Jul 6, 2008

What can you buy for $2.15?? A lot!!!!

I just got back from CVS, and I'm a happy (frugal) camper today. I have asthma, and needed to buy a new Primatene Mist inhaler, which normally costs me $18.99 plus tax. I purchased everything you see in the picture above PLUS my inhaler for just about the cost of my inhaler. Here's how it went. 1st Trip: 1 Gillette Body Wash ($4.99) Sale $3.99 1 Olay Body Wash ($6.99) Sale $5.99 1 Olay Daily Face Wash ($7.99) $5.99 1 Olay Face Wash Cloths ($7.99) $5.99 Total Merchandise Value: $27.96 Sale Price: $21.96 Coupons: $1.00 off Gillette $1.50 off Olay Body Wash $3.00 x 2 off Face Wash = $6.00 Total Coupons: $8.50 CVS new customer card coupon $4.00 ECB's $7.00 Out of Pocket $3.15 ECB's Rec'd: $12.00 - $8.85 profit 2nd Trip 2 Dawn Dish Soap ($1.69 ea) sale $1.00 ea = $2.00 2 Planter's Peanuts ($3.99 ea) sale $2.00 ea = $4.00 4 Nabisco Products ($16.36) sale $2.00 ea = $8.00 1 Tide 50 oz Laundry Soap ($7.99) sale $5.49 1 Inhaler $18.99 Total Value: $54.70 Sale Price: $38.48 Coupons: Tide .35 Dawn Dish Soap 1.00 x 2 = $2.00 Inhaler $2.00 2 x Planters Peanuts $3.00 = $6.00 Coupons $10.35 CVS ECB's $12.00 (from first trip) Out of pocket: $16.13 ECB's Rec'd $1.00 In effect, I got my $18.99 inhaler, less the $2.00 coupon -- and every thing else cost me $2.15 out of pocket (from first trip, less ECB of 2nd trip). Yeah baby.

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