Beauty and the Beast is one of my all-time favorite movies, so I was counting down the days for its re-release, and even moreso when I realized I could get it for nothing out of pocket at CVS with some of the ECB deals I was already planning on snagging. Little did I know CVS was also going to throw some free Halloween decorations my way!
On my first trip, the red coupon machine (always remember to scan your ExtraCare card here when you first come in--there's usually some great coupons!) spit out a $5 off of any Halloween Costumes, Accessories or Decor coupon. As of today (10/5) it's still printing. It's a One Day Only coupon, meaning of course that you have to use it the day it prints, but it's so worth it! There's tons of cute and spooky Halloween items that are $5 or under.
My transaction went like this:
2 Light-up Jack o' Lanterns @ 2.50 each
3 Snickers bars @ .50 each (this was a mistake I didn't catch until I was out of the store. Select candy bars are Buy 2 get 1 free this week, and I had a Buy One Get One Free coupon, so one bar should've rang up at .79 with the other two free. Oh well!)
2 Revlon nail polishes @ 3.99 each
1 Shick Hydro 3 razor @ 8.97
1 Renu contact solution @ 7.99
- $5/25 email coupon
- $5 Halloween coupon
- $4/1 Shick Hydro 5 from the 10/3 SmartSource
- 1 BOGO Mars candy from the 9/26 RedPlum
- 5 ECB
- 2 ECB
- 2 ECB
= $8.44 OOP with $18.99 total in ECBs received: $3 on each of the nail polishes, $5 from the razor and $7.99 from the contact solution. Phew!
Since the Beauty and the Beast Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack was just released today, I called ahead to make sure it was in stock. It wasn't even put out on the shelves yet, but the cashier I talked to made sure to set aside a copy for me! He said he could tell how psyched I was, and when he got through scanning my coupons and ECBs, he seemed kind of psyched too ;) Here's how it went:
B&tB Combo Pack @ 24.99
1 Revlon nail polish @ 3.99
- $10.00/1 B&tB Combo Pack from Disney Movie Rewards (this beeped when it was first scanned, but the cashier scanned it again and it went through with no problems.)
- 18.99 in the previously earned ECBs
= 0.00 OOP (I was actually -.01, the cashier happily re-adjusted my last ECB), and $3 back in ECB from the nail polish.
So, just to recap, I spent $8.44 and ended up with $3 in ECBs for a future trip for everything you see here:
(just pretend you see two more Snickers bars here. ;) ) |
Yep, I'm officially smitten with CVS. Now, if you'll excuse me, it's off to the DVD player!