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I just trekked back down to the CVS in the driving snow because 1) The coupon I had expired today, 2) I knew it would be totally dead during the Super Bowl AND a snowstorm and 3) I am a total freak.

My out-of-pocket "investment" in CVS-ing is now $18, and I exit the weekend with $10 in ECBs, as the pros call those Extra Bucks or Extra Care Bucks. We can use everything I bought:

4 tubes of Colgate ($6.75 after coupons, PLUS 5 ECBs)

2 tubes of Norwegian Formula Neutrogena lotion ($6.45 after coupon and sale, plus half of a 5 ECB bonus)

2 6-packs of TheraFlu, one nighttime, one daytime ($12.20 after coupon PLUS 10 ECBs)

8 cans of Campbell's soup ($4 after manufacturers coupons)

1 Milk Chug to get us through coffee in the morning before I go to grocery store ($1)

That adds up to just over $30, before the $7 in CVS coupons and $5 ECBs I used. (I'm not counting what I spent on my photos because I was going to get those printed anyway today.)

That's a lot of stuff for $18 -- or $8, if you count the $10 "bill" I came home with!

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