CVS Coupons

Last night I went with a friend to the grocery store because she had a long list and wanted to get out of there as quick as possible because we were bringing her 5 month old.  We went to Publix instead of Wal-mart because it was closer to our house and Publix truly does making shopping a pleasure!  So before we checked out I told her to hold on I had some coupons from CVS.  I had two coupons for $10 off a purchase of $50 or more.  Well, I knew my friend had way more that $100 combined in both shopping carts.  So when we got up to the cash register I asked the lady if we they took CVS coupons (Publix does take competitor's coupons but I wasn't sure about CVS since it was more of a pharamacy than a grocery store).  To my excitement she said YES!  So I asked her if she didn't mind splitting up the order into two so we could use both coupons.  She said no problem.  I was able to save my friend $20 buy just using this method plus had I known what she needed ahead of time I am sure we could have found additional coupons online that she could have used to lower her order even more.

This morning I decided to go by CVS on my way to work since there is one right by my house and on the way to work.  I stopped in to their coupon machine and it spit out some great coupons for me.  Here is a list of the coupons I received:

$2 off Secret Clinical or Old Spice Clinial Deoderant expires 10/8/10
$5 off Halloween costumes, accessories or decor expires 10/8/10
$1 off any 2 Aussie or Herbal Essences Hair Care items - on sale this week at CVS expires 10/8/10
$2 off 2 Lysol Wipes expires 10/8/10
$1 Extra Care Bucks expires 11/21/10 - Not sure if this one can be used at Publix

So I will go back today during my lunch or tomorrow morning when I get my next day's coupons and definitely use the $5 off of Halloween stuff and maybe the $2 off of Secret Clinical Deorderant depending on how much it is.  I will also see if there are any coupons online for the deorderant.

Everyday I am going to stop by my local CVS to see what type of coupons I get.  I hope this post was helpful!!!

Coupons!!!

So there are tons of blogs out there regarding the art of using coupons.  So I am going to start to get the Sunday paper to see if this is worth all of the craze and savings people are saying it is.  First they recommend that you not only get 1 newspapers but 2!!!  This week I am only going to start out with 1 newspaper though just to see how this all works out.  Also, you must start saving your coupons because the deals normally come weeks later so that is when you can use the coupons.  So I took the advice of another blog and bought the larger city's newspaper rather than the Ocala Star Banner and bought the St. Petersburg/Tampa newspaper.  It only cost me $1.06 at Publix and it had more coupons in it than the Ocala Star Banner.  So I will hold on to these coupons until the specials come on for those products.  Of course I am only going to purchase the products I will use.  I shall keep you all informed.