Free stuff and cheap drinks

Another boatload of free school supplies this week at CVS! I didn't get every single item, though, since I only had to reach a total of $30 to use my $5/$30 CVS coupon. (It came by email this week, how fortuitous!)

Here's how I used the freebies to get really cheap drinks:

• 4 12-packs of Pepsi products, $12, get $4 ECB with purchase of 4
• 1 pack of CVS pens, $0.99, get $0.99 ECB
• 1 pack of CVS pencils, $0.99, get $0.99 ECB
• 2 CVS compasses, $1.50 each, get $1.50 ECB each
• 2 CVS notebooks, $0.99 each, get $0.99 ECB each
• 1 pair of CVS scissors, $2.99, get $2.99 ECB
• 1 pack of CVS glue sticks, $0.99, get $0.99 ECB
• 1 Blink Tears eye drops, $7.99, get $7.99 ECB

Coupons used:

• $5 off $30 purchase
• $1.50 off Blink Tears (internet printable mfr. coupon)

Total = $30.93. After coupons, I paid with $17.83 ECBs (my entire stash), paid the remaining $6.60 plus $2.08 tax, then I got back $22.93 in ECBs. So essentially I paid $3.58 for all this. That comes to 7 cents per soda can!

Now I call that a sweet deal. : )

Oh, and don't forget to check the bottom of your receipt for your free item coupon. The item this month is batteries, hooray! Perhaps they'll do a free item each month through the fall like they did last year. I hope so!