Cvs 80% savings

This week the CVS flyer matched well with the Sunday paper coupons. They had an extra bucks special where if you spent $12 on certain products (all of which had coupons in this weeks paper) you would get $6 in extra bucks on your receipt.

For this deal I bought toothpaste, deodorant and a tooth brush. The deodorant had a buy one get one free coupon (value up to $3.99) which the cashier interpreted as $3.99 off even though the deodorant only cost $1.99 each. So the deodorants were absolutely free even before factoring in the extras bucks. Cash due: $12.35 value of coupons and extra bucks $10.99.

I also bought dish washing liquid which was on sale for $.99 with a coupon for $1 off of 2.

Lastly -- and this should have been first -- I've been dying to dye my hair and I cannot wait for my brand to go on sale. I used a $10 extra bucks from participating on the CVS survey panel and paid full price (yikes!) I also forgot to use my bag tag which was one scan away from a $1 extra bucks coupon. Hence my overall savings was 80% instead of 95% :)

Cash paid: $10.15
Value of items: $48.91
Savings 80%