CVS works for me…Happy Mother’s Day!
So, last week, I had practically used all my ECBs up & needed to figure out how I was going to get them built back up. I had to get some diapers & milk…which ended up free…but, I only had $2.99 in ECBs at the end of the week.
Today, I had to go to Food Lion to get grillin’ goods - which is right next to CVS - so, a quick trip to start increasing my ECBs was needed!
In my FIRST TRANSACTION of the day:
2 Boxes of Smart Start - 2/$5 - Coupon for $3/2
2 Colgate Total Advanced - $2.99/each - Coupon for $1.50/1 (two of these)
1 Aquafresh Extreme Clean - $2.99 - Coupon for $1/1
J&J Buddies Soap - $0.99 - Coupon for $0.99/1
Total was $14.96; I used a $3/15…then, my $2.99 ECB…OOP was $1.74! I got $4 ECB for the Colgate & $2.99 for the Aquafresh & got my favorite cereal as well! 
Best thing about this trip - Cashier says, “You can’t beat all this for $1.74″ and the woman behind me says, “What?” and proceeds to look in my bag & go, “You got THREE tubes of toothpaste for $1.74?” I said, “Yeah…do you have e-mail? Here’s my card - send me an e-mail & I’ll give you some information on how I do this!” I LOVE to teach people how to coupon & save money!!!
TRANSACTION 2 (second store, in St. Elmo, cause I had to go to Blockbuster & Wags as well):
1 Colgate Total Advanced - $2.99/1 - Coupon for $1/1
1 Colgate 360 Toothbrush - $3.99 - Coupon for $1/1
1 Adidas Deodorant - $4.99 - Coupon for $4.99/1
1 CVS Lens Tissue Pack - $0.50 (75% off filler!)
1 Rolaids Package - $2.49
TOTAL: $14.96; I used a $3/15 purchase (I had to convince the cashier to scan it & that it would go through - it did!) & $2/10 purchase during this transaction, and it took them both. Used my $2.99 ECB from the last purchase (adjusted down to $2.97) and paid $0.65 OOP!!! Got $2 ECBs for the Colgate; $3.99 ECBs for the Toothbrush; $4.99 ECBs for the deodorant; $2 ECBs for the Rolaids - Best thing about this trip, the cashier, “Wow, you did better than I do!” I HEART CVS Cashiers like this!
TRANSACTION 3 (back in the Valley - my second trip there today “Jacob needed Milk”
2 Glade Clean Linen Air Freshners: $0.97 each - Coupon for BOGO & $1/1
2 Colgate Total Advantage - $2.99 each - Coupon for $1/1 (two of these)
1 Schick Intuition Razor - $9.99 - Coupon for $4/1
1 Rolaids Package - $2.49
1 Gallon of Mayfield Whole Milk - $5.09
TOTAL: $25.49; used $5/25 coupon & $3/15 coupon; used $4 ECB & $3.99 ECB from above. TOTAL OOP: $0.57!!! I got $4 ECB from Colgate Toothpaste; $6 ECB from Schick razor; $2 ECB from Rolaids.
Currently, I have $20.99 ECBs to use…I’m thinking there will be FREE Coke products & diapers in my house this week!!!
WALMART: I got $24.07 (pre-tax) in products for $11.46 (with tax)! 
Walgreens - while the deals at Walgreens are harder (IMHO), and not so instantly gratifying for the most part, I had some RR to roll, so I went today…I got over $40 in products for $14.88 (with tax!)…not to shabby! Plus, I have a rebate ($2.99), RR for $2, and another FREE Gillette soap. If you haven’t purchased your first one yet, I encourage you to do so. As long as they are doing the RR for it…it will roll & give you another catalina for it! I have gotten THREE thus far, and plan to get another one when I will be near the place to go to the bank!
Sorry there are no photos…I put everything away before thinking about it!
I hope all other mothers enjoyed their Mother’s Day as I did! ~ Melissa