PLEASE, PLEASE I am begging you… do NOT let me forget to go get Tide this week at CVS!! With all the retail deals and as busy as I am posting I am scared I am going to forget!

There were some really good coupon in the Sunday paper ( if you are not getting the Houston Chronicle for $.99 a week go HERE) and some printable ones if you don’t have the Sunday coupons. PLUS when you buy $20 worth of P&G items, you get $5 back, so there are a few ways to do this:

CVS Tide Deal:

Buy (4) Tide Detergents for $5.96 ea = $23.84
Use (4) $2/1 Tide Coupons from the 12/1 P&G Insert, or (2) $1.50/2 Tide Printable Coupons
Pay $15.84 ~ Get back $5 Extra Care Bucks
(makes it $10.84 or just $2.71 per item)

If your store is low on Tide, or you only have a couple of the coupons – you can also do this deal:

Buy (2) Tide Detergents for $5.96 ea
Buy (2) Pantene Haircare for 2/$7
Buy (2) Dawn Dish Soap or Coke 2 Liter for $.99
Use (2) $2/1 Tide Coupons from the 12/1 P&G Insert, or (2) $1.50/2 Tide Printable Coupons
Use $3/2 Pantene from 12/1 P&G or $2/2 Pantene Printable Coupon
Use (2) $.50/1 Dawn Printable Coupon
Pay $12.90 ~ Get back $5 ECB
(makes it $7.90, or $1.31 each!)

Thanks for the reminder Time2Save!

* You can see all the CVS deals and match ups HERE plus make a printable list!

Ok, as usual my CVS started their sale early. If your store normally starts the next weeks sale early then it started this one early. If you are not sure, don’t call, they are not going to tell you. You just have to go to the store and start scanning items at the scanner and see if they are coming up at the sale price. That is how you will know.

:: UPDATE :: 

I want to update you on the gift card $50 ECB deal that is happening, because you need to know the risks involved and how to do it correctly. At the worst you are stuck with a $150 paypal mastercard and out $10. But I hate to see that happen.

1. Login to your CVS account and check your featured deals/Extracare buck deals to make sure that it is there.

2. They *might* have pulled them at your store. There is a TON of confusion for the managers on these. Some are mistaken that it is a glitch, or they are pulling it. They are not pulling it at this time, there is nothing wrong with the deal, but fraud protection was alerted because people are doing more then the 1 per household.

3. You will need cash or a debit card in most cases to buy one, since it is a pre-paid mastercard. You can use ECB’s to pay the $4.95 activation fee, but not any of the actual amount put on the card.

4. You will be charged a $4.95 monthly fee after about 12 hours. So activate it, and use it right away.

5. When you activate your card (which you HAVE to do) make sure to do it online to have the best success. Use referral code 3263551557 to get your activation fee back within 2 business days.

6. People have been successful at using it to buy gift cards at other stores to use it quickly.

There is a Paypal card deal that 2 sweet gals shopping the sale in the store told us about and so I did that first. This is the deal: Buy a Paypal Mastercard Debit card for $4.95 and add $150 on it, you will get $50 ECB back! You can use this card anywhere it is a Mastercard. BUT, it will charge you $4.95 a month, so use it right away. I figured I had grocery shopping to do tomorrow and so it was worth it for the free $45 in ECB’s!!!

* PLEASE make sure that this deal is in your area BEFORE you do the deal. Login to your CVS account and check your featured deals to make sure that it is there. ** Only do this deal if you are ok with being out $4.95 to $9 if you don’t get a $50 ECB for some reason.

You can not roll this deal. Meaning you can’t use the card to buy another one (we tried!) but it does look like you will be able to do it more then once. This deal is from November 24th to 27th.

Then we went shopping in the store, you can see a list HERE. This is my favorite sale of the year! My store did not have everything nicely laid out yet so we had to hunt. A few things they didn’t have in yet, but I spent about $70, used my coupons and $50 ECB, and paid $2.75 out of my pocket for everything in the first picture!! PLUS I left with another $60 in ECB’s!

Depending on when you are going, and how long it takes CVS to fix glitches, the following are not printing ECB’s yet, and so when you buy them and check out you just have the cashier force print them for you.

Hershey’s individual bar, CVS pantyliners, CVS probiotic.

Go HERE to see all the CVS deals!