Black Friday at CVS

CVS had a TON of free stuff in its ad this week. The entire back page of its ad was free things. I went to the store at 7 AM. Mary thinks I'm nuts!

I went to the store with $5.49 in ECB's from my previous transaction. I did 5 transactions on Thursday, and brought my ECB total up to $13.98, all while spending less than $1.50 out of our change jar. In order to make this all work, I had to ring up 5 separate transactions. It can get tedious, but there was no one else in the store, except another lady doing the exact same thing! Sometimes I worry that my quest for free stuff will just end up in a stockpile of stuff we'll never use, but today I DEFINITELY feel like we got $1.50 of worthwhile products!

Transaction #1
Bought 2 Bic Soleil razors @ $5.99 + tax (receive $5.99 in ECB's)
Used 2 $3/1 coupons from 11/2 SS
Used $5.49 in ECB's

Total paid OOP=$0.88
Total ECB's received = $11.98

Transaction #2
Bought 2 Aussie Shampoo & Conditioners @ $2.99 (receive $2.99 in ECB's)
Used $1/1 coupon from 10/12 PG

Bought Colgate Advanced Clean toothpaste @ $2.99 (receive $2.99 in ECB's)
Used $1/1 coupon from 11/16 SS

Bought Johnson's Softlotion @ $5.69 (receive $5.69 in ECB's)
Used $1/1 Printable coupon
Used $11.98 in ECB's from Transaction #1

Total paid OOP=$0.18
Total ECB's received=$14.66

Transaction #3
Bought King-sized Mr. Goodbar @ $1 (receive $1 in ECB's)

Bought Playtex Gentle Glide tampons @ $3.99 (receive $3 in ECB's)
Used $1/1 coupon from 10/5 SS or printable

Bought Garnier Nutritioniste cleansing towelettes @ $5.99 (receive $5.99 in ECB's)
Used $1/1 coupon from 11/9 RP

Bought 3 Gatorade G2 bottles @ $1.49 (receive $1.49 in ECB's)

Bought 1 pack of Orbit chewing gum (no ECB's; just needed a small item to get above the $14.66 earned in Transaction #2)
Used $14.66 in ECB's earned in Transaction #2

Total paid OOP = $0.08
Total ECB's received = $13.46 (for some reason, my $1 ECB's from the Mr. Goodbar didn't print off; I didn't throw a fit, because I had to go to church and couldn't wait around)

Transaction #4
Bought Covergirl Smoothers Powder @ $5.99 (receive $5.99 in ECB's)
Used $5.99 in ECB's from Garnier ECB's in transaction #3

Total paid OOP = $0.00!!
Total ECB's received = $5.99

Transaction #5
Bought Colgate Advanced Clean toothpaste @ $2.99 (receive $2.99 in ECB's)
Used $1.50/1 Printable coupon

Bought Covergirl Smoothers foundation @ $7.99 (receive $7.99 in ECB's)

Bought Orbit chewing gum $1.29
Used $4.47 ECB's from Gatorade in Transaction #3 and $5.99 ECB's from Covergirl in Transaction #4

Total paid OOP = $0.34
Total ECB's received = $10.98

Transaction #6
Bought 2 L'Oreal lipgloss @ $6.99 (receive $6.99 in ECB's)
Used $10.98 ECB's from Transaction #5 and $3 ECB's from Playtex in Transaction #4

Total paid OOP = $0.00!!!
Total ECB's received = $13.98

So, for the day, my total was:

Total paid OOP = $1.48
Total purchased = $75.62
Total ECB's left to spend = $13.98

Holy smokes! I bought $75 worth of stuff for $1.48!!!