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I was driving home from a mystery shop last night, and I called my husband to see how he was doing (since he wasn’t feeling well). He requested some Pepto Bismol, and I just happened to be at an intersection with a CVS that I don’t normally shop. So, I ran in to get him his medicine. It was going to kill me to pay full price for it, but luckily, I had my deals print-out and my coupons with me, so I could try to work the deals and bring down the price. I had so much that I was really hoping for a $5/$30 purchase coupon from the “magic coupon machine”, but I did get a $3 off 2 hair care products, so I went back and got the V05 shampoo. For more information on the abbreviations used in this post, please see my Coupons 101 article
Transaction #1
Purchased:
Dayquil Liquid 6 oz. $4.99
Nyquil Liquid 6 oz. $4.99
(2) boxes of Valentines (for next year, on clearance 75% off) $0.75 each ($1.50)
V05 shampoo $0.77
(2) Stayfree Ultrathin Pad $3.99 each ($7.98)
Gillette shampoo $5.99 (hmmm…wonder why it’s not $4.99)
Used:
(2) $1.50 Nyquil/Dayquil QP’s from 1/18 PG
B1G1 ($3.99) Stayfree QP from 1/4 S
$2.00 Gillette QP from 1/18 PG
$3.00 CVS QP wyb 2 haircare products
$13.00 in ECB’s from previous transactions
Total OOP: $1.84
ECB’s Received: $12.00
$5.00 from Nyquil/Dayquil
$4.00 from Stayfree
$3.00 from Gillette
Transaction #2
Purchased:
(2) Natural Dentist Anticavity Fluoride Rinse $9.99 each ($19.98)
Pepto Bismol (not pictured) $5.69
Used:
(2) $2.00 Natural Dentis printable QP’s
$14.99 ECB’s
Total OOP: $7.32
ECB’s Received: $8.00 for Natural Dentist
Will send away for $10.00 Natural Dentist MIR
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I see you have a Star Wars fan in your house too. I grabbed a box of Star Wars valentines for Aaron at Target. I ended up buying meds for one of the boys with no coupon or sale this week too, but thankfully I had extra bucks to cover it. I do feel like I lost the game when I leave with less extra bucks then I came with though…so silly.
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I don’t see the Pepto Bismol you hubby needed in your transactions. I was just wondering if you ended up paying full price. You did great!
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Thanks, Anonymous!
I purchased the Pepto Bismol in the 2nd transaction. Although I didn’t have any coupons and it wasn’t on sale, I managed to combine it with ECB’s and coupons for other items, so it didn’t come out too bad for me.
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Yeah I had to buy shoe goo this week but I figure that is the reason we play this game to get all our stuff we need super cheap. I ended up getting nearly $80 worth of stuff for $2.72 but I burned through all my ecbs, and gift cards.
Faith
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