$92 worth of groceries for only $16.85! No kidding!

First and foremost, I am a huge fan of couponing...if you read my stuff at all you certainly know this. The thing about couponing is I save LOTS of money...it is that simple for me. I mean really, how can I pass that up? Recently I weaved an awesome CVS deal where I purchase $92 worth of stuff for a mere $16.85. This is that story...enjoy.

My first trip consisted of facial cleansing products. CVS had a sale where you buy $15 worth of participating products and receive $5 back in Reward Bucks. I purchased 1 Clean & Clear Blackhead Eraser at $19.99 and 1 Clean & Clear Blackhead Eraser Refill pack for $6.99. I did not really need to buy the refill, but I figured, why not? Might as well have some back up. I used a $5/1 coupon for the actual eraser and $1/1 for the refills. I coupled these manufacturer coupons with a $4/$20 CVS coupon for facial products found in the ReadyFill book. I then unloaded various other Reward Bucks I had earned from previous shopping trips. This brought my total down to $10.55 out of pocket expense (OOP) and another $5 in Reward Bucks.

My second trip in was for a variety of hair products. I usually take advantage of the John Frieda deal CVS has where you spend $15 and you receive $5 back in Reward Bucks. I have stopped for a while since I had a good stockpile going and because the coupons went down a whole $1. Previous manufacturer coupons have been for $2/1 John Frieda product, but recently have only been for $1/1. Usually John Frieda products are on sale for $5, meaning you purchase 3 for $15, get $5 back and use $6 worth of coupons...bringing your cost down to under $2 a product. As I was leaving for my first CVS trip I encountered the mailman. To my surprise and delight he had CVS brand coupons for me for John Frieda! A little known secret to certain stores like CVS is that you can use 2 coupons for 1 product if one is a CVS coupon and one is a manufacturer coupon. I decided to go for the John Frieda deal and used (3) $1/1 manufacturer coupons, (1) $3/2 CVS coupon, and (1) $1/1 CVS coupon. Coupled with the $5 I earned in Reward Bucks, 3 John Frieda products cost me only $3! Less than $1 an item!

I also took advantage of their Aussie product sale...Spend $2.99 and receive $2 in Reward Bucks. !he limit was 3 so I purchased 3. I coupled this deal with the $2/2 Aussie products coupon making all 3 Aussie products only $1!

My CVS also has a coupon generator that I hit up each time I walk in the store...one of the coupons I received in the past was for a FREE 2oz Viologie product, which I also redeemed this trip. As an extra bonus I used a $5/$25 coupon I received from CVS.com. After redeeming another few Reward Bucks plus the $5 one from my last trip my OOP was only $4.49 and I earned another $11 in Reward Bucks.

My third and final trip was to stock up my freezer with DiGiorno pizzas for a great price. The sale was for 2/$10 which is the best price I have found for these awesome pizzas. I purchased 4, used (4) $1/1 DiGiorno Pizza coupons and used another $4/$20 CVS coupon. I also threw on my extra $11 in Reward Bucks bringing my total for 4 pizzas down to only $1.36 OOP!

And now you know how I was able to get $92 worth of groceries for only $16.85! Did I mention I love CVS?

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