Let's dabble in CVS....

So lately, Rite Aid hasn't been having so many fantastic deals.  The free deodorant was nice last week (I now have enough deodorant for a year or more), and the cheap paper towels from this week was good too... but I just one or two good items a week is not enough to keep me interested.  The week of the 9th is going to be a good week (watch this space!) but there's just not much until then.

I ventured over to a cvs website, where I discovered they have plenty of great deals going on next week that I thought about checking out.  If you're not familiar with CVS, they're reward program is called Extra Care Bucks (which is apparently exactly like an UP Reward, except they are linked to your card and cannot be interchanged).

Thus ECB stands for Extra Care Buck from here on out.

Week of 9/25

Bausch & Lomb ReNu sensitive 12 oz $8.99 Get $7 ECB Limit 1
$2 off Renu Sensitive (With Registration)
8.99 - $2 coupon = $6.99 get $7 ECB
Final Price : Free After ECB!

Excedrin Extra Strength, PM, or Migraine 8 ct $.99 Get $.99 ECB Limit 2
Final Price : Free After ECB

Thermacare Lower Back and Hip heat wrap 1 ct $3.79 Get $3.79 ECB Limit 1

Final Price : Free After ECB!

Since I have absolutely no ECBs to start with, here's what I'm thinking about doing to shrink my Out Of Pocket expense...

Transaction 1:

2 Excedrin 8 Ct = 1.98
Pay $1.98 get $1.98 ECB back

Transaction 2 :

1 Thermacare = 3.79
Use $1.98 ECB
Pay $1.81 get $3.79 ECB

Transaction 3 :

1 Renu Sensitive @ 8.99
Use $2 off Renu Sensitive Coupon (link above)
Use $3.79 ECB
Pay $3.20 get $7 ECB back.

Leave with $14.76 worth of product for 6.99 out of pocket, and a $7 ECB to use later!

Just over 55% savings