When I walked in, my very favorite manager was on duty. I commented on how they got their new Reinventing Beauty magazine in (it costs a dollar, but has lots of great coupons) and she was like, "oh, I have something you may want." She then went to the back and brought me the insert with all the magazine's coupons! She says something like, "Yeah, they send these for the employees with the magazines I thought maybe you could use them..." Are you kidding me?!? Coupons!! There was a $5 off a $10 Glaxo-Smith-Kline purchase in there, which I stacked with 2 printable coupons and a sale to make $1.50 on sensitive toothpaste! My sister asked me to pick these up for her when deals come along and I was happy to oblige. Free toothpaste is the cornerstone of the coupon game: you should never pay for toothpaste. Actually, I have to pay ~$1 for toothpaste because I can only have cinnamon flavor, but if you don't mind mint, you're golden.
So, here's what I got on my week off:
(3) Hallmark cards $0.99 ea.
(2) Softsoap foaming hand soap $3 ea. (rain check)
(1) Q-tip 300 ct $1.99
(1) Sensodyne Pronamel $4.49
(1) Sensodyne Iso-Active $5.99
-$0.60/1 Q-tip (recyclebank)
-(2) $0.70/1 Softsoap
-(1) $1/1 Pronamel
-$1/1 Iso-Active
-$5/10 GSK oral care purchase
-12 ECBs (from last week)
Subtotal: $0.44
Tax: $1.29
Total: $1.73
ECBs received: 3 (Hallmark), 4 (Softsoap--rain check), 5 (Sensodyne)
So, I went in for $1.50 Q-tips and walked out with nearly $30 in products for the same price...so much for my week off... =D
ETA: I realized since this post that I prabably was not supposed to use the $5/10 coupon and the two $1/1 coupons because they were all labeled "manufacturer coupon." (I thought the reinventing beauty magazine coupon was different) It just goes to show, I sitll have stuff to learn...
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