CVS Scenarios - week of 9/7

I have to admit, there was very little that excited me about this week at CVS. I was able to find a couple of things that I will stop for, but not much.

Scenario #1:

2 - Aussie Shampoo/Conditioner (S/M = $2.49/ea)
- $2/2 mfg coupon

$2.98 (plus tax) OOP; earn $2.00 ECB.

Scenario #2:

1 - L'oreal Cleanser/Towlette
2 - Speedstick/Lady Speedstick
1 - Malt O Meal

- $2 $2/$10 CVS coupon
- $1 Malt O Meal (IP available at Malt O Meal website)
- $1 CRT for one Speedstick
- $1 CRT for one Lady Speedstick
- $.75 mfg coupon for Speedstick

$4.03 (plus tax). Use $2 ECB from first transaction; $2.03 (plus tax); earn $5.99 ECBs.

Total OOP $5.01 (okay, just a pinch high for the $5 challenge, but if you use a penny from the "have a penny, leave a penny; need a penny, take a penny" you could have just $5 OOP).

If you have any ECBs to roll, like I do, OOP will be less. I have a $2 ECB from last week to use, so it will be $3.01 OOP this week and I will net $3.99 in extra ECBs ($5.99 ECBs for next week - $2 ECBs I spent), so it feels like a $0.98 profit ($3.99 ECBs - $3.01 OOP).

Check out other $5 deals at the CVS $5 Challenge, hosted by Keeping the Kingdom First. See other scenario suggestions at Money Saving Mom and the "Cent"sible Sawyer.

Free Return Address Labels

At VistaPrint, you can get 140 return address labels for free (plus shipping). Just click here to check out their products. To get to the return address labels, under Rubber Stamps and Labels select return address labels.

I just ordered the Caricature Return Label for our family. The labels were free and the rate for 21 day shipping was $3.25. I figured this wasn't a terrible deal - 140 labels for $3.25 delivered, although they are probably marginally more than we pay when we buy the plain white ones. These are so cute though. Thanks to Mommies with Cents, who had this offer featured on their blog.

Walgreens Scenarios - week of 9/7

I'm new to the Walgreens process. We don't have one close to home, so I don't get to make it there often. This week though, I saw some deals that I think I will have to take advantage of. I used some ad scans to build this, so hopefully, the ad is correct for my area. I plan to check it out at Walgreens.com when it becomes available.

The plan:

Transaction #1
3 Robitussin @$3.99 (earn $10 RR WYB 3)
- $9 => 3 x $3 mfg coupons - you can find $1 coupons here.

$2.97 OOP; earn $10 RR.

Transaction #2
1 Pamper's Easy Ups @$9.49
- $2 mfg coupon from recent insert
1 Crest Pro Health Rinse @$4.49 (earn $4.49 RR)
- $.75 mfg coupon from last week's insert

$11.23 - $10 RR from Trans #1 = $1.23 OOP; earn $4.49 RR.

Transaction #3
3 Dimetapp @3.99 (earn $10 RR WYB 3)
- $6 => 3 x $2 mfg coupons - you can find $2 coupons here.

$5.97 - $4.49 RR from Trans #2 = $1.48 OOP; earn $10 RR.

Transaction #4
1 Pamper's Easy Ups @$9.49
- $2 mfg coupon from recent insert
4 bags Swedish Fish/Sour Patch Kids @ 2/$3
- $2 => 2 x $1/2 mfg coupons
2 bags Chex Mix
- $2 => 2 x $1 mfg coupons (there are some IPs out there, if you can get them to print.

$11.49 - $10 RR from Trans #3 = $1.49 OOP.

So, for under $8 OOP (there's got to be some tax in the above scenarios) I will have two packs of Easy Ups for when my daughter is a bit older, cold medicine for the season (hopefully enough to share as well), some mouth rinse, some candy and some snacks. Not too shabby.

Am I missing something? Am I going to be able to roll RR like I do ECBs? Do the cashiers give issue to multiple transactions?