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I actually got to go to CVS this week! I’ve only had a handful of trips to CVS in the past 6 months. Since our stockpile from early 2008 is starting to get low, I’ve been paying more attention to the CVS sales recently.

This week was a week I definitely wanted to go, mainly because of the Dove chocolate deal. We haven’t had any chocolate in the house for the past 2 weeks or so, and it was time to stock up again!

I started my trip with $2.50 in ECBs. After three transactions, I doubled my ECBs to $5 for next time.

Here’s the basics of my transactions:

First, I did the Buy $20 get $10 ECB deal including 2 Tylenol Extra Strength 100 ct for $8 each and 2 Cortaid creams for $3.99 each. (I would’ve loved to have purchased only 1 Cortaid, but my total would’ve been $.01 short, and those $1 boxes of Band-Aids didn’t exist.) I used a $3 off 2 Tylenol coupon and 2 $1 off Cortaid clipfree coupons in the May CVS book. (Note: The clipfree coupons ring up as the item price so my Cortaid rang up as $2.99, not $3.99 with $1 coupon. This may affect your deal planning.) Transaction total was $18.98 before tax. I used my previous $2.50 in ECB, paid $17.65, and earned $10 ECB.

Second, I did the Buy $15 get $5 ECB deal including 4 bags of Dove chocolate and 3 Mars candy bars (yep, one’s missing from the photo for obvious reasons!). No coupons for this deal other than $10 ECB from the first transaction. Total out-of-pocket came to $6.18 with $5 ECB earned.

Third, since I needed some mailing envelopes and I used up our lint roller not too long ago, I did the 3M/Scotch Buy $15 get $5 ECB deal. I purchased 3 padded mailing envelopes at 3/$5, 2 packs of Post-It tabs at 2/$5, and 2 lint rollers for $7.50.  No coupons for this transaction either. (As I’m writing this, I just realized that I could’ve lowered my total by purchasing 2 more envelopes instead of the Post-Its. Oops! But I can use Post-Its for my business.) Total out-of-pocket after $5 ECB from previous transaction was $13.23 with $5 ECB earned.

Total cash spent: $37.06
Total savings: $40.96
Total value of products: $78.02
Savings percent: 52%
ECBs remaining: $5
Average cost per item: $2