{mini cvs haul}

And by mini, I mean 3 things. I had $9 in extra care bucks that were expiring today so I HAD to use them. Yesterday, I found a $2 ECB link if you pledge not to throw money away. Ha. Right. Thanks for the $2. Which brought my total up to $11 to spend however I liked at CVS.

When I scanned my card at the magic coupon machine, it gave me a $5 off of 2 lip/eye Revlon cosmetic. Which was pretty cool seeing as if you spend $15 in Revlon cosmetics, you get $5 back in ecb's this week. I immediately went on a hunt for the diamond lust eye shadows but when I couldn't find them I just went to the regular display. I promised Danny that I wouldn't buy anymore lip gloss for the rest of the year {I swear, I'm really going to try and keep that promise!} so my only other option was the eye shadows. I have more than enough colors of shadows, y'all.. I just couldn't make up my mind. So I walked away.

I had 2 $1 off Glad fall room sprays so I then went to look for those. They're 2 for $6 this week, meaning I could get them 2 for $4, $2 each. Yay. Not. The CVS I went to didn't have the fall scents in. They don't expire for another couple weeks, so maybe Walgreens will have a sale or something. I hate wasting coupons, especially when it's something I would actually use.

So, now what? What do I buy with my $11 FREE monies? I walked over to the Essie display. Those things are $8 a pop.. The only 2 colors I've been lusting over are Marshmallow & Ruby Slippers. So, in my basket those went. Then I went on a search for the .99 Excedrin. It took me a while to find them since they were on a hanging strip thing, but I found them. It's .99 for an 8 count bottle and it's producing a .99 ecb. FREE Excedrin! Yay. The only kind I could find was the PM kind, but whatever, it's good to have that stuff in the house. Especially in the winter when one of us is bound to get sick and need some medicinal help falling asleep. Ha.

{My loot.}

I then ventured off to the Sally Hansen and Orly section. None of the Orly polishes were jumping out at me and then I spotted the color I've been looking for for so long! A rich, deep, warm, beautiful brown. Enter Sally Hansen's Forbidden Fudge. It's a GORGEOUS coppery brown with flecks of green, gold, red, orange, yellow - EVERY yummy fall color - and I cannot wait to use it. Sally Hansen has an orange glitter in a brown base called Pumpkin Spice out right now and I've been wanting it but didn't have anything to layer it over. Now. I. Do! So I shall find it.

 {Can you see the shimmer? I'm in love.}

Not wanting to spend a lot, I put the Ruby Slippers polish back. I'm pretty sure I have something dupeable, which is why it's taken me this long to commit to it. I need to hit up Sally's to buy nail wheels so I can swatch all my polishes to get a good inventory. I'll document that for you. Haha.

{How I got $15 worth of products for $5.}

I love when I can work deals like this. Essentially, it's really $4, not $5, if you count the .99 ecb that printed out from the Excedrin. But I can't use that until my next purchase, so I never really count it in the end. In store, however, I totally do. I hate spending ecb's and not earning any. A buck is a buck! I also hate when I forget to scan my bag tag! Every 4 uses and you get a free $1! Haha. It adds up, y'all.

{Free monies.}

So that's my itty tiny mini CVS haul. I wish I was able to get more ecb's back, but the summer quarter spending ecb's will begin printing out tomorrow, so I know I'll have some waiting for me next week. Yes, I go to CVS weekly. Walgreens, too. Maybe every 2 or 3 weeks to Rite Aid. It's gotta be really worth it to go into that grimy, stinky store. If you haven't been to the one in Hammond, you're not missing out. So gross in there. And that's all I've got for today. We're getting a cold front and it is amazing outside. My boss left for the day a little while ago and I just don't think I can last another 2.5 hours. I may or may not sneak outta here around 4. Have a good weekend, y'all!