I needed a little bit of me time this morning, so I grabbed my coupon binder and told hubby “I’m going to CVS.” His response was “What do you do there for so long?”
Well, I can’t afford regular retail therapy, ha ha. So this is my time. I love just wandering around the store seeing what really cheap and free stuff I can get with coupons. And here’s what I found–
It ends tonight, but there’s a Revlon deal, get $7 in Extra Bucks when you buy any two cosmetics or tools. That’s right, my favorite word-ANY. And, so, looked at the tools and sure enough there are several options to choose from that are $2-$3. I didn’t have any Revlon coupons, but it will be an even better deal if you do. I chose two pairs of the nail clippers at $2.99 each and did get $7 back. This was at the Landenberg store.
Makeup: My main reason for going was that I wanted to check out the makeup clearance. Getting free makeup and hair stuff with coupons is actually what got me started couponing almost 20 years ago and it’s still my favorite. Revlon had the most markdowns and much was 75% off. The best part……….PEELIES! Some of the clearanced makeup had $2 and $3 peelies on it. I did the math in my head and the lipgloss will be $0.35 after clearance and peelie. I didn’t care for any of the colors but they had several options. I got four or five different things for about 90% off. Neutrogena is marked down 50% and there is a $2 coupon in today’s (tomorrow’s) paper. Many of the Olay items were marked down 75% and I had $5 coupons that were home mailers, but I’m pretty sure there were $2 and $5 coupons in the 12/26 inserts. And…don’t forget to join the new beauty club that CVS has to offer. The Landenberg store has a little tearpad near the register; you just tear one off, hand it to the cashier with your extra care card. She scans both and it automatically enrolls you and then it spits out a 10% off all cosmetics coupon. Do that first as a separate transaction before you purchase your clearance makeup. It did take the 10% off of clearance, as I got $3.30 off with that coupon, which means I had $33 worth of makeup which would be about correct. Of course I didn’t pay $33, but that’s the fun of it. I had a great time and getting new makeup is a sure way to brighten a blah winter day, imo.
Excedrin: Today is also the last day of the Excedrin Extra Bucks deal, spend $20, get $10 back. Is reported to work on $19.96, not $20. If you didn’t get your freebie/5.99 coupons yet in the mail, I had several $2.50 coupons in my binder from an insert-they are in the 12/05 inserts and today’s (tomorrow’s) paper. Excedrin is my otc pain reliever of choice, so I got some.
Between the small moneymaker, the almost free makeup and free excedrin, I had a great hour wandering the store.
