Great week for sales!

I'm a bit early posting this, but it's Super Savings Saturday at Moneysavingmom, and CVS Superstars and Drugstore Divas (both at The "Cents"ible Sawyer).

I had a great week this week - and will likely do a bit more on Saturday after babysitting all day.

Sunday, I traveled 25 or so miles to visit a new CVS store that opened, and also shopped at the other store in that city.

Store #1

Transaction #!


2 Smart Rinse @ $3.49 each
1 CVS after shave gel @ $2.59
2 Oral-B toothbrushes @ $6.99 each

Used
1 $1 Smart Rinse coupon
1 $2 CVS Beauty coupon
$19 ECB's
Paid $1.73 OOP
Received $6.98, $13.98, $1 ECB's back

Transaction #2

3 Colgate Total @ $2.99 each (they were marked $2.49 at this store even though the ad said $2.99 - I didn't catch the mistake until I got home)
2 Brut Deodorant @ $3.19 each
1 CVS swab @ $3.19

Used:
3 $1.50 Colgate coupons
1 $1 Brut coupon
1 $2 CVS beauty coupon
(I also had a 55 cent Brut coupon that somehow got missed)
$6.98 ECB's
Paid $4.73 on a gift card I got from MyPoints
Received back $6, $6, $2 ECB's

Store #2

Transaction #1
2 Colgate Total @ $2.99 each
1 CVS Swab
CVS Quart sized baggies @ $2.49
CVS Snack sized baggies @ $0.89 (B1G1 50% off)

Used
2 $1.50 Colgate coupons
1 $2 CVS beauty coupon
$7 ECB's
Paid $0.80 on gift card
Received $4, $2 ECB's

Transaction #2
1 CVS after shave gel @ $2.59
Used 1 $2 CVS beauty coupon
Paid $0.63 on gift card
Received $1 ECB

After visiting friends, church, etc., we went back to store #1 to complete some deals

Transaction #1

1 CVS Aftershave @ $2.59
1 Oral B toothbrushes @ $6.99

Used
1 $2 CVS beauty coupon
$6 ECB
Paid $1.69 OOP (this store kept having problems with gift cards or I'd have not spent any money at all that day)
Received $6.99, $1 ECB

Transaction #2
1 Oral B toothbrush @ $6.99
Used $6.99 ECB
No OOP
Received $6.99 ECB

Summary - spent $3.42 in cash, $6.16 on gift card, $45.97 ECB's; earned a total of $57.94. I have $30.97 in ECB's left, and $3.86 on the gift card.

Tuesday was my Kroger day.

2 Lipton/Knorr Pasta/Rice side dishes @ $1 each
1 Hunt's Ketchup @ $1
2 Betty Crocker Brownie mixes @ $2 each
1 Betty Crocker Warm Delights cookie @ $1.99
3 bags of Kroger shredded cheese @ $1.77 each
1 Kraft cheese slices @ $3.89
3 J&J Buddy Bars @ $0.99 each
1 Excedrin Back & Body @ $1.99
2 Suave bodywash @ $2.09 each
1 gallon milk (not pictured) @ $3.57
10 Pizza Rolls @ $1 each
1 Fast Fixin Chicken Nuggets @ $2.19
4 Oscar Mayer hot dogs @ $1.50 each
1 loaf of bread @ $1
1 package hot dog buns @ $1

Coupons used:
(Forgot to use a $5/50 coupon!)
1 $0.60/2 Pasta/rice doubled to $1.20
1 $0.75/2 Pasta/rice ecoupon
1 $0.20 ketchup doubled to $0.40
1 $1/2 brownie mix
1 $0.50 brownie mix ecoupon
1 $0.55 Warm Delights doubled to $1.10
(should have also gotten a 50 cent ecoupon - Shortcuts will be giving me $1 credit next time)
1 $3.89 Kraft cheese - for buying 3+ OM products
1 $3/3 J&J Buddy bars
1 $2 Excedrin
1 $0.50 Suave bodywash doubled to $1.00
1 $0.50 Suave ecoupon
(I also had a B1G1 free coupon for the Suave but it didn't get scanned - I will probably return them)
7 $0.55 Pizza roll "doubled" to $1 each
1 $2.19 chicken nuggets (free coupon for sending in 10 UPC's)
2 $1/2 hot dog
Received $3 credit for buying 10 pizza rolls

Paid $23.26 OOP
Received back $1 coupon for next order for buying Excedrin, will also send in for $1.99 rebate

And finally, Walgreens was Friday:

1 Calcium chews @ $5.99
1 Water filter @ $6.99
5 boxes of Lipton tea @2.50 each
2 jars of Ragu sauce @ 1.67 each
1 Dixie plate @ $3.79
1 Dixie bowl @ $3.79 (Dixie was B1G1 after coupon in ad
1 knee high @ $0.34 after coupon in ad

Coupons used:
1 $0.50/2 Ragu
2 $0.75/2 Lipton
2 $5 RR
$5/20 coupon

Spent $18.30 on rebate gift card
Received back $5 RR, $3/2 Dixie coupon
Will receive back $14.28 in rebates on gift card

I then went to another Walgreens and got 2 more Dixie plates using my $3/2 coupon. I spent $0.52 cash after draining my gift card and got back another $3/2 coupon. I'll likely get some more paper plates on Saturday.

All told I spent $27.20 this week on everything!