3 things you should never pay for.

Toothpaste, contact solution, and soap. (and now with a baby... Desitin)

I'm no extreme coupon-er, but way back in the day my mother-in-law showed me the secret to CVS.

1. Always keep toothpaste, contact solution, and soap coupons. You need these things always, so saving them you are not saving a coupon that you won't use.
2.CVS always has those bucks back deals. Example: 2.99 for Colgate toothpaste (limit 2) get 2.00 cash back. Insert two 1.00 coupon. Total 5.98 - 2.00 coupons= 3.98 then in your receipt you should get 4.00 cash back. Lotta math I know! But basically you just made 2 pennies off CVS.
3. Those bucks back... You don't have to wait until your next shopping trip to use them. Stand right there (with a friendly smile so the cashier lady doesn't get annoyed) make your next transaction and buy your next items using that 4.00.
4. Desitin is an item runners use to avoid chaffing... So go get fit and run some races! The goodie bag always has a tube of it. I'm pretty sure we have enough for the entire first 3 years of D's life!
5. You can't be brand picky. Free is free people! I used hotel soap this morning from one of my moms business trips, yep we are cheap! She has hundreds of bars of soap, I help her keep her stockpile down.


I'm no pro like my mother-in-law, I've seen that woman walk out the door where the store owed her money!! She's had a few more years to practice.

-I didn't ask her yet, but I'm sure if you have coupon questions or want some lessons she would share her secrets:)

Back to my Monday!