Zhu Zhu Pets No Longer Five for $10 but 50% off @ CVS Week of 7/17

Apparently there was an error in advertising the Zhu Zhu pets and accessories and they are now ringing up at 50% off instead of $2 each.  So if you haven't shopped yet for these and planned to be sure and check before you do.  Thanks to We Use Coupons for this information.
UPDATE:  Simply CVS reader on Facebook verified it is the accessories that are now 50% off--the pets are still $2.

My CVS Shopping Trip for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011 ~ Saved $66, Got a Gas Card & Used ALL of My Extra Bucks Up

Wow, I had a huge out of pocket week for me at CVS this week, but I still saved 72% and have a $10 Gas Card.  I did three transactions:  my extra bucks one, a grocery one with a $4/20 grocery coupons I got, and then the gas card balance to add to the groceries that counted toward the gas card.  I really used up a lot of my free CVS gift cards I had earned from Swag Bucks, but also saved on my grocery

CVS Scanner Coupons Printing the Week of 7/17

Here are the weekly CVS scanner coupons we got the week of 7/17.  They have various expiration dates so be sure and look at each one.  If you got anything different please leave a comment letting others know.  It helps to know what you might be getting.


$50/2 Dove Large Bars 3 oz or more
$.50/1 bottle of Big Chill Purified Water 20 oz.
$4/$20 Grocery Purchase (I got this one!)
$5/$25 Total Purchase (Sarah got THREE of these--me,

Gillette Fusion Trial Size Gel Working for Extra Buck Deal ~ Free (& A Small Money Maker) w/Coupon Week of 7/17

I found this posted at We Use Coupons (thanks Amit19) and wanted to give you all the heads up.  I will be looking to do this deal this afternoon and will report back my experience.  One reader at WUC also said their store actually had a sign by these.


Gillette Fusion Hydra Gel trial size 2.5 oz (upc of product is 047400159082) is printing the $2 ECB for this week's Gillette extra buck deal.  Use  one of the $1/1 Gillette ProGlide or Fusion Shave Prep coupon found in the 6/05 P&G for free shave gel and a little overage (they are about $2.25 each).

Share Your CVS Shopping Trip for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011

Did you find any good deals  from the CVS Weekly Ad of 7/17 to purchase?  If you blog about your shopping trip I'd love for you to put a link to your post (a link back would be appreciated, but not necessary); and if you don't blog please leave a comment below.  I really enjoy seeing what others get and it is a great way to learn how to CVS.  I learned from reading and reading and reading what

$5 & $10 CVS Scenarios for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011

Below are deal scenarios for the CVS ad for the week of 7/17 for shoppers just starting their CVS shopping adventure or who do not have any or many extra bucks on hand and do not want to spend much cash.  There are scenarios for under $5 out of pocket cash and $10 out of pocket cash.

Beginning CVSing and building up extra bucks so one can keep them rolling week after week takes time.  By investing just $5 or $10 a week for the first month to six weeks to get the extra bucks built up would allow a shopper then to keep rolling that $20 to $50 of extra bucks each

CVS Dollar or Under Deals for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011

Here are the CVS deals for a dollar or under for the weekly ad of 7/17.  There are lots of ways to save money while shopping at CVS even without coupons or extra bucks. Here is a list of sale items for $1 or under -- some have coupons and extra bucks to make them $1 or under, but many are on sale for

CVS Household Deals with Coupon Match-ups for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011

Below are the household items for the CVS ad from the week of 7/17 with the coupons I could find as of today.  If you see a weekly CVS deal you want to stock up on and wish for more coupons you can order them from a clipping service and usually receive them within 3 to 4 days depending on the area of the country.  But even without Sunday inserts there are often printable coupons available.  Coupons.com, SmartSource, Coupon Network and Redplum  have great printables for household, grocery and health & beauty items that are

CVS Grocery Deals for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011 w/Coupon Match-ups

Here are the grocery deals from the CVS weekly ad of 7/17.  If you see you an item you want to stock up on and wish for more coupons you can order them from a clipping service and usually receive them within 3 to 4 days depending on the area of the country.

But even without Sunday inserts there are often printable coupons available.  Coupons.com, SmartSource, Coupon Network and Redplum have great printables for household, grocery and health & beauty items that are

CVS Buy One Get One Free Deals for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011 with Coupon Match-ups

Here are the buy one get one free deals from the CVS weekly ad of 7/17 with coupon match-ups. It has always been CVS policy to accept one coupon per item, including buy one get one free sales. Some shoppers have been running into issues the last couple of months with this so I called and got a confirmation that this is still true.  And I read just a week or so ago on a couponing board that they, too, called and got

CVS Extra Buck Deals for the Weekly Ad of 7/17/2011 with Coupon Match-ups

Below is a list of current coupons available for the upcoming CVS weekly ad of 7/17 extra buck deals. Remember to read all the fine print on the coupons to be sure they match the product in the deal (I don't have all of them to look at).  And if you wish you had more of a certain coupon,

CVS Free Gas Card Deal for the CVS Weekly Ad of 7/17/11 w/Coupon Matchups

Here are the sale items included in the CVS Free Gas Card deal for the CVS weekly ad of 7/17.  Be sure to look throughout the ad as well as at the front and back pages for all of the details for these products.  The deals are often hidden throughout the ad.

Free $10 CVS Gas Card when you purchase $30 of the following products LIMIT 1 (a coupon will print at the end of your receipt after the purchase, turn it in for the gas card.  I read to be sure you have them 

Printable Kleenex Coupon ~ Good for the CVS Free Gas Card Deal for Week of 7/17

The CVS gas card deal the week of 7/17 includes Kleenex at Buy one get one Free.  If you plan on buying these there is a $.60/3 Kleenex printable coupon available you may want to print now before they are gone.

CVS Ad Scan Preview for the Week of 7/17/2011

Click each picture to see an enlarged view.

Here is the CVS ad scan preview for the week of July 17.  I will be putting up coupon match-ups for the extra buck deals, grocery deals, dollar or less deals and household deals before that week.  Meanwhile, you can see if there are any coupons you'd like to print for items on sale at RedPlum, SmartSource, Coupon Network or Coupons.  Remember, you can almost always print two of each coupon.