CVS

I have ECBs expiring this week, not until like Thursday-Friday...I mainly went CVS shopping today to spend a couple of the $/$$ coupons that expire today. I hate that I don't go and use those while I have the chance, it's like throwing away free money.

I did 2 shops today. They went fairly smoothly, except I mis-added on the 2nd order and it went into the negative.
I learned something, though. I usually always give my ECBs last, because if I mis-added, I could either change the denomination of ECB I was spending, or it could be adjusted down a few cents. I was always afraid if I gave ECBs first, and it hit negative, it would refuse my last coupon. I found out today it won't. It accepted the coupon and went into the negative.

Luckily the cashier wasn't one to freek out and we re-checked to make sure she didn't double scan a coupon, she didn't, so I got a candybar. I don't remember what the original negative amount was, but it was still .30something in the neg after one, so I had to get another one.

I see by my receipt the total is still in the negative, and then there's some tax, and I ended up owing .44 oop. Doesn't look like very much tax for what all I got. I wonder if giving the ECBs before the MQs lessened the tax?
I remember Brandy told me if I used them first, they could pay for the tax...I think?...I'm not smart enough to figure out how much tax is going to be, so I don't try to give more ECBs than stuff I'm buying to try to pay for the tax, too.
Apparently I'm not smart enough to figure out any of it.

Transaction #1:
$2.99 Herbal Essence
$2.99 Herbal Essence
-1.00 HE 3/14 SS
-2.99 HE BOGO 2/07 PG
Get $1.00 ECB
= $.99/2

$2.50 x 4 Hershey Candy
-2.00/3 3/14 SS
Get $3.00 ECB
= $5.00

$1.50 x 7 Hershey King Size
-1.00 x 7 MQ expired today
= $3.50
Get $3.00 ECB
= .50/7

$5.99 x 2 Nature Bounty
-5.99 BOGO Sale
-5.00 x 2 IP Q
= +4.01 Overage

$0.99 Gold Emblem Almonds
-1.00 RIB CVS Almond Product Q
= +0.01

$1.49 CVS Flushable Toddler Wipes
-2.00 RIB CVS Skincare Q
= +0.51

$1.29 CVS paper towels
-1.00 CVS coupon from the Red Machine
= .29

Used $5/$30

Value of Items: $42.23
ECBs Spent: $4.00
Cash Spent: $.25 + 1.26 tax = $1.51
ECBs Earnt: $7.00
Final Total: +$1.49 Profit

Transaction #2:
$2.99 Herbal Essence
$2.99 Herbal Essence
-1.00 HE 3/14 SS
-2.99 HE BOGO 2/07 PG
Get $1.00 ECB
= $.99/2

$2.50 x 4 Hershey Candy
-2.00/3 3/14 SS
Get $3.00 ECB
= $5.00

$5.99 x 2 Nature Bounty
-5.99 BOGO Sale
-5.00 x 2 IP Q
= +4.01 Overage

$0.99 Gold Emblem Almonds
-1.00 RIB CVS Almond Product Q
= +0.01

$1.49 CVS Flushable Toddler Wipes
-2.00 RIB CVS Skincare Q
= +0.51

1.00 Jar of Peaches (Supposed to have been my filler to get me up to my amount of ECBs I was spending.)
.50 Three Musketeers
.50 Peanut MnMs

Used $4/$20

Value of Items: $32.44
ECBs Spent: $4.00
Cash Spent: -.54 + .98 tax = .44
ECBs Earnt: $4.00
Final Total: $0.44 oop

Total both:
Value of Items: $74.67
ECBs Spent: $8.00
Cash Spent: -0.29 + 2.24 tax = $1.95
ECBs Earnt: $11.00
Final Total: $1.05 Profit