Family Friendly Frugality

As you may have read, I am NOT a big coupon clipper. I do what I can to save and find coupons for the items I plan to buy, but I simply do not have the time with a husband, 2 small children, and a house to keep tidy, to spend clipping, organizing, and planning shopping trips. My previous articles on part-time couponing are below:

1. Part-Time Couponing
2. Supermarket Couponing
3. My CVS and Walgreens Couponing Trip
4. My CVS Shopping Trip

I prep the CVS Sneak Peek each week and noticed some really great deals I wanted to take advantage of this week! I stay pretty well stocked on household and personal items, so I have’t played the drugstore game in quite a while!

I didn’t buy a newspaper on Sunday, so I grabbed all the printable coupons I could! I split my purchases into 2 transactions so I could use the ECBs on the 2nd transaction.

Transaction #1

• Non-Drowsy Claritin, 30 count; $19.99, $5/1 Non-Drowsy Claritin Product coupon; Final Price =$14.99 + $3 ECBs
• Three Crest Pro-Health Toothpaste, $3.79 each (Spend $10, receive $5 ECBs); Final Price= $11.37 + $5 ECBs
• I had $0.75 ECB and a $1 ECB from a previous visit, so I paid $26.74 OOP, received $8 ECBs, and saved $13.55!

Transaction #2

• Garnier Fructis Shampoo & Conditioner, 3/$10, $1/1 Garnier printable coupon; Final Price= $7
• Oral B toothbrush, B2G1 FREE; Final Price $11.58
• I used the $8 ECBs from Transaction #1, so I paid $12.09 OOP and saved $17.96!