cvs----Need help with lowering my OutOfPocket.

[tinkinpink84]

So today before i left work i picked up the skintimate i think it was with the 3 ecb and the shift gum. To bad no mfq's. I also got my free reeses . Someone came in and had that coupon and it said something about can only allow 50 cents so i had to adjust it in the system so i got my 6. I messed up on my pics and didnt look inside the ad. I used my 50 free prints but couldnt figure out the 9 cent deal. In the middle of the ad the picture deal was in there and also has the promotion code if you do them online. I didnt worry to much about it though. no biggie for me.
But ok so i have 3.99 ecb. and ive been racking my brain on the best way to do it.
I wish i had the 3 pantene coupon but i used that one a previous sale so i have the dollar off a styler wich has the ecb and the dollar off 2 shampoos. also ecb.
I have 2 BOGO head and shoulders coupons the limit on the ecb on that is 3.
I have the irish spring dollar off as well and the 50 cent speed stick. as well as the 3 dollar off the clairol. then the dollar off the smart rinse and dollar of that colgate clinical wichever with the ecb on it as well.
Im confusing myself with all of this trying to figure out tax before coupons and figuring the best way to lower my oop. i really wanna use the BOGO head and shoulders but being 4.99 each puts it up their in price. I keep forgetting my green bag tag or id be close to the ecb again since i managed to lose the other ecb i had for it. so im starting with 3.99 ecb.

[Weinergirl]

Well, IMO there's not much this week... Your ECB should be good for 4 weeks so I would wait until there was a better deal or at least something I was needing before spending it! Clip all the qs in the meanwhile.

[seedlady]

have you read through the wagon train thread? it will help.

[tinkinpink84]

yeah i havent done to much couponing lately as their havent been alot of good deals. Plus january one sunday we got no paper prob when you guys talked of the soyjoy coupons. this past sunday my coupons were ripped! I picked up a paper at work though. Im about to call our newspaper seeing as i only get the paper just for the coupons! The ecb yeah they arent too great. I thought i could work out something good but the only good thing was the reeses with the 55 cent. Is next weeks ad online yet? we prob got it in the store. I might try and look at walgreens or something i have yet to try their stores with the coupons yet. kmart has that card and such now but its really confusing. I might save them. Who knows. I havent been able to configure anything that makes a super good deal. I tried harris teeter but most of the good deals were gone during triple coupon week. i always call my coupon trips my magic shopping trips lol. Sometimes i go to my work and do it and shock my manger and the people i work with. Once i got 4 boxes of cereal for 20 cents then i beleive that was during the 5 ecb deal. wich i found out you can get 4 cereals and 4 poptarts and get teh 5 bck on both but my poptart coupons had expired. Its kinda easier at cvs since i work there and there are some coupon savvy shoppers that come in and i kinda look at the mfqs they use and such to figure it out a lil and if i have the coupons.

[tinkinpink84]

i read the wagon train thread. still feeling lost. thinking maybe this week i should just work on building up my ecb? Usually i end up in the end of my magical shopping trips having no ecb for the next time. Im afraid on line some items that the coupons will expire before their is another good sale on them. I dont know what i just typed but i dont want some good coupons to expire before their is another good sale. I had wanted to use my winter spending ecb to accumulate more items with ecb but instead i ended up getting sale items that we needed for the house that had no ecb.
Maybe i could just buy the lense solution for the ecb since you get back what you paid. But what would i do with that stuff? lol. they have good deals on some items but like contact lense and baby stuff i dont need. my kids arent in diapers and no one wears contacts. I feel stupid for buying things iw ont need and id ont know who to give them to.

[tinkinpink84]

Well, IMO there's not much this week... Your ECB should be good for 4 weeks so I would wait until there was a better deal or at least something I was needing before spending it! Clip all the qs in the meanwhile.

Ive been clippin away and re organized my coupons into 2 binders one for grocery stores and one for drug stores. although some coupons may be in another but majority are in the right one. The prices are good this week just the ecb you get back dont seem to be worth it in the end. if i had that 3 pantene coupon i prob woulda gotten the pantene. to add the ecb to the 3.99 i already have i nee to start geting more then one newspaper a week.