Facebook anyone? Cheapo Smartwater

Do many of you guys Facebook? I'm still learning (or trying to anyway) about the readership of this blog. There are facebook freebies lots of times.. Like today, if you " like" Walgreens on FB you will get a free purse sized photobook. I'm also going to put in a shameless plug here for my friend Lori who takes care of "We Pillage The Village" on FB. "like" her on FB to see other FB giveaways, as well as other deals. She does a good roundup of deals on a regular basis.

So this week I've been hitting CVS for Smartwater. Now before I hear all of you naysayers going on and on about "water is water" and "how can water be smart?", I want to clarify things. Some of us, are very astute and have a remarkable sense of taste. To those of us, such as myself, regular tap water is downright offensive. Most Spring Waters fall into that catagory as well. Nasty chlorine undertones. Vile hardness. One would think the fine imported waters of France and Fiji would past muster eh? No. Evian? Fiji? Blechhh. Such an assault on the taste buds. A creamy texture, with a cloudy undertone. Ugh.

The perfect water? SmartWater by Glaceu. A blank canvas in the world of water. It tastes like nothing. Like absense of. Zero. Nada. Nothing. And that's what water should (or shouldn't) taste like. Water is not supposed to have a taste, or a texture, or undertones, or scent. Water is 'absence of". Water, is a blank Canvas for your palette. Smartwater.

So, on to the deal. This week at CVS, buy 10 SmartWater (or Fuse, Powerade, or VitaminWater) and get back $5 in extrabucks. Extrabucks are CVS Loyalty Dollars that you can spend in their store. Its like cash. You use it to buy stuff there. You need to swipe your card to get that deal. Card is free. So you buy 10 waters, and you use 3 of the $1 off when you buy 3 SmartWater coupons that are hanging on a pad near the fridge in MOST CVS stores I've been to. So you pay $7, and get back $5, so your total was $2 for 10 slim bottles of goodness.

Now there are ways to maximize this deal of course. Scan your card at the Price Scanner/Coupon Scanner when you get to the store. You might get a coupon that says "save $5 off your order of $15 or more". Or any other kind of coupon. Register your CVS ExtraCare card online. You'll receive offers in your emailbox.

Lets say you receive a coupon in your emailbox that says "Save $3 off your order of $15 or more". So we will take that $10 water order and add some more $$$ to it. We'll add a $7.99 blink eyedrops that are free this week. Free, after ECB. You pay 7.99, you get back 7.99. So it technically costs you nothing, whether you use it or not. That's another story. So if you buy it, it'll bulk up your order to 17.99. You will use your $3 coupon, and your $3 in water coupons, and the $1.50 blink coupon (From their website, or from a sticker on the box) and you will only be paying 10.50. And guess what. You will RECEIVE 12.99 in ExtraBucks back, so this order was a total profit.

I know CVS'ing can be confusing and the purpose of this blog is not to go into the weekly CVS Scenarios. There are plenty of message boards devoted to that. iheartcvs.com, or slickdeals.net - are all great sources. My point was to share the great deal on Smartwater - which if I can say so myself, is awesome! I threw in the Blink stuff in case you want to try and maximize on the deal. If you have any questions just comment.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: The water deal is limit 2 per card, even though it says 1 in the ad. Do the deal once, then repeat. Do not buy all 20 at once or you will only be credit the ECB for 1.