CVS Shopping Trip 5/18/2015

Again CVS frustrates me.  Previously I have been allowed to use expired ECBs, but the manager gave me an attitude about it.  I told her I was not able to spend them because they never have the items I want in stock!  For a few weeks now I have been trying to get Glade Kits and all the stores are out still.  Most of the stores do not carry the Viva paper towels either, I still have rain checks for them that I cannot redeem because I cannot find the product.

So I spent down a few ECBs, turned it into cash through Ibotta and CheckOut 51.  I still have $12.92 to spend on my gift card before I stop going to CVS.  There are quite a few deals this week surprisingly at CVS that I can actually do this week, that is if they have stock of the items.  Most of the time I do not get the right coupons from the red machine to get very good deals.

I wanted to stop in today just to pick up some Glade Candles so I could get the extra $0.75 back from Ibotta.  I picked up another free bag and a bag of orange slices so that I could use $3.98 of ECBs.  I am not too interested in trying much more of the Gold Emblem Brand items.  I was going to pick up more popcorn but after trying some I will not be buying more.  The white cheddar is really sweet for some reason and it just does not taste right.  Lily seems to enjoy it because it is sweet but I will not eat it.

2 Glade Candles 4oz ~ sale price $2.75 (shelf price $4.59)
  -  (2) $1.00 printable coupons

Cost: $3.50 ($2 ECB wyb 2, limit 1)

1 CVS Bag ~ shelf price $0.99
1 Gold Emblem Orange Slices 7oz ~ shelf price $0.99
  -  $0.99 free coupon
  -  30% CVS brand $0.30

Cost: $0.69

Total Retail Cost: $11.16

CVS Sale Savings: $3.68

CVS Coupons: $1.29

Manufacturer Coupons: $2.00

ECBs Used: $3.98

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.21 (+$0.42 tax)

ECBs Earned: $2.00 ($2 ECB from Glade)

(I will get back $2.00 from CheckOut 51 for buying 2 Glade Candles.  I will also get back $0.75 from Ibotta for buying 2 Glade Candles.)