Happy New Year! 2019, hope you will be kind to me 🙂

If you are a just starting out to coupon and feeling overwhelmed by the amount of deals and freebies and savings out there, there is no need to panic. I suggest picking a store and focusing on deals in that store only. Until you are more comfortable and your confidence builds. I LOVE CVS. It is the easiest store to get a few deals each week, and the only store that allows “moneymaker deals” ie when you wind up with more ECBs than what your started with. Also CVS is really good at tracking your purchase history, and tailoring the store coupons to your shopping, which you can combine with manufacturer coupons. I also love CVS because you don’t need to have a paper coupon to do some deals, since you can add a digital version to your card/account and still save.

Let’s begin with a few simple deals for this week. You have until Saturday January 5 to go to the store and make the purchases

1. P&G spend $30, get $10 ECBs (limit 1)

Buy:

1 Pampers Easy Ups + 1 Pampers Cruisers (or other diapers, excludes Pure) 2 for $20

1 Tide Pods $4.94 + 1 Tide Liquid $5.94

Subtotal $30.88

Coupons used:

-$4 off two bags diapers or training pants (January P&G 12/30 insert)

-$2 off Tide pods (january P&G 12/30) or digital in the app load to card

-$2 off Tide liquid (january P&G 12/30) or digital in the app

-$3 off $15 diaper, wipes or baby purchase (personalized coupon/CRT)

Pay $19.88 and receive $10 ECB (or $2.47 per item)

***If you have ECB from a previous purchase use them to reduce your out of pocket amount AND you will still receive your ECB

I bought these products for my family, but if you don’t need diapers, you can easily substitute with paper products or shampoo/conditioner, etc.

2. Hershey’s original, Valentine’s kisses or miniatures Buy 1 receive $1 ECB (limit 1) also on sale this week $2.99/bag

Although not pictured in the weekly ad, Hershey’s Gold pretzels and peanuts 10oz bag is included in the promo,

Buy 1 Hershey’s Gold pretzels and peanuts bag 10 oz $2.99

Use ($2) printable coupon (coupons.com)

Pay $0.99 and receive $1 ECB = Free!

3. Assorted candy singles $0.88 (no limit)

Just like with the above, the weekly ad does not show Hershey’s gold bar, but it is included in the sale and we have a coupon!

Buy 2 Hershey’s Gold peanuts and pretzels bar 1.4 oz $0.88

Subtotal $1.76

Use $0.75 off 2 bars printable coupon (coupons.com)

Pay $1.01 for both or $0.50 each

I plan to do a few more deals this week, and will update the post accordingly. Happy couponing! and let me know what deals you did this week in the comments.