It can be done!

I've been intrigued by the idea of CVS-ing for a while. I've been "researching" it for the last couple of weeks. Finally, last week, I decided to give it a try and buy cereal there. It was a pretty good deal and I tried using printable coupons at Wal-Mart and Target for a few freebie items as well. It was cool, but nowhere near as cool as this week!

This week, I spent several hours lining up my coupons, deals, and grocery list and hit CVS, Publix, and Kroger this morning. I got all of my groceries for the week, dog food for the week, $18 worth of replacement heads for our toothbrushes, and various other items for under $40! I didn't think it could be done!

In addition, it looks like the purchases at Publix qualify to get a free $10 Home Depot gift card! (And we have plenty of projects lined up to use it on :-)) And the $25 I spent at Kroger was all at the end of a stimulus gift card--the free part! So if you add in that, we got our groceries plus...all for less than $5!!!

CVS trip:

2 pkgs. Oral B Cross Action power toothbrush heads (reg. 8.99 each) on sale for 5.99 each and 3.00 ecbs also used BOGO coupon from Sunday's paper--final price: -0.01 for two

Listerine Smart rinse (reg 3.99 each) on sale for 3.49 with 3.49 ecbs also used $1 printable coupon--final price: -1.00

CVS bandaids (reg 2.29 each) on sale for 1.99 with 1.99 ecbs--final price: 0.00

Crest Pro-Health rinse (reg 5.39 each) on sale for 3.99 with .75 coupon from sunday paper

Regular Price: 29.65

Paid: 2.15 oop

Publix:

2 Chinese Meal kits (reg 4.79 each) on sale BOGO with 1.10 coupon off each

2 Purina Beneful Dog Food (reg 5.19 each) on sale BOGO with $4 coupon

Hunt's Ketchup 1.75

2 Hebrew National Hot Dogs (reg 4.49 each) on sale BOGO with $1 off coupon on each

Reddi-wip (reg 2/5) with .50 coupon

2 Pudding snack packs (reg 1.09) with .50 off 2 coupon

2 Glass Plus (reg 2.49) on sale BOGO with 1.00 off coupon on each

Regular Price: $40.35

Paid: $12.17

Bonus: should qualify for $10.00 Home Depot card!!

Kroger:

Diet Ocean Spray (reg 3.99) paid 1.50

Kroger milk (reg 3.99) paid 3.22

Yellow squash (reg 2.81) paid 1.64

Bananas Markdown (reg 1.67) paid .99

Bananas Markdown (reg 1.67) paid .99

2 Bags Tostitos (reg 7.22) paid 4.27

Tyson chicken breast (reg 7.60) paid 3.22

Kroger eggs (reg 1.46) paid .74

Kroger cheese (reg 2.69) paid 1.05

Fig Bars (reg 2.13) paid -.16

and it goes on...you get the picture...

Reg Price: 56.94

Paid: 27.90

Bonus: it was all on the end of a stimulus card....FREE

Total Savings Today: 84.72 (+10 gift card, +27.90 free at Kroger = 122.62)