money-saving monday {7.20}

On my lunch hour today, I hit CVS and Walgreen's... On the way back from the office I got a free 8oz iced mocha from mcdonald's.

CVS

Duracell 4pk: $5.29 on sale for $2.99 + $0.75 coupon + $1 ecb = $1.24 (can't have too many batteries with a baby in the house)
Notebook paper (2 packs): $2.69 on sale for $2.00 each + $2 ECBs = free (limit 2)...this was the only free school supply they still had in stock
CVS pantyliners: $0.99 on sale for $0.89 + $0.89 ECBs = free
Renu contact solution: $8.99 on sale for $6.99 + $1.00 coupon = $5.99
Sobe Life Water (4): $1.49 ea on BOGO + BOGO coupon = all four were FREE
Single Serving Cheerios (2): $1.00 ea + $1.00 coupon = FREE
Lil Tummies Gripe Water: $10.99 on sale for $7.99 + $2.50 CVS coupon for pain reliever (I never find this stuff on sale - very exciting; I wasn't sure if the CVS coupon would work so I was even MORE excited when it did)

Summary:
Total @ Full Retail = $39.60
Total @ Sale Price = $27.84
Coupons = $9.23
ECBs earned = $5.89
Total Saved = $26.88 (68%)
Paid $4.35 out of pocket after using $5 off $25 coupon and $9.94 in ECBs from last week. I have two $5/$25 coupons left plus the new ECBs earned this week.

Walgreen's

I wouldn't have gone here if it wasn't such a good deal on meds we needed. Ya know, I'm not a huge fan of this place now...their coupon policy annoys me.
Pilot G2 Pens (2pk): on sale for $1 + $1 RR = free (limit 1)
Tylenol 50ct: on sale for $4.99 + $1 coupon + $3 RR = $0.99
Excedrin Migraine 50ct : on sale for $6.99 + BOGO + 2 $1 coupons + $5 RR = BOTH FREE

Summary
Total @ Full Retail = $26.96
Total @ Sale Prices = $12.98
Coupons = $3.00
RR earned = $9.00
Total Saved = $25.98 (96%)
Paid out of pocket = $10.86

My RRs are in three different coupons which is going to be a pain to use next time because they won't let you use more coupons than # of items...so I'll probably have to buy several cheap things or something. Whatever...I'll worry about that next week.

**Even though I've technically "lost" the grocery challenge, I'm going to continue keeping up with it. Nothing from today's shopping counts towards this week's food spending. At Walgreen's, I didn't buy any food. Everything at CVS (Cheerios and SoBe water) and McDonald's was free. However, I did spend $1.91 on some coffee this morning**