CVS Trippin'

I woke up at the butt crack of dawn this morning to get up and do this deal!...even after a long Fourth of July celebration last night! I imagine that everything is gone at CVS by now. Here's what I bought:

Transaction 1:
3 boxes of CVS pencils @ $.99 each - free with ECB's
= $3.20 OutOfPocket
PLUS - this transaction gave me an extra $2 ECB for quarterly earnings

Transaction 2:
3 rolls of CVS tape @ $1.49 each - free with ECB's
- minus $2.97 ECB's from pencils
=$1.62 OOP

Transaction 3:
1 pack CVS pantyliners @ $.89 - free with ECB's
3 boxes of Post Trail Mix Crunch 3/$10 get $5 in ECB's
-minus 3 - $2 off printable coupons
- $4.47 ECB's from tape
= $.45 OOP

Transaction 4:
1 Jumbo pack Pampers @ $8.99
- $1 off Pampers coupon
- $ 7.89 in ECB's
= $.08 OOP

Total OOP: $5.35 (full retail price would have been $32.83 + tax)

THANK YOU CVS!

Trash Talk

I finally ran out of my commercial trashcan liners from Sam's. I bought a box almost a year ago and dated them 8/08 so I would know how long they lasted. I finally ran out yesterday! My husband, The King, said that if he hadn't used them in the yard they would have lasted a full year. I went to Sam's this morning to purchase a new box of the 33 gallon 32o ct commercial trashcan liners and they were $17.44, $5 more than last year. Still, you can't beat that price!

My $220 Summer

Sadly, we have been so busy that we still haven't spent anymore of our summer entertainment budget. We have however been finding free things to do. My eldest went to camp for free for a week at the Lite Center. You can't beat that!! He had a blast and learned so much. We plan on enjoying more of the freebies at the library and I have been collecting coupons for another 'blowout' week at the end of summer.

TBQ House

We sold our house on Wednesday and bought a new house on Friday, so The Budget Queen is moving! The new owners want us out in 2 weeks, so wish me luck! We have been getting free milk boxes from Super One and free papers for packing from The Independent and The Times - sorry guys for wasting your papers, but you know I love you. I am actually getting rid of more stuff than I am packing, so feel free to stop by and pick up some junk before I send it to Goodwill. (just e-mail me if you don't already know where I live). I love my new house, I can't wait for you all to see it!!

Hope you are all having a great week! See you at the coupon swap!