61% Savings @ CVS Pharmacy

*BLOWING NOISE* as I blow the dust off this blog. Eeeks, I haven't blogged since November. It's not that I haven't wanted to blog but honestly I haven't struck any outstanding deals in MONTHS!! I don't understand why ALL the great deals I find seem to be be from June to December. I've already seen all the buy one get one deodorant and body wash coupons starting to surface - can't wait to pair those with the buy one get one sales that CVS and Walgreen's should start running. We still have a decent stockpile left from last summer (10 bottles of body washes, 7 tubes of toothpaste, 8 boxes of band-aids, etc) but you can't pass up FREE items especially toiletries.

This week I noticed CVS Pharmacy had some GREAT deals to pair with several coupons I had.

Here's a break down of my shopping trip:

Transaction #1

26oz Gerber Baby Formula $24.99 on sale for $22.00
(I plan on nursing baby girl but I always seem to have to supplement at some point so I couldn't pass this deal up)
216ct Huggies Wipes Refill $8.29 on sale for $6.00
ECB (Extra Care Buck) Deal - spend $25 on the items above receive $10 ECB towards your next purchase.
Total before coupons $28.00
I used a $10.25 check coupon from Gerber and a $0.75 Huggies Wipe coupon

Final total paid $17.00 out of pocket before tax and received a $10 ECB for my next purchase

Transaction #2

4 Jumbo Packages of Huggies Diapers $10.99 on sale for $8.99
1 Jumbo Package of Huggies Pure & Natural $11.99 on sale for $8.99
ECB Deal - Receive $1 ECB per Jumbo package of Huggies Diapers - limit 5
Total before coupons $44.95
I used (5) $2.00 off Huggies Diaper coupons and my $10 ECB from Transaction #1

Final total paid $24.95 out of pocket before tax and received a $5 ECB for my next purchase

Transaction #3

2 Lipton Natural Ice Teas $1.79/each on sale for $1.25/each
2 Gatorades $1.79/each on sale for $1.25/each
ECB Deal - Buy 4 of the above items and receive a $1 ECB
2 Colgate Totals $3.49/each on sale for $2.79/each
ECB Deal - Receive $2 ECB per Colgate Total - limit 2
Total before coupons $10.58
I used (2)FREE Lipton Natural Ice Tea coupons and (2) $1.00 off Colgate Total coupons (after ECB's this toothpaste was a money maker of $0.21/each) and my $5 ECB from transaction #2

Final total paid $1.08 out of pocket before tax and received a $5 in ECB's for my next purchase

Transaction #4

216ct Huggies Wipes Refill $8.29 on sale for $6.00
Total before coupons $6.00
I used a $0.50 off Huggies Wipes coupon and my $5 ECB from transaction #3

Final total paid $0.50 out of pocket before tax

Complete break down of all 4 transactions:

$111.66 Retail price before tax
$89.53 Sale price before tax
$43.53 Paid Out Of Pocket after coupons & ECB's before tax

For an overall total of 61% savings!!!