latest and greatest.. er leastest

You probably wouldn't understand... but it was hard. We were gone for 7 days to Utah. There are many great things about Utah. Glorious mountains covered with snow, courteous salespeople who understand about customer service, and really wide streets (good for drivers, bad for stormwater).
BUT they are missing something very important. They have Rite Aid and Walgreens but... NO CVS. What's this girl to do? Well, I relaxed and enjoyed things that don't cost money.

Then we came back home and we've got Shoppers luring me in with triple coupons, and CVS running their usual deals, and I'm off to shop again. Here's the results!

I picked up $40 of groceries for $10.

For me, one of the highlights is that I can use my coupon for 50 cents off the Washington Post and it triples, making the paper free. That equals more coupons (for free)! This week (1/25) the coupons include another glucose meter coupon. This comes into play at CVS.

We got at CVS:
7 Stacy's pita chips @ 3.00 each
-1.50 off coupon x 7
received $10 ECB

2 Energizer 8x batteries @ 6.00 each
-2.00 coupon peelies x 2
received $4 ECB

1 Onetouch Glucose meter @ 19.99
-$20 coupon

1 Physician's Formula mineral mascara @ $1.99 (75% off clearance)
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Then we used
$10 off a $50 purchase (magic coupon machine special!)
$6 ECB
$3 ECB

for a total of $1.49 out of pocket
and received
$14 ECB

which made it a net profit of $3.51 for us to take home these items!

The couponing tactic to note here is that even though I do not need another glucose meter (I was down to 2!) they can be used as "fillers" to help you take advantage of a $ off $ coupon. When I first saw a 10 off 50 coupon I choked, thinking I would never let myself spend $50 at CVS. Lucky for me and you, the $50 total required is before coupons. So pick up two $20 glucose meters, ten dollars of whatever you need, take off $40 in coupons, plus the 10 off 50, and voila! You go home with 10 dollars worth of what you need, and two glucose meters you may or may not need. If any of you could use a meter, let me know!