CVS Haul 4-10-2011 - Practical Extreme Couponing Trip

CVS is da bomb.

On this trip I had $13.99 in extra bucks to start with.

***How CVS Extra Care Bucks Work***
The trick with Extra Bucks is to think of them like CVS Money.
In order to keep recieving free items you have to USE CVS MONEY to GET MORE CVS MONEY.

If you end up getting items that don't give you CVS money you have to give up some of you CVS money for free...or pay with actual currency. Which means that the items that don't give you CVS money back are coming out of pocket...and that they are not actually free.

I lost $3.99 in Extra Bucks on this trip because I was going after the Air Wick stuff and that stuff sells out fast. I got to the store right after work (a little after midnight) and just about everything I wanted was already gone. I had prepared for this by bringing extra coupons with me because I just knew it would happen and I don't do rain checks. I have enough little pieces of paper to deal with.

Ok. To start this trip I flipped through the CVS weekly ad. It wasn't all that great this week but they did have the perfume that my Mom really likes so I set it up so that I could get the bottle down as low as possible since there is no MF for it.

Everybody still with me?
I'll post the receipts here when I get a chance.

Okay.

There was a problem with these receipts also. On the first receipt the bubbles didn't give me my Extra Care Bucks. So they printed them up for me. The perfume also didn't give me my Extra Care Bucks. They printed those for me as well.

Trip Summary:
First Transaction (To get Extra Bucks towards the perfume):
I "bought":
1 - Lysol Freshmatic Kit (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
1 - Lysol Neutra Air (Freaking love this stuff!) (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
1 - Jet Dry by Finish (My Nana uses it a lot) (Had MF Coupon, Got Extra Bucks)
2 - Air Wick 2 pack refills (Had MF Coupons, Got Extra Bucks)
1 - Russel Stover Candy Egg (Got Extra Bucks, Item was technically free)
1 - Bubbles (Got Extra Bucks, Item was technically free)
2 - 2 packs of Schick razors (Had MF Coupon, Came out to .29 cents a pack, YES PLEASE!!!)

I "paid":
Trip Total - 46.10
Total Saved - 42.67
Extra Bucks Spent - $13.99
Extra Bucks Earned - $12.74
Extra Bucks Lost - $1.25
Total Spent Out of Pocket - 3.43

Second Transaction (The make Mom happy purchase):
I "bought":
1 - Pack of smokes (For me. Because I'm stressed.)
1 - S by Shakira (Got Extra Bucks)

I "paid":
Trip Total - 24.75
Total Saved - 13.69
Extra Bucks Spent - $12.74
Extra Bucks Earned - $10.00
Extra Bucks Lost - $2.74
Total Spent Out of Pocket - 11.06

Totals:
Total for merchandise: $70.85
I saved: $56.36
I spent out of pocket: $14.49
Extra Bucks: +$10.00

I forgot to take in my reusable bag to scan the tag and get closer to that $1 Extra Care Buck. But I've been awake far to long to make a fuss about it.

I hope next weeks ad has food in it that has MF Coupons. My coupon box is about ready to explode!!!

Bring it on CVS!!!