Target & CVS - $15 profit

Yes, I made $15!  I spent $24 in extra care bucks and got back $39!

$2 Profit

I don't have time to post all the info for the below items, other than just the list. Maybe if I find time tonight I will post how I got all this stuff and made money!!
16 - 6pks Ozarka water
8 - Fiber One bars
6 - Avocados
3 - Kellogg's Mini-Wheats
3 - 12 pks Charmin toilet paper
3 - 8 pks Bounty paper towels
2 - Adidas deodorant
2 - Breeze2 monitors
1 - single Bounty paper towel

$24 Profit!

I tell ya, there is just nothing better than getting paid to shop! I went to CVS and Walgreens today and got the items below. This is why I love couponing and love searching for deals, the stores paid me to 'buy' items we need. How cool is that?

To break this down:
4 - Breeze2 Glucometers - currently earning 5 RR's, I had coupons for each one so my cost was $0 and got $20 in store cash to use on future purchases.
2 - Nivea bodywash
3 - Nivea lip care items - when you spend $15 you get $5 ecb's back, I had newspaper coupons for each item as well as a store coupon.
12 - Command Hooks - when you spend $15 you get $5ebs's back, they were $2.50/package, I used coupons from here which made them all free plus a money maker.
1 - Charmin 16 roll toilet paper - $9.99 and produced $2 ecb's.
1 - candy item (needed a filler item).

By using manufacturer coupons and store coupons I made a nice little profit. Couponing is well worth the time you put into it. I will have to take pics of my laundry room and garage - I have a nice stockpile going on!

Today's $1 trip

Yes, I only spent $1 on the dot on the above items! By using manufacturer coupons, store coupons and digital coupons I can really 'stretch a buck'! For those of you that shop at stores that have customer reward cards - sign up (if you haven't already)!! You can load digital coupons on to them from 3 different sites, PG Esaver, Shortcuts and Cellfire. Many times shortcuts and cellfire will have coupons for the same product, so when you buy that 1 item both digital coupons come off. It's an easy way to save!

2 - packages Huggies Diapers
2 - glucose monitors
3 - boxes Pepperidge Farm toast
2 - boxes Toaster Strudel
4 - Lean Cuisine meals
1 - Stouffer's meal
1 - Propel water

Shopping Trips

I made a few shopping trips, and came out with some great deals! My out of pocket for everything in the two pictures below was $4.69!



12 packs cottonelle
16 rolls paper towels
4 skin effects sun screen
2 baby wipes
2 laundry detergents
5 assorted crackers
2 apple juice
1 gallon milk
2 hand soap refills
1 face wash
2 packs ball point pens
1 bag cat litter
1 muscle ointment
12 bags of veggies
and of course 1 double edition newspaper!

Some CVS tips

1. When you first walk into CVS head to the price scanner/coupon machine!! Scan your Extra Care Card and wait for your coupons to spit out the side. Now once they have, scan your card again. Repeat until the screen on the machine says "no coupons available".

2. Be organized. I most always make a list of what I plan on getting, I match up my coupons to that list and paper clip them all together.

3. Take all your coupons into the store with you - you never know what you might find that you will be able to get for very little, free or even make money on!

4. Know how to hand over your coupons! This is the fun part (for me anyways). Always hand over any CVS coupons that are $/$$ of a purchase first (such as $3 off $15 purchase), then hand over your manufacturer coupons. If you do the reverse you will be costing yourself valuable dollars!

I made a quick CVS trip tonight, here is what I did to give you all an idea of how to shop wisely.

My objective was to get lysol wipes since they are on sale and I had coupons for them. Malcom had run into the store quickly before I went in and saw something he needed that was $10.50 and I did not have a coupon for. No problem! I picked up his item (just antiseptic wash for the curious) and then went to get the lysol wipes. Well, CVS had their brand of the exact same wipes but with more in the container for buy 1 get 1 half off which made the total for 2 $4.50. Then I went over the makeup because I heard that had stuff on clearance. I picked up 4 Maybelline lip glosses for $4 a piece. So my total was $31, I paid $5.47 - of course when I mean paid I mean used my extra care bucks so nothing came out my pocket. Here is what I did when I got to the register:

First gave a CVS coupon for $3 off a $15 purchase
Then gave a CVS coupon for $3 off a $15 cosmetic purchase (that the wonderful coupon machine spit out)
Next was a CVS coupon for $3 off any CVS brand item
Last was 4 Maybelline coupons for $4 off any lip item

So, the lip glosses were free with my manufacturer coupons, and since I bought 4 of them I got to use the 2 $3/$15 coupons which gave me $6 off my purchase of the other items. How fabulous! I'm sorry if my post is confusing, I'm not so good at explaining 'couponing' but oh how I'm addicted to it!