I have been looking forward to the CVS Black Friday deals for weeks! I had a perfect plan all mapped out and ready to go. I called to confirm the opening time last night and was told 8am. I arrived at 7:45am and they were already open! Two of the products I wanted were already sold out which made a mess of my 3 transaction plan (as you can imagine).
The 2 products not available were the Theraflu 8ct and the Benefiber Sticks. I had $2 off coupons for both products which is why my OOP was much higher than anticipated. My goal had been less then $10 OOP including tax since I only had $2 ECB’s from previous shopping trips to roll. I’m still happy even though I spent over my goal.
I do want to commend the Kempsville CVS. There was still plenty of the other free items in store when I left. The staff did an excellent job of stocking for the Black Friday sale. Additionally, the employees were friendly and helpful which always great since it’s easy to get frustrated with a packed store.
Below is my original plan and how I changed things up.
Transaction 1
Breathe Right Nasal Strips Bonus Size 10 + 2 ct., $5.99 Limit 1
-$1.50 off Breathe Right product
stack with $1.50 off Breath Right 10 ct. CVS Coupon printable
Finish Quantum, 10 ct., $2.99 Limit 1
-$1 off Finish Quantum
LA Looks Styling Gel, 20 oz, $2.49 Limit 1
-$1 off LA Looks product, 20 oz, RP 10/09
Colgate Toothpaste, $2.87 Limit 2
-$1 off Colgate Total Advanced toothpaste
Benefiber Sticks, 3 ct., $1.49 Limit 1
-$2 off Benefiber stick pk
Theraflu Caplets, 8 ct., $1.87 Limit 1
-$2 off Theraflu multi-symptom Severe Cold w/ Lipton Green tea and Honey Lemon flavors
Listerine Pocket Packs, 72 ct., $2.99 Limit 2 BUY 1
-.50/1 Listerine Pocketpaks 24 ct +
Balance Bar, $1.69 Limit 1
Added in Chex cereal $2.87, earn $2 ECB’s & 1 M&M’s from transaction 2 – needed to hit $25 for coupon
Total before coupons = $25.25 $25.51
-$5 off $25 purchase
-$11.50 in coupons! $7.50 (lost $4 in coupons)
-$2 ECB’s
Total OOP = $6.75 + tax $11.01
Earn $25.25 ECB’s back!
TOTAL PAID = $11.93 ;(
EARNED = $24.64 ECB’s
Transaction 2
Listerine Pocket Packs, 72 ct., $2.99 Limit 2 BUY 1
-.50/1 Listerine Pocketpaks 24 ct +
Theraflu Daytime or Multi-Symptom, travel size, 1 ct., 99¢
Carmex, .15-.35 oz, $1 Limit 1
-.30/1 Carmex lip balm
GUM Super or Micro Tip Soft Toothbrush, 2 ct., $2.99 Limit 2
Starbucks Double Shot, 6.5 oz, $1.69 Limit 1
Hershey’s King Size Bar, 2.1-2.86 oz, 99¢ Limit 2 1
Realized the Excedrin for $0.99 didn’t make it to my list so substituted for one of the Hershey’s King bars (not sure why I did that now – should have bought both)
Mars Chocolate Singles Candy, 1.08-2.15 oz, 75¢ Limit 4 3
Kleenex Cool Touch Tissues, 50 ct., $1.50 Limit 1
Advil 10 ct., $2.99 Limit 1
$4.99 ECB WYB Cepacol Lozenges, 16 ct., $4.99 Limit 1
-$1 off Cepacol product printable
Total before coupons = $27.11 $25.37
-$ 1.80 coupons
-$25.25 ECB’s $23.89 (didn’t use $0.75 ECB from transaction 1 since I had a judgment lapse and didn’t get 1 Hershey’s)
Total OOP = $0.06 plus tax
Earn $27.11 ECB’s
TOTAL PAID= $1.36
EARNED = $26.36 ECB’s
Transaction 3
Be Kool From Fever Discomfort Gel Sheets For Kids, 4 ct., $4.49 Limit 1
CVS Dental Flossers, 90 ct., $1.99 Limit 1
Pepto Bismol, 4 oz, $2.99 Limit 1
Sheets Energy Strips, 10 ct., $3.99 Limit 1
Philips or Magnavox Universal Remote, $6.99 Limit 1
CVS Alkaline Batteries, AAA/AA 4 pk., $3.99 Limit 1
Soft Lips Single Pack, .07 oz, $2 Limit 1
Advil PM, 4 ct., 99¢ Limit 1
Total Before Coupons $27.43
$0 coupons
-$27.11 ECB’s $26.36 ECB’s
Total OOP = $0.32 plus tax
Earn $27.43 ECB’s
TOTAL PAID = $1.88
EARNED = $27.43
Total before coupons $110.21
Total Savings $95.04
Total paid OOP $15.17
Still have $28.18 ECB’s
PLUS I have an MIR for the Finish Quantum from the 11/20 SS insert. I’ll get back $2.99!!! If you take into account the MIR and ECB’s I still have, I “made” $16 for buying $110 in products!!!!
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Dana, I went to Kempsville CVS too when they opened this morning at 7am! Benefiber was already gone by the time I found the other items so I figured they were not stocked. I love Kempsville CVS too because they are always well stocked.
oh and I forgot…The excedrin was part of the old sale….I took the excedrin thinking it was a new sales cycle and did not get my ECB because it says the limit was reached for the week (from the 11/20 – 11/23 sales cycle).
Went to Kempsville at 9 – they still had everything except the bene and theraflu. The staff was so nice and helpful! It was fun and a pleasure to shop there. I luckily had 23 ecb’s going in, so I did 3 transactions, paid about $5 in tax and ended up with 35ecb. THANK YOU for all you do Dana!
I was there at 7. I was able to find both the benefiber and the theraflu. The benefiber was on a strip at the end of the isle and there were not many on it. The theraflu was up at the registers, but there were only 3 left! I did 3 transactions and got lots of great deals. I planned on only 2 transactions, but I got the wrong size of the Starbucks so I returned that and also got the theraflu which I had forgotten earlier. My husband was with me and really wanted some Werther’s carmels so I figured I could use some of my extra ECBs on that. Only had $2 going, spent $10.34 and am left with $22 in ECBs. Not too bad. I forgot to give them my second Listerine coupon which I’m bummed about. I also missed the Cepacol deal. May go back, but probably not! I love the Kempsville CVS!
I went to the Nimmo parkway/GB CVS right around midnight. I was still up working on food, I needed to pick up an prescription I had dropped off earlier that I couldn’t pick-up because Tricare’s billing system was done. The pharmacy is 24 hours so I figured it would be a good quick run to make. They were already out of two of the things that I wanted-at midnight. A group of women were there together shopping (which I don’t have a problem with) however, they were using multiple cvs cards and I have a problem with that. The cashier said he told them they weren’t supposed to do that, but he still let them get away with it. Either way, i had a $5 gift card because of a home mailer and a $10 gift card from my cover girl purchases a few weeks ago. Total money that left my hand was $.75 and I left with almost $24ecb. I am happy!
I also went to Kempsville and I called the night before and they told me 7 am. Luckily they had everything & I thought it was weird they had the Theraflu at counter. I happened to get the last of the capsules, but my trip went really well. I came in with no extra bucks and spent 7 dollars and some change and got a little over $80 in products!