Since there were so many good deals and moneymakers at CVS the week of December 21, I have several ECBs that expire this week. They are terribly low-stocked right now so I’m taking a big hit rather than breaking even. Yesterday I had to go to the doctor, which is near the Kennett/Longwood CVS, so I went there. No throat coolers. Very little Gatorade left. I ended up spending a $33 ECB and only getting back $13. (Hallmark cards & Gatorade/Pepsi deal)

The day before that I was at Landenberg and again, no throat coolers, no cheezits. Had a $12 ECB to spend and only got $5 back (Hallmark cards, Cottonelle, Kleenex).

There’s a Huggies deal coming up next week, so I wanted to build up my ECBs, not use them up. Oh well, it happens.

First, just wanted to make sure that everyone is aware of the new limit on coupons at Kmart superdoubles. It used to be 75 coupons, no more than 4 of the same coupon. They have since lowered it to 25 coupons, per customer, per day. Whether they’ll actually hold customers to this limit remains to be seen, but be prepared. I think I will sit this one out. There’s nothing to really get excited about and I don’t have plans to be in that direction this week.

Last fall, CVS offered one of the L’oreal Revitalift cremes for 11.99 with 11.99 back in ECBs. They were out when I got there, so I got a raincheck. Last week at the coupon scanner, I got a coupon for $3 off this product, and I had a $2 mfr coupon for it, so I thought with it being a $5 moneymaker, it would be a good time to redeem that raincheck. The cashier supervisor refused to take my mfr coupon for this item, saying that “I was already getting it for free.” Oh well, I still made $3 on the deal. But this is new. If I had been able to purchase the item when it was originally on sale with the ECBs, they would have taken coupons along with it, as I have done many, many times.