Score!

I'm brand-spanking new to the world of couponing. But from many blogs I've come across, I have been inspired that I will use couponing as a significant way to save money in 2008. CVS is currently my numero uno place to shop and save, though I intend to get much better at deal making as experience comes into play. But for now I wanted to share what great deals I made this week by combining CVS sales along with coupons from the Sunday newspaper ads.

In total I saved:
$25.98 with CVS discounts
$26.00 with general coupons
$12.00 with CVS extracare bucks
= $63.98

Total spent $28.86, and I still have $8.00 of extracare bucks for my next shopping trip! Quick math skills would have you recognizing my total bill at only $20.86 for all of the goodies in the picture below...
















Walgreens didn't bring me as big of savings, though I did purchase more costly products there that caused me to have a bigger bill in the end.

In total I saved:
$21.30 with Walgreens discounts
$14.80 with general coupons
= $36.10

Total spent $34.18, which really wasn't too bad considering the higher priced items.


I'm hoping next week to do even better! Though I need to be careful to only buy items I know that I will use within the next few months and not to stock up too much on a certain type of product. Not following that advice can have me spending more money than need be for the sake of getting a good deal.