CVS Deals - 11/19

I headed out to CVS on Monday to take advantage of this week's deals.

Transaction #1
1 - Duracell batteries
3 - Kleenex Tissues
1 - Covergirl Simply Ageless Foundation
1 - Covergirl Simply Ageless Blush
1 - Glade Sense and Spray
1 - Glade Lasting Impressions
1 - Nyquil Caplets

-$.75 Duracell Mfg coupon
-$.50 $.50/3 Kleenex Mfg coupon
-$1 Kleenex CVS coupon (from Flu Book)
-$1 Covergirl Mfg coupon
-$10 Buy One Fndtn Get One Face Product Covergirl Mfg coupon
-$4 Glade Sense & Spray Mfg coupon
-$3 Glade Sense & Spray CVS coupon (from CVS.com)
-$3 Glade Lasting Impresssions Mfg coupon
-$3 Glade Lasting Impressions CVS coupon (from CVS.com)
-$1.50 Nyquil Mfg coupon
-$.50 Nyquil CVS coupon (from Flu Book)

Paid with $17.99 in ECBs and $3.77 OOP ($3.06 + tax). Earned $10, $4 and $1 ECB.

Transaction #2
3 - Kleenex Tissues
1 - Herbal Essence Shampoo
1 - Herbal Essence Mousse
2 - Theraflu Liquid
1 - Dayquil Caplet

-$5 $5/$20 CVS coupon
-$.50 $.50/3 Kleenex Mfg coupon
-$1 Kleenex CVS coupon (from Flu Book)
-$2.88 Free Herbal Essence Mfg coupon
-$2.88 Buy One Get One Styler Free Mfg coupon
-$2 Theraflu Mfg coupon
-$2 Theraflu Mfg coupon
-$3 $3/2 Theraflu CVS coupon (from Flu Book)
-$1.50 Dayquil Mfg coupon
-$.50 Dayquil CVS coupon (from Flu Book)

Paid with $4 and $1 ECB and $2.20 OOP ($1.74 + tax). Earned $0 ECBs.

WHAT! Turns out, I had accidentally grabbed plain old Dayquil and Nyquil Cold and Flu caplets - only the Cold and Flu with Vitamin C were on the deal. Not only that, but the ones that I bought were $.99 each more expensive (plus tax). That explained why my OOP was higher than expected. I just wish that I had read the ad (or the package) closer. It doesn't help that my CVS is very inconsistent in tagging the ECB items. Can anyone explain why CVS can't do a credit and a purchase in the same transaction? Everyother store I shop at seems to be able to.

Transaction #3
- 1 Nyquil Caplets
- 1 Dayquil Caplets

Credit of $12.76 onto a giftcard.

Transaction #4
1 - Nyquil Caplets (with Vitamin C this time)
1 - Dayquil Caplets (with Vitamin C this time)

Total $10.65. Paid with giftcard. Balance remaining of $2.11 and earned $10 ECB.

I started the day with $17.99 in ECBs. I spent $5.97 OOP (minus my credit on card = $3.86) and finished with $20 in ECBs. Net cost for everything - $1.85. Not too shabby for six boxes of tissues, makeup, air fresheners and cold & flu medicine. According to my receipts, I saved $97.64 during this visit (really?). Wow!

For more deals, check out Super Savings Saturday and Shopping Superstars.