Krogers recap: In the beginning of the month, we do a “stock up” grocery trip. In our area, the best sales tend to be within the first two weeks of the month and we take full advantage of those sales. I try to buy any items that we are running low on as well as anything unusual that we don’t typically purchase but is on sale. We purchased 66 items, spent $86.14, and saved $59.51 (41%) with sales and coupons.
CVS recap: (For a simple explanation of how CVS works, click here.)
Transaction #1
Maybelline eyeshadow trio $5.49
Total: $5.49
Minus $5.29 ECBs
Total Paid: 21 cents
Earned: $5.49 ECBs
Transaction #2
(2) Dove Chocolate $6 (2/$6, $1 off 2 coupon)
Maybelline eyeshadow trio $5.49
(2) Snickers bar $1.38 (69 cents each, B1G1 coupon)
Total: $12.47
Minus: $1.69 coupons & $7.49 ECBs (all I had)
Total Paid: $3.99
Earned: $7.49 ECBs (For CVS newbies, this is an example of “rolling” your ECBs – I paid with $7.49 in ECBs and earned the same amount in return.)
Transaction #3
(2) Clear Care 12 oz $14 ($6.99 each – this is an awesome price for my contact solution which is rarely ever on sale.,Unfortunately, I couldn’t afford to buy more.)
Total: $13.98
Minus: $7.49 ECBs
Total Paid: $6.88
Earned: Clear Care rebate of $6.99
When I take the rebate into account, my total out of pocket for the trip was $4.10. At this point, I’m out of ECBs and probably won’t visit CVS for awhile (unless there’s a really awesome deal!) since we have a good supply of all our toiletries and household products (at least two months worth). So far, for the year, we have saved $120.64 at CVS and spent approximately $45, including a $20 prescription. When it is time to shop at CVS again, I plan on considering the $6.99 rebate as something like ECBs so I have some $$ to start with. 
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