Had a good day at CVS today! $8.32 for over $70 of stuff.

Well, every week CVS seems to be having these Gas Card promotions.

It's where you spend $30 (before coupons) on specific products, and you get a $10 gas card.

Normally, there's really nothing of value to me, so I've never participated. This week, however, there was a sale on Herbal Essence or Aussie products, and they were included in the sale, as was some Scott Toilet Paper, and M&Ms.

Well, I had coupons for all of this...so it's a better deal.

Originally, I was going to get 6 Herbal Essence Shampoos (I have tons of Conditioner already), 6 Aussie Hair Gels, and a bag of M&Ms. That would total my $30 ($32.82 plus tax, actually).

I needed to separate this into 2 transactions, though, because I had 6 Herbal Essence/Aussie coupons and you can only use 4 per checkout. The coupons were for $3 off a styling product (like Hair gel, or mouse) if you bought a shampoo or conditioner. So, those coupons took off $18.

That would leave me paying $14.82 plus tax. And, still getting a $10 gas card as well, FREE.

I also added 2 Hershey candy bars because I had coupons that made them FREE.

When I had the first transaction paid for, I received a $3 off coupon on my receipt...so, I decided to get some Scott Toilet Paper (1000 sheet rolls) that was on sale for $7.49. I needed some, and with the $3 off coupon, it was really cheap.

So, when all was said and done, I got all 12 Herbal Essence/Aussie products, the 2 candy bars, bag of M&M's and the 12-roll package of Toilet Paper for $18.32 plus tax. If you take out $10 because I got the Gas card, that was only $8.32 for over $70 of stuff.

And, now, I'll use some of the items to sell in gift baskets on eBay, to make a profit which will pay for what I kept, and for my next shopping trip. :-)