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Walgreens has Tuf Paper Towels 8-pack on sale this week for $2.99. You can save even more with an in-store coupon and grab these for $1.99 each. Here’s how:
Buy 1 Tuf Paper Towels 8-pack for $2.99 Use $1/1 coupon from Walgreens Coupon Booklet (located at the front of the store by the sale ads) Pay $1.99 each ($0.25/roll)
Do you ever see people's CVS shopping trips and wonder how they do it? I used to! But thanks to MoneySavingMom.com, I've figured it out, so let's walk through it together!
CVS has a program called Extra Care Bucks, or ECBs. These are coupons that print at the bottom of your receipt. They can be used on almost anything in the store, and they don't expire for 4 weeks (and most stores will accept them after they've expired).
Check the weekly CVS ad to see which products will earn ECBs.
If your store is sold out, ask for a rain check! The cashier can easily modify prices and manually print your ECBs once the product is back in stock.
Enroll in the Beauty Club program
It's easy – your store should have little red fliers by the register, and possibly in the cosmetics aisle. Just hand one to the cashier at to scan at checkout, and you're enrolled — or sign up online.
You'll get a coupon for 10% off any beauty purchase in the next few days, plus, CVS will send you 3 ECBs on your birthday. You'll randomly get coupons e-mailed to you for being a Beauty Club Member, and my favorite part – every time you spend an accumulated $50 on beauty items, you will earn an extra 5 ECBs. That $50 is calculated before coupons!
I never spend $50 at once on make-up, but it is not unusual for me to get a make-up item for free (or almost free) every week or so. And almost monthly, I earn $5 from the beauty program. I love it!
Use the Pharmacy
Another way to earn Extra Bucks is to sign up for the Pharmacy and Health ExtraBucks Rewards program. Every time you (or any family member attached to your CVS card) fills a prescription, you earn a credit. Within a few days of earning 10 credits, you will earn $5 in Extra Bucks!
Don’t Forget the “Magic Coupon Machine”
There is still another easy way to save money at CVS – the large red price scanner (the "magic coupon machine").
The first thing you should do when you walk into CVS is scan your card at this machine. Coupons will print. Keep scanning – usually a second, or even third, round of coupons will print – often high-value, and sometimes enough to make an item free.
If you don't use your coupons immediately, save them until they expire. Sometimes coupons print for items that go on sale the next week!
They differ for each person, but almost every week, I get a coupon e-mailed to me (usually a percent-off-your-next-purchase coupon or a $5-off-of-$30 coupon).
One word of caution, usually the "percent off" coupons only apply to non-sale items — so if my favorite mascara is on sale for $8.99, the 25% off coupon won't apply. But if it's normally $9.99 and I earn $8 ECBs for buying it, I can use the coupon – and I'll end up "making money", or getting back more than I spend! (Plus, the mascara would count towards my $50 Beauty Club limit!)
So how does this all work together?
Let me use a real example: last week's shopping trip. This is how I walked out of CVS with more ECBs than I walked in with:
Last week, I received a random e-mail from CVS with $3 ECBs. To save ink, I clicked "send it to card", meaning it was downloaded to my store card and it automatically came off at the register. And the week before, I had filled my 10th prescription, AND I had crossed the $50 threshold in my Beauty Club spending.
So I walked into CVS, scanned my card, and had $5 print off from the pharmacy, $5 print off from the Beauty Club, and $3 was waiting for me at the register. That's $13 to spend, just for doing things I normally do! I kept scanning my card, and got a $4 off a $12 cosmetic purchase coupon.
I purchased:
All laundry detergent ($3.99)
my favorite eyeliner ($11.79)
NYC products were buy one, get one half off, so I grabbed two bottles of their $.99 nail polish so I could use my $4 off of $12 cosmetics coupon.
When it was time to pay, my $3 ECB came off automatically. I used my $4 off $12 cosmetics coupon, a $1 off All coupon, my $5 from my prescriptions, and $4 from last week.
My remaining balance was 28 cents! And I still had my $5 Beauty Bucks leftover, PLUS $6 for buying Physician's Formula eyeliner and $1 for buying All.
This kind of CVS trip doesn't happen every time, and you shouldn't expect it to. This was the perfect storm of coupons! But it's an example, especially to beginners, that there are many great ways to utilize coupons at CVS.
It takes time to get the hang of it, but soon you'll be shopping for free – and you'll be sharing your great finds with the rest of us MoneySavingMom.com fans!
Kimber is a stay-at-home mom living in Texas. She loves playing with her two kids, going on dates with her husband, reading a good book, and shopping for her family (and for Operation Christmas Child)!
Here are some of the best educational deals and freebies available right now from Katie who writes at Cincinnati Cents:
KidKraft Noah’s Ark Shape Sorter for $19.60: Amazon has their KidKraft Noah’s Ark Shape Sorter on sale for $19.60. This fun twist on a traditional shape sorter typically retails for $27.99 and includes 2 lions, 2 turtles, 2 monkeys, 2 pandas, 2 giraffes, 2 elephants, 2 doves, Noah, his wife, and the ark.
LEGO Time Teacher Set for $24.99: Purchase the LEGO Time Teacher Set for $24.99. This set includes a child's watch, a constructible clock with real LEGO pieces, a LEGO mini figure, and activity cards to help combine learning with playing.
Free Kids’ Kindle e-books: Download a variety of free Kindle e-books for kids including I’ll Follow the Moon, Little Miss Liberty, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Jonah & the Whale, Horses for Kids, and 25 Weirdest Animals in the World.
Melissa & Doug Sort and Snap Color Match for $16.05: Amazon has their Melissa & Doug Sort and Snap Color Match Set on sale for $16.05. This set includes a color-matching and creative activity board, 64 snaps, and ten reversible picture cards and is ideal for color recognition, sorting, and beginning math skills.
Busy Wheels Children’s 8-Book Bundle for $16.98 Shipped: Groupon has their Busy Wheels Children’s 8-Book Bundle on sale for $13.99. This set includes the following titles – Ambulance in Action, Digger to the Rescue, Dump Truck Dash, Fire Truck is Flashing, Monster Truck Mountain Racing, Police Car on Patrol, Race Car is Roaring, and Tractor Saves the Day. There is a $2.99 fee for shipping, bringing your total up to $16.98 – or just $2.12 per book.
Free Farm Educational Pack: Download a free Farm Educational Pack from 3 Dinosaurs. This pack contains over 50 pages and includes such skills as matching, sorting, addition, subtraction, and more.
Preschool Bundle of the Week for $7.40: Purchase a Preschool e-book Bundle of the Week Pack for just $7.40. This collection includes inspiration for learning activities you can do at home with your preschooler, tons of great printables and an 80-minute audio recording to encourage you during these early years.
Free Baseball Preschool Unit: Download a free Baseball Preschool Unit, compliments of 2 Teaching Mommies. This unit includes such skills as patterns, graphing, sorting, number order, and more.
Schoolhouse Rock! Special Anniversary Edition for $13: Amazon has their Schoolhouse Rock! Special Anniversary Edition on sale for $13. This set includes all 46 original animated songs, with such favorites as Interjections, Conjunction Junction, I'm Just a Bill, and Elbow Room.
Free Brave Educational Pack: Royal Baloo has a free Brave Educational Pack available for download. There are three separate packs available – toddler, preschool, and kindergarten.
Fascinations First Time Clock Puzzle for $10.77: Purchase the Fascinations First Time Clock Puzzle for $10.77. This educational kit explains the scientific nature of clocks and is a very unique, interactive project.
Alex Toys Ready, Set, School Activity Box for $18.15: Amazon has their Alex Toys Ready, Set, School Activity Box on sale for $18.15. This set typically retails for $32.99 and includes the following – ABC Wipe Away Book, 123 Wipe Away Book, Colors & Shapes Wipe Away Book, ABC & 123 Dot-to-Dot Activity Wipe Away Book, Blue Wipe Away Marker, 8 Stackable Finger Crayons, Safety Scissors, 2 Stencils, 15 Activity Worksheets, 75 Stickers, and Shoe Tying Activity (with shoelace included).
Learning Resources Super Sorting Pie for $17.20: Purchase the Learning Resources Super Sorting Pie for $17.20. This set includes 60 counters (7 fruits in 5 different colors), plastic pie, removable divider, 3 double-sided sorting cards, 2 jumbo tweezers, and an activity guide, and is ideal for teaching early number skills and attributes by providing visual cues that support student success.
I first heard about Swagbucks here on MSM about a year and a half ago — right after my first daughter was born. At first, I used Swagbucks to pay for a new ebook for my husband or I, but in May of this year, we welcomed our second daughter, and I was unable to nurse her.
Like her sister, she has a formula allergy, which meant her formula was pretty expensive (over $30 for one small can at my local grocery store). With all the medical bills coming in during June and July, those months were pretty tight for us financially and the formula was another added expense.
One evening in July, I was scouring the web looking for coupons for Samantha's formula when I ran across an excellent deal on a case of formula on Amazon. After shipping and tax, each can was going to cost me a little over $21 and the case would last a month. That's a saving of over $10 a can for me so, of course, I jumped at the chance to buy it.
Then I got another surprise! I had just over $30 in Amazon gift cards from Swagbucks sitting in my account — which dropped the price per can to about $17! Woohoo!
As a stay-at-home mom of two under 2, I do not have a lot of computer time, but I've spent the rest of July and August racking up Swagbucks by doing the daily poll (1 Swagbuck), NOSO (2 Swagbucks), watching Swagbuck TV (3 Swagbucks for every 10 videos), and searching the web (anywhere from 6-15 Swagbucks). I also do all internet searching on my phone through Swagbucks which scores me an additional 6-15 Swagbucks randomly. By doing these things I reach (and often exceed) my daily goal of 25 Swagbucks.
Now that it is getting time to reorder her formula, I'm hoping to get a better deal because of all the Swagbucks I've racked up! Swagbucks hasn't made me rich but it has allowed me to treat ourselves to a new ebook every month or so and allowed us to buy more formula for less money! -Brandi
I’ve been shopping there for over a year now but I realized I was doing it all wrong. I would do my regular shopping somewhere else and then supplement with ALDI, mainly on produce.
Well today, I made out my normal grocery list for my family of five, and went to ALDI first. I decided to get all I could there and then pop in to my normal store afterward.
WOW! Was I surprised at the check out! After a quick stop at my other store for about 8 items I could not seem to find at ALDI, I had a savings of over $50 over my normal weekly spending — all by just primarily shopping at ALDI!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I’m learning and saving so much. Oh and the time I saved was also amazing! -Kimberly
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