My shopping trips 01/10/10

$3.60 Total OOP

CVS: $2.00 (mostly tax)
Rite Aid: $1.60 (mostly tax)

Not pictured: $0.25 Xmas candy on clearance

I made a list before going to the store and used my calculator- which REALLY helped a lot!!  I spend way less OOP when I use add it all up and get my coupons together BEFORE going into the store.

I'll get $9.99 back in MIR from Rite Aid.
I spent $11 EB at CVS, and got back $5 and am on my way to earning more bucks.  A trick I learned from someone else is that at CVS, you can split up the deals into multiple orders- they keep track of it, whereas at Wag's and R.A. they don't.  I have $6 more to spend on Cover girl items (Herbal Essence, Aussie count towards it) and will get $5 EB back.

I was HOPING the lipsticks would've counted towards the "buy ANY Loreal makeup and get EB back when you hit $15", but they didn't. The makeup was marked 75% off and I had $1 coupon for the eyeshadow and $2 coupons for the lipsticks (they ended up costing 25 cents each)

I've never tried Olay soap before- so this is where I can try something new.  It was on sale at R.A. for $1.99 and I used the $1 off coupons on those.  I'll end up giving some away to family also- I'm not a hoarder, I'm a sharer.

Happy Shopping trips!!

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