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[lisaross]

Glad to hear you are back! This month will be 3 year's i've been doing the CVS thing!

..and dummy me forgot to say thank you to Flaky for the thread and thanks to all of you for worrying about me! I just looked and the last time I posted on our CVS group was December 13th, that's unforgiveable as I've lived DIS/CVS for nearly 3 years now.

I am getting much better with my teeth, but I got more bad news about my bottom teeth (that are still attached lol) - the bone has deteriorated another 30% in a very short time, then I went to the doctor/doctor and found out that my body is rejecting the permanent nylon suturing material that I had over 9 years ago during a c-section - I had developed a tumor/growth at the end where the doctor tied knots when he quit sewing during the surgery - I thought I had heard it all, but I guess not. This is all autoimmune stuff that all began when I was going to have the real "LanaJae." Anyway, that's what I've been up to and then of course Christmas came along..

But I am here and I'll get through this baloney too. Nothing can be done about any of it, so in a way that's a relief because I am sick of clinics and hospitals.

So that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

P.S. I reached my goal of 10K in year to date savings at CVS:

6392.22 my card
4557.95 husband's card
$10,950.17

 

[ShiPooOwner]

I will subscribe immediately, thank you! - I wish I had some, and some extra, but I react to nearly everything these days so they won't give me anything at all. The prosthodontist gave me something called Tramadol and then the other doctor yelled at me and said I couldn't take it, but I did take it and it didn't hurt me - I could actually walk without any pain, didn't do a thing for my teeth though. Oh well, I had a good time that day

It's LanaJae!!! Welcome back! Yes, we were worried about you and when you didn't check in for so long, I thought I might have to start asking the cashiers at Woodbury if they had seen you!!! I brought them some homemade Christmas cookies before the ICE hit us and since the ICE hit us (Have I mentioned I hate winter....and especially ICE? ) I haven't done much of anything except hibernate whenever possible.

Anyway...it is soooooo good to know you're going to check in more often because we missed you big time! Sorry to hear things still aren't the greatest healthwise for you, but your attitude about all of this is so good! That's gotta help!

And congrats on reaching the $10k goal. WOW!

 

[puffkin]

Missed ya Lana! We've all been a bit slow with posting to this thread through the holidays so don't worry. Not to mention a few of us have made some dumb mistakes (me included ).

I was at about $8000 between my two cards at CVS last year and another $3000 at Rite Aid. I know I saved at least $500-$600 at Kmart too, so I had a good year! My goal is to get up to $15k this year!

 

[buffalogirl]

Welcome back LanaJae!!!!

We missed your helpful advice and suggested transactions .

Congrats on reaching your goal of $10K savings!!!

With the help of everyone here, I managed to save a little bit over $3500.

LanaJae I hope you're feeling 100% better soon.

 

[Shmily1]

Check your emails if you are in the CVS advisory panel... Just got a good survey opportunity

 

[JustMickey]

Wow, LanaJae, that just sounds horrible! I really hope you're feeling better soon.

 

[flakypuff]

I will subscribe immediately, thank you! - I wish I had some, and some extra, but I react to nearly everything these days so they won't give me anything at all. The prosthodontist gave me something called Tramadol and then the other doctor yelled at me and said I couldn't take it, but I did take it and it didn't hurt me - I could actually walk without any pain, didn't do a thing for my teeth though. Oh well, I had a good time that day

You always make me laugh Lana...
Dont feel sorry for not checking in. We feel like family here and worry about you. Yes, we also miss all your great ideas. I love to see how much all of you have saved. That is GREAT! I posted next week with links to IPs.

 

[LanaJae]

Glad to hear you are back! This month will be 3 year's i've been doing the CVS thing!

It's LanaJae!!! Welcome back! Yes, we were worried about you and when you didn't check in for so long, I thought I might have to start asking the cashiers at Woodbury if they had seen you!!! I brought them some homemade Christmas cookies before the ICE hit us and since the ICE hit us (Have I mentioned I hate winter....and especially ICE? ) I haven't done much of anything except hibernate whenever possible.

Anyway...it is soooooo good to know you're going to check in more often because we missed you big time! Sorry to hear things still aren't the greatest healthwise for you, but your attitude about all of this is so good! That's gotta help!

And congrats on reaching the $10k goal. WOW!

Missed ya Lana! We've all been a bit slow with posting to this thread through the holidays so don't worry. Not to mention a few of us have made some dumb mistakes (me included ).

I was at about $8000 between my two cards at CVS last year and another $3000 at Rite Aid. I know I saved at least $500-$600 at Kmart too, so I had a good year! My goal is to get up to $15k this year!

Welcome back LanaJae!!!!

We missed your helpful advice and suggested transactions .

Congrats on reaching your goal of $10K savings!!!

With the help of everyone here, I managed to save a little bit over $3500.

LanaJae I hope you're feeling 100% better soon.

Wow, LanaJae, that just sounds horrible! I really hope you're feeling better soon.

You always make me laugh Lana...
Dont feel sorry for not checking in. We feel like family here and worry about you. Yes, we also miss all your great ideas. I love to see how much all of you have saved. That is GREAT! I posted next week with links to IPs.

Awe thanks

I feel really really guilty now!

Today I did Soy Joy over and over. I also got a CRT for $5 off any Skin Effects so if you get that and need a filler to use a $5/20 coupon, there is a small display for two new Skin Effects products, they are $2.99 each. One is a scrub and the other is some kind of cream - the cream is very tiny, it's easy to miss but they should be on the two cosmetic standing displays in the very front of the store.

Also, if you go through 200 pairs of reading glasses a year like me, you may have seen a 3-pack of designer glasses - one has a tartan print pair at the top and the other has kind of a black/glitzy pair. These are coded for holiday clearance so will follow the 75%-90%. They are in a box and marked $14.99.

ShiPoo, that is so sweet about the cookies! You can always ask them about me.. I think they usually call me "that lady with the girl who has really long hair (Lana)." They all thought I died or something during the same time I was missing from here, but after this week they will probably wish I had - I plan to camp out there until I run out of ideas for that $/$$.

 

[LanaJae]

Check your emails if you are in the CVS advisory panel... Just got a good survey opportunity

Thanks - I was so hoping I would get one, but didn't - what was it for and for how much?

 

[ShiPooOwner]

Thanks - I was so hoping I would get one, but didn't - what was it for and for how much?

I didn't get one either. Sometimes I think I need to retire my card and get a new one because I get such lousy CRT's and no good offers in emails from CVS. Has anyone ever done that?

When you did the SoyJoys deal over and over, LanaJae, did you just keep buying them at the same store in the same trip and just keep ripping off your ECB's after each purchase? I've always been afraid to do that for fear I'd make the cashier want to throw me out the door! Were you able to use the coupon that expired on 12/31 to buy them and was it at our favorite "new" store?

 

[pilesoflaundry]

Welcome back LanaJae, I'm sorry you are having health issues .

The oust coupon was regional. I'm confused if it's a real bonus pack or not because some people on hcw are getting single cans and it's working. I sent dh to go after work today and I hope he can do it right. I've got some ecbs about to expire! I have been slacking so bad lately.

ShiPooOwner, I'm not LanaJae but that's how I always do it. No one bats an eye at me except if the line backs up. The cashiers don't care because they know I'm a regular and keep their numbers up but I do move out of the way and wait my turn again so the people behind me don't give the cashier the hairyeyeball :lol:.

I'm low on toothpaste! The deals have been slim on it lately, at least the free ones. They have had more of those pay a little for it deals. I'm fully stocked on just about everything else for the next 10 years :lol. I've got cold medicine I have to toss!

 

[puffkin]

The oust coupon was regional. I'm confused if it's a real bonus pack or not because some people on hcw are getting single cans and it's working. I sent dh to go after work today and I hope he can do it right. I've got some ecbs about to expire! I have been slacking so bad lately.

The Oust in my stores were just the single cans. They had a sticker on the cap indicating the get $3 back deal. I have bought 6 and got the ECB back no problems. They were all in the section with the other bonus buys (in retail it is called the swing shop or swing room).

 

[pilesoflaundry]

The Oust in my stores were just the single cans. They had a sticker on the cap indicating the get $3 back deal. I have bought 6 and got the ECB back no problems. They were all in the section with the other bonus buys (in retail it is called the swing shop or swing room).

Thanks. I told him to scan and make sure it rings up $3.99 or has the sticker and he should be fine. I love mms! I have the bogo coupons.

 

[ShiPooOwner]

ShiPooOwner, I'm not LanaJae but that's how I always do it. No one bats an eye at me except if the line backs up. The cashiers don't care because they know I'm a regular and keep their numbers up but I do move out of the way and wait my turn again so the people behind me don't give the cashier the hairyeyeball :lol:.

Thanks for that info! I think I'll try it at the coupon/customer friendly store in our area.

 

[rockin_rep]

I'm here, I'm alive, I'm sorry!!

There was that one week when we didn't have a thread and I fogot to look again to subscribe to the newest one and then I don't get email notifications and then, well, you know, time slipped by!

I have to catch up, haven't read anything on this thread yet, but I did go to CVS and did this:

5.99 Nivea Body Wash for Women
2.99 Nivea lip treatment
2.99 Nivea lip treatment
3.99 Oust
3.99 Oust
0.99 Gold Emblem candy
0.49 Gold Emblem candy (BOGO50%)
-5.00/$20 from iheartcvs.com (sacbee.com newspaper)
-2.00 mfg. for Nivea Body Wash (from last sunday's insert)
-2.00 CRT for Nivea Body Wash
-2.99 mfg. BOGO for Nivea lip treatment (from last sunday's insert)
-3.99 mfg. BOGO for Oust (from last sunday's insert)
-1.00 CRT for Gold Emblem candy (from scanner)
$4.45 (earned $11 extra bucks: $5 for Nivea and $6 for Oust)

I need to go back and roll that into Soy Joys and keep using the $5/20 to buy up all the other deals.

Hey hon Great to see you here again! And what a great first run back! I've checked my inserts again and again and did not receive the nivea coupons I have some that will work and haven't expired, but they're not as good. Have a great day and ttys!

 

[lisaross]

2 Great Runs this morning...i'm getting back into the CVS swing of things for 2010!

1st run:

6.00 - Soy Joy
3.99 - Oust
3.99 - Oust
6.29 - Nivea Body Wash
.49 - Holiday Gift Bag
.49 - HOliday Gift Bag

Coupons used
2.00 - oust
2.00 Nivea
5.00 off 20

paid w/12ecbs / 1.29 oop

got back 12ecbs

2nd Run

2.99 Nivea Lip
2.99 Nivea Lip
6.00 Soy Joy
6.00 Soy Joy
2.99 GE Light Bulb

Coupons used - 2.99 nivea (b1g1), 1.00 GE, 5/20

paid w/ 11ecbs, paid 1.59oop

Got back 19ecbs..


I'm really enjoying just using 1 card instead of 2 - as 2 was starting to become a chore - now i find it enjoyable again!!

 

[LanaJae]

I didn't get one either. Sometimes I think I need to retire my card and get a new one because I get such lousy CRT's and no good offers in emails from CVS. Has anyone ever done that?

When you did the SoyJoys deal over and over, LanaJae, did you just keep buying them at the same store in the same trip and just keep ripping off your ECB's after each purchase? I've always been afraid to do that for fear I'd make the cashier want to throw me out the door! Were you able to use the coupon that expired on 12/31 to buy them and was it at our favorite "new" store?

Welcome back LanaJae, I'm sorry you are having health issues .

The oust coupon was regional. I'm confused if it's a real bonus pack or not because some people on hcw are getting single cans and it's working. I sent dh to go after work today and I hope he can do it right. I've got some ecbs about to expire! I have been slacking so bad lately.

ShiPooOwner, I'm not LanaJae but that's how I always do it. No one bats an eye at me except if the line backs up. The cashiers don't care because they know I'm a regular and keep their numbers up but I do move out of the way and wait my turn again so the people behind me don't give the cashier the hairyeyeball :lol:.

I'm low on toothpaste! The deals have been slim on it lately, at least the free ones. They have had more of those pay a little for it deals. I'm fully stocked on just about everything else for the next 10 years :lol. I've got cold medicine I have to toss!

Before I start talking CVS and forget - thanks pilesoflaundry , I am okay, just hated to add more things wrong with me, I am running out of things that can go wrong lol

I was doing Soy Joy 2 at a time and 3 at a time and using the $5/20 and rolling those extra bucks right back on another transaction with another $5/20. Nobody cared at all, i think there are cases and cases of Soy Joy in the back to fill up the display - ShiPoo, our new stores said they sold something like 30K the last time, when the limit got changed from 5 to 10. I didn't use the coupons that expired 12-31, but they will take them. I used the recent coupons for single bars and they pushed them through and I used an expired CRT for $2 too.

Also want to say that I bought unmarked single cans of Oust and they worked too, the UPC is the same as the marked cans. I have not seen double packs.

There's also a deal with some of the CVS Brands in bonus packs where they are ringing up at BOGO50% this week, I can't figure out from other boards what all works, someone wrote that the nail polish remover does for sure - then you can use the $2/10 CVS Brand from the scanners on these items too.

 

[LanaJae]

Hey hon Great to see you here again! And what a great first run back! I've checked my inserts again and again and did not receive the nivea coupons I have some that will work and haven't expired, but they're not as good. Have a great day and ttys!

Hi! I don't think all the inserts got the Nivea coupons, but both of our papers did so we were very lucky.

There is a new Nivea display with some clear colored bottles of a new type of body wash and those have little coupon booklets in them, not for the lip products though. If you see them, grab a bunch as I'm sure Nivea will come up again soon.

 

[pilesoflaundry]

I bought 4 cans of oust but only 3 counted. That happen to anyone else? I have not met the limit and the cashier did scan them all, it shows on my receipt.

 

[LanaJae]

I bought 4 cans of oust but only 3 counted. That happen to anyone else? I have not met the limit and the cashier did scan them all, it shows on my receipt.

It isn't happening here, but in some states you can only buy 3 and then 3 again, and I guess the same thing can happen with Soy Joy, I just read about it.