69 - earned $2.00 ECB's - used $.55 off coupon
Maybelline Foundation - $8.00 - used $2.00 off coupon
Maybelline Mascara - $4.00 - $1.00 off coupon - earned $5 ECB's for the Maybelline products
Edge Shave Gel - $2.00
CVS Cotton Swabs - $1.99
Used $11 in ECB's from a previous transaction

Total - $6.48 Out Of Pocket!!!!

I orderd my coupons from The Coupon Clippers. The cost for $43 in coupons was only $4.38! Stay tuned for more on that later!

CVS Savings

I had a great week at CVS this week. Mostly because I went on Sunday instead of waiting until the end of the week when all the good stuff was gone. Also because I've discovered that to really get the most benefit, you need to keep your tranactions small. Anytime I've ever tried to do one big transaction, it always backfires on me.

This week all of the products I wanted were in stock so I didn't have to try to adjust my transaction in my head. It went as follows:

Carnation Instant Breakfast - $4.99 - earns $4.99 ECB's

(2) Act Mouthwash - $1.98 - earns $1.98 in ECB's

Aveeno Shaving Cream - $4.99 - earns $2.00 ECB's used $2.00 off coupon here

Dawn Dish Liquid - $.97 - used $.50 off coupon from this Sunday's paper

Johnson's Buddies Soap - $1.19 - used $1.00 off coupon

CVS Vitamin D - $2.99 - earns $2.99 in ECB's

I used $12 in ECB's that I had earned from last week's transactions and paid a total of $2.10 out of pocket. For this transaction I earned $11.96 in ECB's.

Olay Professional Deal

There are a couple of options to get a good deal on the Olay Pro-X products this week. They are as follows:

Walgreens is offering the Starter Kit for $61.99. Use the $5 off coupon from this Sunday's paper and pay $56.99 out of pocket at Walgreens then download this form for a $25 rebate from Olay.

CVS is offering $5 Extra Bucks back with your purchase of the lotion, cream, wrinkle treatment, eye restoration, discoloration complex or starter kit. Use the $5 coupon from this Sunday's paper and dowload the form mentioned above for a $25 rebate. CVS does not list prices for each product in their ad, however it does say that prices start at $47.00, so I don't know what your final out of pocket will be.

The rebate from Olay says you must purchase $50 worth of Pro-X products by March 8, 2009. Happy Shopping!

$1.47 - Thats It!

I took advantage of the Pert/Sure deal at CVS this week. I also thought the toothpaste you see was a great deal as well. Here is the breakdown:

Colgate Max Fresh $1.65 minus $1.00 off of Colgate Max Fresh coupon - $.65

Pert Plus 2 in 1 3.99 minus $2.00 off Any size Pert coupon - $1.99

2 Sure Aerosol $4.49 each minus (2) $1.00 Sure Deo. - $6.98

Minus $10.27 in ECB's I had from last week's purchases

Total $1.47 Out of Pocket!

Additionally, I earned $5.00 ECB for the Pert/Sure and $2.00 ECB for the Colgate toothpaste. I thought the toothpaste was supposed to be $2.99 but it looks like I got lucky and it range up $1.65.