CVS ECB Deals - Sales for Week 6/8/08-6/14/08

I've not posted one of these in a long time. For those who do CVS deals big time, what are you planning on doing this week with the specials?
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CVS ECB Deals - Sales for Week 6/8/08-6/14/08
Remember that if the deal is a monthly AND a weekly you will only be able to do the deal ONCE - no double dip I will be adding more to the other deals (not ECB stuff).

Be sure to check out ttp://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums...splay.php?f=62 and http://deals.families.com/cvs,f533 for a more thorough list of upcoming sales and a match up to coupons out there for their products!!

ECB Specials
$3 ECB WYB Four (4) Coke 12 packs 4/$11 - limit 1
$10 ECB WYB $20 General Mills Cereal 3/$10 or Folgers Coffee $10 - limit 1
$5 ECB WYB $10 of Candy Shown - Flava Puff Cotton Candy $2.99, All Theater Box Candy $1, Hershey's Kisses, Hugs, Nuggets, Reese's, Miniatures, Rolo or York 2/$4,
Big E Pack Gum Eclipse or Orbit 2/$4 and more! – Limit 1
$10 ECB WYB Braun FreeControl Shaver $34.99 - limit 1
$4 ECB WYB Gillette Fusion $9.99 - limit 1
$10 ECB WYB $20 any Biore Skin Care - limit 1
$5 ECB WYB Schick Quattro Titanium $9.49 - limit 1
$5 ECB WYB Befine Skin Care PSA $15.99 - limit 1
$5 ECB WYB Preventin-AT Skin Care
$5 ECB WYB Neutrogena Wave Pore Cleanser Kit - limit 1
$2 ECB WYB Coppertone Products - limit 1
$1 ECB WYB Pepto-Bismol Liquid or tablets $4.99 - limit 1
$2 ECB WYB Metamucil Powder, Capsules, or Fibersure $11.99 – Limit 1
$4 ECB WYB Prilosec OTC $26.99 - limit 1
$3 ECB WYB Maalox, Gas-X, Ex-Lax, Benefiber or Perdiem - limit 1
$10 ECB WYB Omron Blood Pressure Kit – Limit 1

$10 ECB WYB Two (2) Garnier Nutritioniste Skin Care - limit 2
$10 ECB WYB $20 of any Duracell Batteries - limit 2
$6.99 ECB WYB Oral B CrossAction Toothbrush Twin Pack $6.99 - limit 2
$3 ECB WYB Buy any of these Revlon products - limit 2
Revlon Beyond Natural Face, Lipgloss, Color Stay Lipglaze or Total Definition Mascara
Revlon Color Stay Mineral Eyeshadow, Revlon Color Stay Mineral Foundation or Blush
$3.49 ECB WYB Listerine Smart Rinse $3.49 - limit 2
$5 ECB WYB OneTouch Ultra-Mini $19.99 - limit 2

$10 ECB WYB CVS One Time Use Video Camcorder $29.99 - limit 5
$10 ECB WYB CVS Digital One Time Use Camera $19.99 - limit 5
$5 ECB WYB $10 Nivea For Men - limit 5
$1 ECB WYB Blade or Emerald Mist Body Wash or Shower Gel $3.99 - limit 5
$3 ECB WYB $10 of Dove Skin Care or Deodorant - limit 5
$5 ECB WYB $19.99 of Skin Effects - limit 5
$3 ECB WYB Excedrin Migrane or Extra Strength 250 ct $9.99 - limit 5

Buy ONE Get ONE FREE
Osteo Bi-Flex
Arizona Tea $0.99
Kodak Power Flash Single Use Camera $9.99
Dove Shampoo, Conditioner, Styler
Bic Lighter
Lumene Sun Care
All Neutrogena Mineral Sheer Cosmetics
Sea Breeze
All Natrol

Buy ONE Get ONE 50% off
Sharp Watches
Photo Frames or Albums
Sunglasses
All L’Oreal HIP Lip, Eye, or Face
Neutrogena Cosmetics
Select Fragrances
Got 2B Stylers
Organix Shampoos, Conditioners, Stylers
All Conair or Scunci
Life Fitness
All Blistex
Kelloggs Special K
Assorted CVS B Vitamins
All CVS Spectravite

Don't forget!!! When in doubt and they are out, get a RAINCHECK! they can be used at ANY store and DO NOT EXPIRE!!!

Any questions regarding the ECB program please browse through our 1st thread at:http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1378963

Abbreviations:
ECB = Extra Care Buck
PSA = Prices starting at
CRT = Cash Register Tape
WYB = When You Buy

Helpful websites!!!
http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/cvs/gateway/extracarehome
http://deals.families.com/cvs,f533
http://www.terismessageboard.com/showthread.php?t=13237
http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums...splay.php?f=62

All information is compiled from various sources - other forums, friends, family, personal experience, and the actual ads themselves. My location is in central MA as well as others are country wide, so keep this in mind when reading posts and be sure to confirm your local ad as well before actual shopping. Happy ECB'ing!

Tuesday Update

I have 100% decided to get a new camera. My kodak one was jostled around so much on my trip to China that I just don't think it is good enough to be my only camera. It takes 2-4 seconds to burn the image to the memory card, that just seems like a really long time to me! I think I'll still hang on to it so I can take it on beaches and not have to worry about mucking up the new one.

So for the new one, anyone have suggestions? I am willing to put some big bucks into it, it is something I want to use for several years. I want to be able to snap picture after picture with no delay. I also want to be able to print 100% clear 8 X 10 pictures. I can't tell you how many adorable pictures I've missed because of my camera's lag!

Cutie pie is really on the move lately. The little stinker walks up to the outer door at daycare, waltzes in and might remember to wave bye bye. I'm like ok..see ya! She usually heads for the rocking horses. I thought about getting her one here for home but that would take the novelty of having one at school so I'll wait for now. She can't get up to the speed she likes (she is a little daredevil) on the puppy, maybe when she is a little bit bigger!

We spend the morning saying our words. Her favorite thing to say is "sit down!". Guess where she got that from? Ya, I'm guilty. She stands up in her highchair and gets a stern "sit down" from me every time. But you know what? She sits. I can get her to sit anywhere I want because she's that stinkin smart! At least she is saying it the right way, in the beginning she'd mock me and say "sit doooooown" in a little smarty pants way. Sometimes there would be a little butt wiggle in there too. She understands so much and will follow my words like simon says. She'll stand, sit, dance, say mama and go ggrrr like a hippo. Now I'm not sure if hippos growl but her purple one must?!?

Check out what I won on Ebay tonight for $11.04 cute huh? Click on the picture to enlarge it and look at the detail on the shirt, I love it!

My camera was messing up again, so I switched memory cards. Look at this cute little tidbit that was trapped on a card from a few days after we came home. I have a hard time remembering how little she was. I went through a lot of China pictures tonight, I'll post some this week. They are so cute it hurts, I promise you!


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

This is from Sunday, crazy what 6 months can do! And yes, I can't figure out how to rotate it :)


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing - Photo Books

Eatin eggs in my fancy hairdo

That's it for now - bye! - Kim

Whew! Yard Sale Over!

I made a smidge over $300 at our 2 day yard sale. I was a good child and let go of a lot of things I didn't need to keep like extra baby bedding and toys! Yay for me!

Here are some pictures of the baby. I should of taken pictures of all the crap. I took one packed truckload down (and it's a big truck) and one car load. I brought back a loosely packed truck. The bedding alone was 3 rubber maid totes. So it is nice to clear out some space so I can see where the rest of it goes. I am not going to take clothes for our fall sale, I will split them up and send them to the consignment store or goodwill. They don't sell and they are a pain to tote around. Lesson learned? Stop buying so many clothes!

I only bought nutrisystem food and a couple of little cookbooks for a quarter. Yay me! My BFF did nutrisystem for a bit (and lost 30 pounds!) but didn't have the facilities to microwave/boil the things she needed to stay on the plan while she worked and finished up school. So she clearanced out all her leftovers, I got 50-60 meals for 25-50 cents each woohoo!

Ok, got a little off track, here are the pictures :)


Josh thought this would make her laugh - its one of his racing helmets

hhmm....followed shortly by tears! oops!

talking to Grandpa on the phone
sooo sleepy
sooooo sweet!

helmet incident in the past, josh is one of her favorite peeps!
whose the best baby in the world?

still the best baby in the world!

just a sweet picture with little pouty lips

exercising on a chair (there is the crib I sold today wooohooo)

action shot, running around
still running around - check out the outfit hehe

That's it for now, bye!

It is yard sale time - hoooooray!

Tomorrow is Chelle and my annual yard sale. We rent a community center and bring a LOT of stuff!

Last week I sold $3 of stuff at my sale and I packed it up after 2 hours. I sold $3 tonight to Chelle's gma in the first hour of unpacking woohooo! lol

So wish me luck! I hope to sell it all! (boy wouldn't that be nice? ok, I'd be thrilled with 25% gone!)

Just a quick picture

I got this top for 50 cents at a yard sale. Bonnie gave me the capris. The bow was 25 cents.

I just wanted to show how 75 cents and a dose of generosity can translate into cute baby goodness! :)

Splish Splash

New swim suit - $4 Ebay
New blow up pool - $8 Dollar General

Freezing your rear off in your very own kiddie pool in the front yard...priceless!

Thursday Update

Today was Natalie's 15 month well baby visit. She has a sinus infection but besides that she is all good. She is 31.5 inches tall (70%) and 21.5 pounds (25%).

Natalie has some odd marks on her that I used to think were just accidents. Sometimes I wonder if she wasn't marked by her birth mom. I know most of us hope someday we'll be able to connect with the birth parents, this would be one way of telling Natalie from other babies. She has a pinch mark scar on her cheek that the director said was on her when she came in. The spots I thought were her small pox marks aren't (Dr confirmed). They are pinch marks too. I can't imagine what sort of situations a baby could get into and get those type of marks. I am interested in what other IA moms think, I'll take pictures of them tomorrow.

So she was cute at the Drs office except when she got her shots. Of course she screamed and screamed and screamed. The billing problem was escalated to the office manager and I didn't even have to be mean, that made me happy.

I am working on yard sale stuff, I've managed to make an awful mess. I have enough priced to have a decent showing I think. My dad is coming over to help me watch the baby, during slow times I am going to price more loot. The big sale is a week from tomorrow, this little one is to just help me reduce the volume. There is a ton of stuff!

What I downloaded from my camera today...

I guess a good mommy wouldn't of stopped to take a picture on the way to making her get down lol
Starting to remember what happens at the docs

Goovin at the doc in my diaper and beads


She puts the phone to her ear and goes heywhoa dan u heywhoa dan u

Furbabies


When I was cleaning on Sat I organized my shells by country. Check out what I found in Myrtle Beach...

Cool tooth

holy cow! cool BIG tooth!

Check out the serrated edge along the gum. This my friends is why I don't get in water where I can't see my toes.

Bye for now!

Oh ya, I forgot...

We have a new word...dan u

Thank you :)

How cute is that?

Wednesday Update

Just a quick update!

I have been surfing Ebay like they are paying me by the minute looking at Gymboree clothes. Stephe, you asked if I bought lots of clothes in the wrong sizes. Ya, like 50-100 outfits lol Lots of them were yard sale finds but I did waste a lot of money on the clothes. I have them all hanging up now, tagged for the next big consignment sale. At least I am getting some of my money back :)

I have learned something. Don't buy anything from Wal-mart clothing wise for kids. You know those cute little dresses and tshirts with the pink shorts? Worn just a couple of times and they look like crap. Her Gymboree short outfit that bonnie gave us looks better and I bet it's been washed 20 times now (because it doesn't slide off her hiney!).

Lookie at what I bought on Ebay. I have several (million ha!) bids out there for some bon voyage outfits from a few seasons ago. Yup, I am going to stick my kid in clothes with anchors on them for a cruise. I might put a bow the size of TX on her head too! wwhhheeee!

The shirt says just horsen around. This was $12.54. CHEAP!

I got this for $10.40. I just wanted the shirt and this combo was just a couple $$s more than the shirt alone. I'll probably sell the overalls or pair them with a different shirt. You can't see the E I E I O if you put on the overalls :)

This was just $4.67. The walmart version that looks like poo after 2 washes was $3.85..it's a no brainer!

So all gymbo, all new with tags. All cheap! Do your retail therapy online :)

I really want to win these items too...
I have the capris and hat from this line but they were too little by the time it got warm :(

I think lots of people have this dress...except for me!

That's it for now. Tomorrow is her Dr appt. I am going to speak to the billing department and see if they can't call my insurance to verify the start date. They have it as Jan 1st still, three phone calls hasn't convinced them that they have it wrong in their computer. They keep sending me bills for almost $1,000 when my copays are about $60. Soooooo tomorrow I am going to get semi nasty with the billing person to straighten her out. I am not very tolerate of paperwork errors, I work in the documentation department I can't help it. Wish me luck!

Monday Update

This weekend was my favorite type, nice and quiet. I like hanging out with the baby at home playing and cleaning. I was able to make great process in my living room. I cleaned out the TV cabinet and I was able to free up the entire bottom shelf. Now the mess that was in my built it is stored down there. I still need to clean up my desk that is in here and clean off the other desk that is going into the yard sale. Some of Natalie's toys were put into a storage box (because right now she is playing with a silicone muffin cup, a spatula, a small tupperware cup, a tissue box and a spatula) and rolled underneath her bed. I found the missing diapers too, they were under the crib. Well duh, that was a great place to store them. Too bad I didn't remember that before I tore apart the kitchen closet looking for them!

I've been thinking about what I would of bought compared to what I did buy for Natalie. Here is my rundown, I hope this helps someone else!

If you don't want to be chained to your washer buy 7 sets of bedding. Buy white sheets and white mattress protectors. Buy white blankets. Wash and bleach those once a week and you won't be scrambling for stuff mid week. Worried about the cost? Stock up at yard sales before you buy new. I got my three covers new but they were under $3 in clearance sections over the years. My best crib sheets came from Ross at $6 (Wamsutta) and my least expensive Carters ones came from a yard sale for a quarter. I only have 4, wish I had 7!

Bottles! Used bottles work just fine. You can boil them if that makes you feel better. Just be sure to check the nipples for any wear and if you find it then toss them. I would recommend that you avoid bent neck bottles that are small on top. I have a set that is normal in the body then it pinches in, the flairs back out. Those are very hard to clean! The easiest to clean are these:


they come apart and are super easy to clean. These are the only ones I have that come clean in the dishwasher :)

Toys...buy toys from yardsales. I know it is tempting to buy all the cute new stuff out there but in just a few months you'll be up to your neck in toys! Out of Natalie's toys, there are 4 things I would 100% buy again.
One, her blocks (she loves them). I got them all at yard sales for $1-$3 a bag instead of $20 a bag. Just toss them in a sink full of hot soapy bleach water for a bit, rinse well and air dry. You'll save a ton.
Two, her Fisher Price puppy, I would buy this new. She loves it!
Three, her musical Fisher Price table. It is the $40 version (I got her's used for $5). She turns it on herself and plays with it multiple times a day. It is the one with food on it and plays a ton of music.
Four, her Fisher Price train. She has always loved this.

And truthfully, if she just had these 4 toys, she'd be fine. But noooo, I have several hundred other things for her. So if you want to save a bundle, the toy department is the place to cut.

Clothes - I don't know if I am qualified to give clothing advice. I do know the cute dresses I got aren't worn a lot and that I don't have enough cheap knit comfy daycare clothes. Right now I have 5 daycare outfits that are less than $10 each. We using denim shorts ($4 pennys), 2 pairs of denim capris (50 cents and $4), pink shorts ($5) and flowered shorts (free). I have about 8 shirts that are rotated around with that. In a perfect world I would have 10 complete daycare outfits that I'd wash all together.

I guess that is it for now. Here are a few pictures :)

Fun with blocks....

It's for you!

then what did she say?....
hang on, my other line is ringing
stereo!

Poor little thing

Pipsqueak died today while I was at work. He was so active yesterday but this morning he looked really bad. I fed him, washed him and hoped he'd still be here when I got back. He is the first kitten that has died on me like that. He was just so pitiful from the very beginning :(

I am getting inquiries on his siblings. I have small pictures at work and I am going to blow those up and hang them in several places. The black one with the white spot on the chest is a girl. The other black one I can't figure out. The blank and white one is a boy I think. The girl really really likes me and cries for me all the time. It's the same trick Fifi, Laney and Monkey used on me!

Speaking of the kids, I don't think I posted that everyone except for Wookie is outside now. They didn't want to go out but I just couldn't keep up with all the cleaning once I went back to work. They weren't too pleased when it happened, one warm day I opened a window (one story house) kissed them on the head and tossed them out the window (that wasn't as bad as it sounds!). So now I have one indoor kitty and 7 outdoor kitties. So you can see I REALLY don't need these three new kitties!

I almost caught the mom today. ALMOST! ARG!

I had a weird thing happen earlier. An old man stopped at my upper driveway, looked on the road and threw something in my yard. I only caught part of it, I just knew he had killed a cat. But actually he tossed a baby blue jay into my yard. I guess he thought it was dead but it wasn't. I had to keep the cats off of it until it hoped back to it's tree. I guess that explains why the parents have been dive bombing the cats. Marie got nailed on the head pretty bad, I tried not to laugh but her bewildered look just tickled me. Monkey almost caught the baby, if I hadn't caught her leg she'd be hacking up baby blue feathers right now.

Natalie had a good week at school and was super cute both Thursday and Today when I picked her up. If she is on the other side of the room she'll ball up her little fist and shake them by her sides and let out a insanely loud OOHHHHHHH and run to me. It's pretty darn cute :)

Natalie also has a new way of pitching a fit. She puts her little head on the floor then her little hiney in the air and screeeeeams. I hate to tell her, with all the screaming she did in China....her whiny cry now doesn't bother me a bit lol

Look...something to show her prom date. This was caused because I wasn't making her bottle fast enough. BTW that is spit not snot lol

Look at those little fat knees! :)

That's it for now, bye!

Thursday Update

Ok so the rumor is that this is the Carnival Dream currently being built. If so.......I am so there!


Just some YouTube fun
Carnival ship, then mystery ship then you know who...



This guy just cracks me up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf4J3YQZrWQ&feature=related

Dinner tonight....

yummy sour dough bread from Atlanta Bread Company to go with our brats, cabbage, carrots and onions (a new favorite)

It's a little chewy!!

I win!


Did you know you can grow pineapple from tops? It takes almost 2 years for an indoor plant. If I can find a nice one I am going to try, it would be interesting to see :)

Bye for now!

Well Crap

Kittens for sale

Cheap

Buy one for a penny get one free! Buy four and I'll give ya $20!

Still trying to catch their mother who is a stray. Luckily they tamed in just a few minutes, they like baths and wet cat food.

Natalie was sick today so I missed another day at work. I am quickly running out of off time! But I think she feels better. After she expelled the demons she ate well and wasn't as wheezy. She decided to do a forward flip out of her highchair today too. She landed on her back and conked her head on the tile floor. She cried for about 2 minutes then pushed me away to get blocks. Ideally I'd never have to hear that thud sound again!

Why did I spend money on 100s of toys? Note the trash bags, at least I got some of my yard sale stuff ready today.


Sailing my cardboard ship in my diaper!

Smile for mommy!

That's it for now, see ya!