My First CVS trip

This was so fun today... I spend so much time reading blogs and gathering info that I run out of time to shop. So today I had 15mins before I needed to pick up Taylor and thought I would try my hand at CVS. I spent $5.10 out of pocket and walked away with 6 items and $3.99 ECB (CVS money to be used on next trip... which will be tomorrow :-) essentially costing me $1.11.

Terms to know:
SS - coupon comes from the SmartSource insert
oop - out of pocket money
ecb - extra CVS bucks, register printout to be used as CVS money on next purchase
filler - when paying with ecbs you must use the full value or lose it. So if you are purchasing an item that cost $2.99 and want to pay with ecbs worth $3.99 you need a "filler" item worth $1 to make up the difference so you don't loose money. They have a great $1 section in CVS to help with this.

Here's what I did

Transaction 1:
$4.99 :: Softsoap Scrub bodywash
- $.75 :: Softsoap scrub coupon SS3/29
$4.54 :: oop (including tax)

$4.99 :: recieved ecb for Softsoap

Transaction 2:
$3.99 :: Colgate 360 toothbrush
- $.75 :: Colgate Adult Manual or Powered Toothbrush coupon SS3/29
$1.00 :: Trail mix - filler
$1.00 :: Handsoap - filler
- $4.99 :: paid with ecbs from above
$.25 :: oop

$3.99 :: recieved ecb for toothbrush

Transaction 3:
$3.99 :: Colgate Sensitive whitening toothpaste
-$.75 :: Colgate toothpaste any coupon SS3/29
$1.00 :: Pear bar soap - filler
-$3.99 :: paid with ecbs from above
$.31 :: oop (including tax)

$3.99 :: recieved ecb for toothpaste - to be used another day

Here's the numbers
$18.03 worth in products
$5.11 oop
$3.99 ecb left