Frances | March 26, 2012

$31 CVS Groceries for $8

Thanks Reader J… for sending us a CVS shopping trip.

Total cost with tax $10.73, in multiple transactions.

1st Transaction
Colgate 360 Toothbrush 1ct $2.99 Get $2 ECBs (limit 2)
-$1 coupon 3/11 SS
Out of Pocket: $1.99

2nd Transaction
2 M&B B1G1 $4.19
-$2 ECBs from 1st Transaction
-$1/2 CVS coupon from kiosk
Out of Pocket: $1.19

3rd Transaction
2 M&B B1G1 $4.19
-$1/2 CVS coupon from kiosk
-Used $1.50/2 All You Magazine
Out of Pocket: $1.69

4th Transaction
Colgate 360 Toothbrush 1ct $2.99 Get $2 ECBs (limit 2)
-$1 coupon 3/11 SS
Out of Pocket: $1.99

5th Transaction
2 M&B B1G1 $4.19
-$2 ECBs from 1st Transaction
-$1/2 CVS coupon from kiosk
Out of Pocket: $1.19

Final Price: $8.05 (before tax)

I just love M&M’s!!!

 

Reader J… gives us a great example of Rolling ECBs from one transaction to the next. All the CVS stores that we have ever visited do not mind doing multiple transactions per customer. Just be nice and step back in line if another customer comes to the register.

ECBs: CVS ExtraCare Bucks. These are attached to the bottom of the receipt. This has an expiration date.

Rolling ECBs or Rolling Register Rewards: This is a common term used when shopping at CVS or Walgreen’s. Rolling means to pay for something with ECBs or Register Rewards and get ECBs or Register Rewards back. It is rare for Walgreen’s Register Rewards to roll.

 

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Frances | March 18, 2012

If you missed it last week, here is your chance for another round of $1.60 12pk Coke. Starting today get the following deal at CVS:

Get $5 ECBs WYB $15 Hershey’s, Reese’s, Coca-Cola and Kraft Products Pictured (limit 1)
Coca Cola 12oz cans 12pk $3
-$1/2 coupon (manufacture http://www.frugalfairhope.com/get-10-deal-icious-savings-coke-coupon-book)
-$1/2 CVS printable (manufacture coupon previously available)

Coca Cola 2L $5/4

Planters Peanuts 16oz $6/2
-$1.50/2 coupon 1/29 SS
-$1/2 printable

Planters Nut-rition 8.75-10.25oz $9/2
-$1 coupon 1/8 SS
-$1/2 Healthy LifeStyle Coupon Circular (http://www.frugalfairhope.com/healthy-lifestyles-coupon-circular)

Hershey’s Snack Size Reese’s or Kit Kat 10.5-10.78oz $3
-$2/3 coupon 2/26 SS & printable

Hershey’s Extra Large Bar 4-4-.5oz or Snack Size Assorted 8pk $1.25

Vitaminwater 20oz Powerade 32oz or Fuze 16.9oz $1

Hershey’s Snack Size 8pk or Extra Large Bar 4-4.5oz $1.25

Nabisco Wheat Thins Triscuit 9-10oz, Ritz crackers 15.1oz, Ritz Fresh Stacks or Crackerfuls 6-8ct $8/3
-$1/2 printable
-$1/2 Your Party’s Winning Game Plan coupon book (found in stores)

Deal Idea
5 Diet Coke or Caffeine Free Diet Coke 12-pk $15/5
-Use 2 $1/2 coupon (http://www.frugalfairhope.com/get-10-deal-icious-savings-coke-coupon-book)
-Receive $5 ECBs
Final Price: $1.60 each

This deal gets better with a Glove Box Coupon.

CVS coupon policy now states you can use multiple Glove Box Coupons, use the search engine below to get your white envelopes.

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Frances | March 12, 2012

The Craig MP3 players are marked down to $9.99 and they are producing an additional ECBs (along with the CVS gift card). Here is the deal:

2 Craig MP3 Player $9.99 (limit 2)
-Receive $20 ECBs
Final Price: Free

We hope your experience will be different than ours. Here is what happened to us this rainy morning.

1st Location – The product scanned at $9.99 but the manager refused to sell them stating that corporate asked them not to sell them until the price was corrected.

2nd Location – Manager stated that you could buy them but “you would not get the ECBs”. What this manager failed to mention is that the $20 ECBs will print but the cashier will not give them to you. Yes, they actually tore them off in front of us and only handed us the receipt.

In case your curious, What Did We Do? We asked them to return them right then and there and let the manager know (remembering Mamo and being nice) that there is a HUGE difference in not getting the ECBs (not printing) and the ECBs printing and not giving them to us and he should have made that clear.
UPDATE: We called corporate and within 30 minutes we got a call not only from the store manager (with apology) and the district manager. WOW, CVS is awesome to handle a difficult situation in such a professional manner. We are very impressed with their customer service.

Here are some additional deals while you are there:

All Zhu Zhu pets and accessories are marked down to $1. Thanks Reader R…

If your store sells Ocean Spray Cherry juice that is free this week with the B1G1 coupon (previously available What are we printing this afternoon 1/30 post).

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Frances | March 9, 2012

Starting Sunday get the following deal at CVS:

Get $5 ECBs WYB $15 Hershey’s, Reese’s, Coca-Cola and Kraft Products Pictured (limit 1)
Coca Cola 12oz cans 12pk $3
-$1/2 coupon (manufacture http://www.frugalfairhope.com/get-10-deal-icious-savings-coke-coupon-book)
-$1/2 CVS printable (manufacture coupon available)

Coca Cola 2L $.99

Hershey’s Snack Size Reese’s or Kit Kat 10.5-10.78oz $3
-$2/3 coupon 2/29 SS &  printable

Vitaminwater 20oz Powerade 32oz or Fuze 16.9oz $1

Hershey’s Snack Size 8pk or Extra Large Bar 4-4.5oz $1.25

Planters Peanuts 16oz $3
-$1.50/2 coupon 1/29 SS
-$1/2 printable

Planters Nut-rition 8.75-10.25oz $4.50
-$1 coupon 1/8 SS
-$1/2 Healthy LifeStyle Coupon Circular (http://www.frugalfairhope.com/healthy-lifestyles-coupon-circular)

Nabisco Wheat Thins Triscuit 9-10oz, Ritz crackers 15.1oz, Ritz Fresh Stacks or Crackerfuls 6-8ct $2.67
-$1/2 printable
-$1/2 Your Party’s Winning Game Plan coupon book (found in stores)

Deal Idea
5 Diet Coke or Caffeine Free Diet Coke 12-pk $15/5
-Use 2 $1/2 CVS printable
-Use 2 $1/2 coupon  (http://www.frugalfairhope.com/get-10-deal-icious-savings-coke-coupon-book)
-Receive $5 ECBs
Final Price:  $1.60 each

This deal gets better with a Glove Box Coupon.

CVS coupon policy now states you can use multiple Glove Box Coupons, use the search engine below to get your white envelopes.

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Frances | March 7, 2012

 

CLICK HERE to get this offer now. This will not last long!

Get a $10 CVS Gift Card for $5.99

Expires in 13 hours!

Fine Print

• Only 1 CVS/pharmacy Gift Card per customer, shipping address, credit card billing, and household
• This printout will serve as your receipt only and cannot be used for redemption
• You will receive an email from OnSale.com within 24-48 business hours of purchase with a Coupon Code for your gift card
• This offer is bound by OnSale.com terms and conditions – www.onsale.com

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Frances | March 4, 2012

Scan your card at the CVS kiosk today to get a coupon for a free Oreo cookies. Coupon expires 3/5.

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Frances | February 29, 2012

CLICK HERE to pay $17.50 For A $25 CVS Gift Card

Fine Print
Valid for first-time Saveology buyers only. Limit 1 per household. Deal is good for 1 genuine CVS® Gift Card that will be mailed to your address once redeemed. Offer cannot be redeemed until the next business day after purchase at 10 AM EST. Although this gift card NEVER expires, this voucher must be redeemed within 60 days from date of purchase. Gift Card will be shipped via standard shipping to address provided on redemption site. No worries, there are no shipping charges to you and no hidden fees of any kind. Step-by-step redemption instructions will be on your voucher.

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Frances | February 24, 2012

CVS has published their coupon policy. CLICK HERE to view the changes. Here are some of the highlights:

• CVS/pharmacy accepts multiple Dollar off Transaction coupons (e.g. $3 off $15) in one transaction if they apply

~Ex. Customer may use two 3 off $15 coupons if they are purchasing over $30.00

• Two coupons may be used on a Buy One, Get One Free promotion as long as it does not exceed the item total

~Ex. Suave Shampoo is on sale for $2.00 Buy One, Get One Free and the customer is purchasing two shampoos; customer may use two coupons for $1.00 each and pay the applicable tax.

• Buy One, Get One Free promotions may be combined with Buy One, Get One Free Coupons. Customers are responsible for paying applicable tax

~Ex. Suave Shampoo is on sale for $2.00 BOGO and customer has a MFG coupon for Suave BOGO. Customer will receive both items for free but will need to pay any applicable tax.

Always carry a copy of store’s coupon policies. To see other stores coupon policies CLICK HERE

Use the search engine below to get your Glove Box Coupons

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Frances | February 22, 2012

Pay only $5.99 for $10 Gift Card at CVS

CLICK HERE to get this offer

Here are the details

• Only 1 CVS/pharmacy Gift Card per customer, shipping address, credit card billing, and household
• This printout will serve as your receipt only and cannot be used for redemption
• You will receive an email from OnSale.com within 24-48 business hours of purchase with a Coupon Code for your gift card
• This offer is bound by OnSale.com terms and conditions – www.onsale.com

 

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Frances | January 31, 2012

$35 CVS Groceries for $.45

If you have been following Frugal Fairhope for years now you may have guessed that seems like a long time since we have stockpiled our families deodorant. The bottom of the box was visible so it was time to start watching for the deals. Typically it takes us several weeks to build up a stockpile but this week at CVS was good enough for us to get it all done in two shopping trips. Don’t worry we left plenty on the shelf at both stores and we use only one card (limit 2 deals per card)!  We even left a 2pk for $2.99 that is eligible for the ECBs deal for that lucky reader that gets there first.

There have been some reports that the B1G1 Speed Stick coupon is taking off $3.99 (regular price) instead of $1.99 (sales price). This is not happening in our area but there are reports that there are CVS stores in Pensacola where this deal got a lot better.

1st Transaction
6 Speed Stick $1.99 (limit 2)
-Used 3 B1G1 coupon 1/29 SS

InStyle Magazine $3.99
-$2 printable

-Used $.50 ECBs

Out of Pocket: $7.46

-Receive $2 SavingsStar deposit Click Here to join for free!
-Receive $6 ECBs

2nd Transaction
6 Speed Stick $1.99
-Used 3 B1G1 coupon 1/29 SS

6 Irish Spring Legend Clearance $.99
-Use 6 $1 coupon 1/29 SS (deducted full $1)

2 Old Spice Clearance $.79
-$.50/2 coupon 1/29 P&G

-Used $6 ECBs from 1st Transaction

Out of Pocket: $.99

-Receive $6 ECBs

Summary of 1st & 2nd Transactions
12 Speed Stick
6 Irish Spring Legend
2 Old Spice
InStyle Magazine

Out of Pocket: $8.45

-Walked away with $6 ECBs
-Receive $2 SavingsStar deposit

Final Price: $.45

 

With us so far? We used the ECBs from the 1st transaction to pay for the second transaction, walked out the door with $6 ECBs and a $2 deposit (cash) which means we are at $.45 for all.

In normal Frugal Fairhope Fashion we don’t stop there…

There is a $5 Rebate WYB $10 Colgate Palmolive products. We have two receipts and remember we buy for three households! We did not get the rebates in the Pensacola or the Mobile papers so how do we get our hands on them?

WHITE ENVELOPES

 Save $5.00 off -: Colgate $5.00 BHM Rebate Offer: Buy $10 worth of Colgate-Palmolive products: Colgate Palmolive, Lady Speed Stick, Irish Spring, Suavitel, Fabuloso, Caprice, Speed Stick, Ajax or Softsoap (Offer not valid on trial sizes), send form, UPC, and receipt Offer not valid on trial sizes

After the the $10 rebate we will have a $8 Money Maker (after $.45 and $1 cost of rebate forms)!

The minimum order is $3 and a small handling fee. We have made up the difference with Activia coupons and other Publix freebie product coupons for $.20 each.

CLICK HERE to order your rebate forms for $.50 each

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Frances | January 5, 2012

Reader S… reminded us of a fantastic deal if have a goal of quitting this year.

Just remember that success to quit smoking is not measured if you quit but how many times you try. Just keep trying and eventually you will kick the habit.

Here is the deal at CVS this week:

Nicorette or NicoDerm CQ $39.99
-$15 coupon 1/1 RP & printable
-$10 CVS coupon (found in stores see below)
Out of Pocket: $14.99
-Receive $10 ECBs
Final Price: $4.99

If you have ECBs or a glove box coupon you can use this to pay less out of pocket.

Here are some other coupons you can use if you don’t have the $15 manufacture coupon.
-$7 & $1 printable

Check out the Frugal Fairhope Form Trades for our manufacture $15 giveaway to the first 3 readers. If you have these coupons that you are not going to use, feel free to give them away on our Forum or Facebook. If you need postage ask the person to send you a self address stamped envelope. Don’t forget you can get rain checks (with ECBs) at CVS that never expire.

Recently there was a news report on NPR about kicking habits. Their theory was the only way to change any habit is to stop the routine. The example they used was in Vietnam, 20% of the men were addicted to heroin. They made these men stay in Vietnam until they “dried out”. After these men returned to the states they followed up and found that 95% of the men who were addicted, never returned to drugs after returning to the states. That is amazing!

“Once a behavior had been repeated a lot, especially if the person does it in the same setting, you can successfully change what people want to do. But if they’ve done it enough, their behavior doesn’t follow their intentions,”

“For a smoker the view of the entrance to their office building — which is a place that they go to smoke all the time — becomes a powerful mental cue to go and perform that behavior,”

“We think of ourselves as controlling our behavior, willing our actions into being, but it’s not that simple. It’s as if over time, we leave parts of ourselves all around us, which in turn, come to shape who we are.”

Here is the link if you want to read this article: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/01/02/144431794/what-vietnam-taught-us-about-breaking-bad-habits

Here are some tips to kick it.

• Try using candy or gum in the car to break the habit of driving while smoking. Have your car cleaned or clean it with vinegar and water to get the smoke out (wipe down everything).

• Do you have another door you can enter and leave your house? Remove the chairs where you have been smoking (if applicable).

• Instead of a smoke break at lunch, go for a short walk. Stay away from the kitchen!

• Do not use the same gas station/store where you have previously bought cigarettes. Go out of your way to use a less familiar store.

Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow

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Frances | November 27, 2011

CLICK HERE for CVS American Greetings and Hallmark card coupons These are CVS store coupons that should be able to be stacked with manufacture coupons.

$1/3 American Greetings printable ($1.00+ manufacture coupon)

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Frances | October 23, 2011

CLICK HERE for the following coupons

• $5/2 Centrum Centrum Specialist ProNutrents or Caltrate products (states manufacture coupon)
• $2 Centrum Centrum Specialist ProNutrents or Caltrate products (states CVS/pharmacy coupon)

Your standard manufacture coupon starts with a 5 or 9 on the bottom UPC code. CVS coupons start with a 4 and can be stacked with a manufacture coupon. Some CVS stores will consider these manufacture coupons and will not let you stack regardless of the number. Because will vary not only from store to store but coupon to coupon, ask your store manager how they are handling these coupons.

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Frances | October 20, 2011

The Money Maker
6 Wisk 2x Ultra or HE liquid laundry detergent 26-32 loads $4.99 (came home with 5, see below)
-Use 7 $2 coupon 10/16 RP (Pensacola News Journal)
Betty Crocker Bowl Appetit $1
-Used $17 ECBs from previous transaction (http://www.frugalfairhope.com/4711-cvs-groceries-190-money-maker)
Out of Pocket: $1.94
-Received $10 gas card
Final Price: Free plus $8.06 money maker

The Happy
While standing in line someone asked us about the deal and indicated that they use Wisk and asked where we got the coupons. Before this person left we handed them the 6th bottle of Wisk. Our thoughts are we are taking home 5 already for free, why not make someone’s day by giving them a

Happy!!!!

This person will think of this when they wash their laundry and maybe they will do this for someone.

Let me encourage you do the same, what a great feeling to surprise a stranger. Bet they didn’t think they were getting a bottle of laundry detergent today.

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Frances | September 28, 2011

Starting 10/2 CVS will have the following deal on Pup-Peroni 5.6oz Dog Treats

Pup-Peroni 5.6oz Dog Treats $4/2
-$1 printable
Final Price: $1 each

Print now while you can we are getting close to the end of the month resets.

With the $2 ECBs we just received by email these are free!

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