So my husband and I have been redoing our budget recently. I set out to cut way back on our weekly grocery budget and a friend posted on her blog the joys and nitty gritty of CVS shopping. (See handprintsonthewall.wordpress.com) So I spent about 3 hours studying out how I was going to go and make major savings at CVS this past Saturday. I printed off CVS coupons, cut manufacturers coupons, and then plotted out my game plan. (I am not the greatest on my feet mathematician, so I had to work everything out ahead of time) Anyways, I got there on Saturday afternoon, filled my cart up with just over $50 worth of products and had it worked out that I would only need to spend about $8 and I would earn $8 in CVS ECB's (extra care bucks). When I got to the counter, I was informed that a new policy had been instituted and that they could only accept 5 of my CVS coupons. I had everything so carefully mapped out that I didn't know which coupons to tell the lady to use, so I asked her if she could void my items and let me refigure out what I wanted to purchase. So I figured everything out again and then returned to the counter (about 30 minutes later - told you I wasn't quick on my feet). This time, I had figured a total of just over $30. When the lady rang up my items it came to $55. I wondered if some of my buy 2 for $3 deals were not factored in so I asked the cashier. She assured me they were. So I went ahead and paid. I was still hoping to pay only $8 and and earn $8 in ECB's. My receipt only printed $3 in ECB's and I ended up having to pay $18. I was so confused. I loaded up my purchases and went back to the shelves and rechecked all my prices. The two packs of diapers I had picked up had been on the wrong place on the shelf and had totalled $16 instead of $8. AAGHH!
To make a long story short I still saved, just not as much as I had hoped for. I got 120 diapers, 3 packs of wipes, 3 jars of mayonaisse and a pack of tea for $18. My husband was impressed.
WARNING TO EVERYONE THOUGH: the school of hard knocks is still accepting applications and maintains an open enrollment year round policy. :)
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1 comment:
Don't be discouraged! Just try, try again :) It's nerve racking going in there wondering if they'll turn you down! Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't :) Either way, if you saved some money you did a good job!
Ashlyn
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