UPDATE: No wonder it didn’t look impressive. I just had to fix a math error.
When you look at the percentage, it doesn’t look as impressive as usual, does it? Well, it doesn’t feel that way. This is why I do the boring trips some weeks. Even though I saved 87.3% today, I spent $0 out-of-pocket. I had so many ECBs and CVS Cash Card money that I didn’t have to spend any cash out of my pocket.
Everything we bought today will be used by us, with the exception of the nail polishes. Those will be going in the donation box for a women’s shelter. The Olay Total Effects Body Wash is Stephanie’s favorite. She’ll be putting away her half-used bottle of Softsoap for a while. She also takes Zantac when she’s goes off Prilosec and runs into stomach issues. The milk and Oreos? That’s all me. In fact, the Oreos are already gone!
Before I get to the list, I have a few notes. First, the ECB didn’t print on the Colgate, but I was at the store around 6 a.m. when the store was virtually empty, so I took the cashier to the shelf tag and she reopened the transaction and forced it to print. The second note has to do with the odd series of NYC New York Cosmetic transactions. My cashier didn’t think it would allow multiples of that coupon in the same transaction, so she preferred to just do them seperately. She’s always so sweet, so I just went along. (I bet you can use them all in the same transaction, but I try to be easygoing with her since she’s so easygoing with me.)
Here’s the list of what I bought and the coupons used. Stephanie is out of town, so I did Transaction #1 on her card to make sure she got the quantities of Zantac and Olay she needed.
TRANSACTION #1 – HER CARD
ONE OLAY TOTAL EFFECTS BODY WASH, on sale $6.99
ONE SOFTSOAP BODY WASH, on sale $3.50
ONE SOFTSOAP BAR SOAP 4-PACK, on sale $3.50
ONE ZANTAC 150 24 CT., on sale $7.99
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one Olay Body Wash
Get $5 Extra Care Bucks when you buy two Softsoap Bar Soap/Body Wash
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy Zantac 75 30 ct. or Zantac 150 24 ct.
Used one $2/1 Olay Bar Soap/Body Wash, 3/4 P&G newspaper insert
and used one $1.50/1 Soft Soap Bar Soap, 2/12 SS newspaper insert (regional)
and used one $0.50/1 Soft Soap Body Wash, 2/12 SS newspaper insert (regional)
and used one $5/1 Zantac Product printable manufacturer coupon
Price at Register: $12.98, but received $9 Extra Care Bucks
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $3.98
TRANSACTION #2 – MY CARD
ONE OLAY TOTAL EFFECTS BODY WASH, on sale $6.99
TWO SOFTSOAP BAR SOAP 4-PACK, on sale $3.50 each
ONE ZANTAC 150 24 CT., on sale $7.99
ONE GALLON T.G. LEE MILK, on sale $3.79
ONE GOLD EMBLEM JELLY BEANS, on sale $0.99
ONE COLGATE MAX FOAM TOOTHPASTE 6 oz., on sale $2.50
ONE OREO DOUBLE STUFF 6 oz., regular price $1.50
ONE NYC NEW YORK NAIL POLISH, regular price $1.99
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one Olay Body Wash
Get $5 Extra Care Bucks when you buy two Softsoap Bar Soap/Body Wash
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy Zantac 75 30 ct. or Zantac 150 24 ct.
Get $1 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one gallon of milk
Get $0.99 Extra Care Bucks when you buy Gold Emblem Jelly Beans 7 oz.
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one Colgate Max Foam 6 oz. (monthly deal not in ad – make sure your store has a shelf tag so you can get them to force your ECB to print)
Used one $2/1 Olay Bar Soap/Body Wash, 3/4 P&G newspaper insert
and used two $1.50/1 Soft Soap Bar Soap, 2/12 SS newspaper insert (regional)
and used one $5/1 Zantac Product printable manufacturer coupon
and used one $1/1 T.G. Lee Milk printable manufacturer coupon
and used one $0.75/1 Colgate Toothpaste 4 oz or larger, 2/26 SS newspaper insert
and used one FREE Oreo Cookies 5.25-6 oz., CVS Store Coupon – Red Coupon Machine
and used one $1/1 NYC New York Cosmetic printable coupon
Price at Register: $18.50, but earned $12.99 Extra Care Bucks
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $5.51
TRANSACTION #3
ONE NYC NEW YORK NAIL POLISH, regular price $1.99
Used one $1/1 NYC New York Cosmetic printable coupon
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $0.99
TRANSACTION #4
ONE NYC NEW YORK NAIL POLISH, regular price $1.99
Get $2 Extra Care Bucks when you buy $5 of NYC New York Cosmetics
Used one $1/1 NYC New York Cosmetic printable coupon
Price at Register: $0.99, but received $2 Extra Care Bucks
NET PRICE FOR ALL: $1.01 MONEYMAKER!
TOTAL RETAIL VALUE OF ALL MERCHANDISE (REGULAR PRICES): $118.16
TOTAL NET PRICE PAID FOR EVERYTHING: $9.47
SAVINGS RATE (EXCLUDING TAX): 92.0%
I also paid $2.63 of sales tax. If you include that in the calculation then my savings rate was 85.4%
In case you’re wondering, there’s no picture of this haul because we lost the original image while moving the site to a new server some time ago.