CVS- Out of Pocket Expense $6.01

I'm going to try to do my shopping earlier in the week so some of you can use my scenarios before the sale runs out. This week I needed some laundry detergent. Here is what I bought.........


Transaction #1
$2.99 Purex (on sale)
$2.99 Purex (on sale)
$2.99 Purex (on sale)
$2.99 Purex (on sale)
- $.50 Purex coupon from newspaper
- $.50 Purex coupon from newspaper
-$1.00 off 2 Purex coupon from newspaper
-$2.00 CVS $2.00 off $10.00 purchase
Total $8.66
Received $4.00 in extra care bucks ($1.00 for each bottle of Purex.)

Transaction #2
$2.50 Gum Crayola Toothbrushes 2 pk. (on sale)
$2.50 Gum Crayola Toothbrushes 2 pk. (on sale)
$3.99 Aleve D Sinus Headache (on sale)
$1.19 Johnson & Johnson Buddies Easy Grip Bar
-.75 Gum Coupon
-.75 Gum Coupon
-1.00 Aleve Internet Coupon http://www.aleved.com/
-1.00 Johnson & Johnson Buddies Coupoon http://www.johnsonsbuddies.ca/en/products.asp
-2.00 CVS coupon $2.00 off $10.00 purchase
-4.00 extra care bucks from Transaction #1
Total $.70
Received $1.00 ExtraCare Bucks from Gum
Received $3.00 ExtraCare Bucks from Aleve

Transaction #3
$3.99 Excedrin (on sale)
$.49 Ice Cream Scooper (in clearance bin)
-1.00 ExtraCare Bucks from Transaction #2
-3.00 ExtraCare Bucks from Transaction #2
Total $.52
Received $3.99 in extra care bucks from Excedrin

(FYI- I bought the ice cream scooper because it was the cheapest item in site. I had to get over $4.00 so I could use the ExtraCare Bucks from Transaction #2. CVS does not allow you to use ExtraCare Bucks that are over the total amount of your purchase.)

Transaction #4
$2.50 Pert Plus (on sale)
$2.50 Pert Plus (on sale)
$2.79 Paperclips
$2.99 CVS Highlighters
-2.00 Pert Plus coupon
-2.00 Pert Plus coupon
-2.00 CVS coupon $2.00 off $10 purchase
-3.99 extra care bucks from Transaction #3
Total $1.13

(FYI- I mailed in the rebate for "Buy $5 worth of Pert Plus products, get up to $5 in FREE school supplies". I found this rebate form in the Sunday paper back in July I think. They will send me $5 back for this purchase.)

Grand total of my purchases (after rebate) is $6.01.

Keep saving money and have a blessed week!