Thursday, September 4, 2008

CVSing Week One = Success!


Tonight I met up with thriftynester and qqflyboy for 1.99 sushi rolls and another night of CVSing. One of our favorite Asian places has daily specials and we couldn't pass up the deal to meet for a frugal dinner out and take another stab at CVSing. It's my third day of CVSing and I think I finally am starting to get the hang of this. I calculated my final OOP for 3 days worth (and 8 transactions worth!) of CVSing. It is $40.66! Not too shabby. It should have been about $30 if I had made a few smoother moves but hey its my first time so I am pretty happy!

Here is the breakdown for tonight:

Transaction #1:
2 Kashi Bars @ $2.00
1 Suave deodorant @ $2.00
1 Neutrogena Moisture skin @ $9.69

Use $2/10, -2.00 kashi coupon, -$8 ECB's
OOP: $1.84, No ECB (but I still have another from last night)

Transaction #2
2 Kashi Bars @ $2.00
1 Suave deodorant @ $2.00
1 Arnicare Pain @ $9.49

Use $2/10, -2.00 kashi coupon, -$2 Arnicare coupon, -$6.45 ECB's
OOP: $1.29, get $2 ECB from Suave and $8ECB from Arnicare = $10ECB total!

Transaction #3
2 Kashi Bars @ $2.00
1 CVS lotion (filler, thanks K)
1 Neutrogena Moisture skin @ $9.69

Use $2/10, -2.00 kashi coupon, -$8 ECB's
OOP: $.79, earm $5 ECB

Transaction #4:

2 CoverGirl Aquasmooth foundation BOGO 9.99
1 CVS toothbrush

Use $2/10, -CVS free toothbrush coupon, -$5.00 ECB's
OOP: $3.19

Total Spent OOP: $7.11, and still have $2 ECB for next week's deals! Not bad, this was my best night and I got a ton of stuff that I actually needed (and a few items I didn't!). Week one was very successful!

1 comment:

Karen said...

I think you did great. Now try to roll the $2 ecb's to more and then keep rolling.