CVS Info and Walgreens Goodbye

Jenny at Southern Savers has written a pretty complete list of CVS sale items and coupon matchups along with scenarios
here. I may come up with a smaller scenario for those of you just starting out and I'll post it here if I do.

Also, just to vent, I went to Walgreens today and they have a "new" coupon rule. They actually said that they can only accept one coupon per transaction. Yes, they said only one coupon no matter how many items I bought. So, all of you with good Walgreens stores should be thankful. Walgreens of Cape Carteret, I am done with you.

Cool Giveaway!

There's a great giveaway going on over at Our Blessed Arrows, just click here. If you have boys, and I do, this is a great gift. It's a customizable RC car. Click on the above link for details. I urge you to enter, there's very few entries so far.

Walgreen's 4 Day Sale Plan

Here's a plan for you for the 4 day sale going on now at Walgreens.

3 Walgreens Brand Ibuprofen w/coupon $3 (reg. $10.50)
oop $3
2 Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent w/coupon $3.98 (reg. $13.98)
printable $1 coupon here
oop $1.98
1 Sure Deodorant w/Easy Saver Coupon $1.49 (reg. $2.99)
printable $1 coupon here
oop $.49
That makes your total oop $5.47 plus tax
the price before coupons is over $25
You recieve a $5 Register Reward
Total$5.47 - $5RR = .47 actual oop.

I was excited about the ibuprofen! I'm going to go back for more tomorrow. I plan to buy the cough drops from the ad for $.39 instead of the Sure next time.

Did you figure out a better deal?

Passing the Blessing

Our church was holding a food drive for the Baptist Children's Homes of NC. My boys were supposed to take food to their AWANAs meeting last night. My youngest went through our pantry to pick out food to pass along to the "poor children". He gave a box of his cereal (Trix) and the last box of his favorite PopTarts along with the canned vegetables I helped select. So my husband and I dropped off the boys with their food and headed out to do some quick Christmas shopping and grab some supper. After using all of our time at WalMart we rushed to Arby's and ordered in the drive thru. (I whined the entire time about how much it cost) At the window the young teenager said "Merry Christmas, it's free! Our registers are all down and dinner's on us. Just don't go tell everyone." Do you see the pattern here? We gave and in return we recieved. Just a mini lesson in how we can pass along our blessings and how we will be blessed in return. (Although not always so obvious).

How to get started with CVS

I've really been happy with all my experiences at CVS since I've started shopping there. Nothing like the Walgreens where they treat you terrible if you are holding coupons. So I thought you might want to find out how you can get started without putting out a lot of up front cash.
First read MoneySavingMom's CVS 101 post.
Then check out Alyssa's (from Keeping the Kingdom First) CVS Challenge. The challenge is to spend only $5 out of pocket and see if you can end up with that amount in Extra Care Bucks to spend the next week. I check this out every week.
I had a really good week at CVS this week! Today I left the store with a bag of Glad nightlights, refills and $1 more than I went in with! They really know how to make me happy....

Free Photo Calendar

I love these VistaPrint Calendars and right now you can get one for free. I bought these last year and the quality is great! Click here for the details. I love that you can input your family birthdays and anniversaries too. Great gift for the grandparents too (Yes mom, I know you want another one...)

Black Friday website

You really should check out this website if you plan to shop on Thanksgiving and/or Black Friday. There are tons of ad scans and you can start your planning now! I just had time to check out the CVS ad (they are open Thanksgiving day) and they have an entire page of free items!!! Wahoo!
Thanks to Southern Deals and Frugal Steals. Check out her blog here.