There are lots of freebies this week at CVS. If you’re in on the back-to-school challenge CVS might be the place for you this week. Read this to learn how to read this shopping list and understand the abbreviations used. Briana was a help in getting this list started.
Keep in mind the possibility of buying your products in multiple transactions. That means you can buy a few things, earn your Extra Care Bucks and then buy a few more things where you can use the first Extra Care Bucks to pay and earn new ones (assuming your second products will also generate Extra Care Bucks). Doing something like that takes a little more time, but it allows you to spend less out of your pocket. My recommendation is that you do no more than 2 transactions at a single time before you go to the end of the line and let other customers check out ahead of you. Just to be courteous to those around you.
Your turn: How do you plan to organize your CVS transactions so that you spend a small amount out of pocket?
3-Day Sale Sunday through Tuesday Only
Buy 1 Caliber or CVS 1 Subject Notebook at $0.99, Get $0.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Caliber or CVS 12″ Ruler at $0.99, Get $0.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Caliber or CVS School Glue $0.99, Get $0.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Caliber or It’s Academic 5″ Scissors $2.99, Get $2.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Paper Mate Grip Pens $0.99, Get $0.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 3)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
Portfolio 2 Pocket Folders $0.05 (Limit 10)
Buy 1 Caliber or CVS 3 Subject or 5 subject Notebook at $3.99, Get $3 Extra Care Bucks
Final price: $0.99 each after Extra Care Bucks
Weekly Extra Care Buck Sales
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion Manual or Power Razor at $7.99, Get $4 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1)
Use $4/1 from the 6/7 P&G insert
Final price: Free each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
Buy 1 Photobook 6×8 at $7.99, Get $7.99 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 1, but some people are reporting they are getting 3**)
Final price: Free each after Extra Care Bucks
**The bottom of your receipt will tell you whether you reached the limit for any individual Extra Care Buck deal
Buy 1 Tylenol Arthritis or 8-Hour at $3.99, Get $3 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 3)
Use $2/1 coupon from 5/17 RP insert (or $1/1 printables here and here that would also make it free)
Final price: Free each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
Buy $20 in Oil of Olay products, Get $10 in Extra Care Bucks
***Deal idea***
Buy 3 Complete Age Defying Lotion (check package to be sure they are a moisturizer) at $9.99 and
Day or Night Cream at $9.99 each
Use (4) $1/1 Olay from 6/7 P&G, 7/5 P&G, and 7/12 RP inserts (if you have one of each insert there are 4 separate coupons) and
Submit for $20 rebate on $50 purchase here
Final price: $20.96 each after coupons, Extra Care Bucks and rebate ($5.24 each)
Weekly Non-Extra Care Buck Sales
Bic Soleil Razor with 2 cartridges, shower holder and 4-pack refill $2.99 (clearance price**)
Use $3/1 from 11/2 SS or 6/28 SS inserts or $2/1 from 6/7 SS inserts
Final price: As low as free each after coupons
**Many report these on clearance at their store, but I can’t promise your store will have them. Please leave a comment if you do/do not find them at your local CVS)
Air Wick Mini Freshmatic $4.99
Use $4/1 printable coupon
Final price: $.99 each after coupons
Electrasol Powerball Tabs $3.99
Use $2.50/1 from the 7/12 SS insert
Final price: $1.49 each after coupon
Purex 3-in-1 $6.99 (on sale Buy One, Get One Free)
Buy 2 and use (2) $2/1 from 6/14 SS insert
Final price: $1.50 each after coupons
Month-Long Extra Care Buck Sales
Buy 1 Bayer Contour Glucose Meter at $19.99, Get $5 Extra Care Bucks (Limit 2)
Use up to $30/1 coupon in the 3/22 SmartSource or 3/1 RedPlum inserts
Final price: Free each after coupons and Extra Care Bucks
Pocket Your Dollars is part of BeCentsable’s Grocery Gathering, a compilation of shopping lists for stores nationwide. If you want a shopping list for a store not covered by Pocket Your Dollars, then check out the Grocery Gathering.
So sad, my CVS didn’t have the bic shaver on clearance and I actually have the coupon. I live in Madison, WI, better luck next time.
Carrie, we just got a flyer in the mail that had two $25 gift card coupons for a new/transferred prescription. Might want to be on the lookout for these!
Also, the Special K spend $15 and get $5 in Extra bucks, there have en a ton of Special K cereal, cereal bars, and the protein drink coupons printable online recently. Three of the protein drinks makes $15, minus three $1/1 coupons and the extra bucks. Or a combination of the cereal and cereal bars – isn’t this a pretty decent deal, too?
Laura – I can’t tell you if the protein drinks are a good deal, but I don’t like to pay more than $1 for a box of cereal, crackers or snack bars so I decided to leave those Special K ones off the list. But, maybe it is a great price on the protein drinks??? –Carrie
FYI – the purex sheets were 8.99 at my local CVS.
Went to get the deals for school at the Shakopee location, there was none left, nothing at all. So much for Sunday thru Thursday, so I walked out the store with nothing.
I was at the Eagan CVS this morning for the Sunday-Tuesday deals and was able to get most of them. I also spoke with the store manager about the photo books. He gave me a voucher allowing me to pay for the book today and create it at a later date (when I have more time.) He also said that there was a misprint in the ad and each household can buy up to 5 books. It was a great experience. Thanks for the great tips!