Discovering a little store called CVS

So maybe everyone else in the world has discovered this store and the amazing ways you can lower your grocery bill but if you haven't let me explain why you need to know about it!
First thing you need to do is give up the $1.75 and buy the Sunday paper it is worth it. Next go through the paper and pull out all of the Manufacturer coupons(the ones on the slick paper that you have to cute out) plus pull out all of the grocery store/drug store ads(meijer, target, walgreens, cvs, kroger, kmart,ect). I usually do this while Jeremy is watching football but you can do this whenever it works for you. Than I cut out all the manufacture coupons and file them in my little coupon organizer. Yes I am the annoying person that you are stuck behind at walmart but it is worth it.
After I have all of this organized I go through the CVS ad because they have these fun things called Extra Care Bucks. When you are looking through the ad you will notice it might say Gatorade 5 for $5 plus you will get $2 in extra care bucks so you are really getting them for 5 for $3. Now the neat thing about ECB's is you can use them on your next trip basically like cash(excludes a few things so read the fine print example: can't use on prescriptions, stamps or gift cards). Another amazing thing is you can use your manufacturer coupons when buying the specials that you can get ECB's on. So you can things for FREE or overage when you include the ECB's that you get back!! I once spent $36 but actually only paid $5 out of pocket plus got ECB's back on that trip--AMAZING :) If I have completely confused you go to moneysavingmom.com and click on CVS 101.
Now back to the other ads I had you pull out go through those because Walmart will match any of those prices and if you can remember what you have in your coupon organizer you can also get things for FREE there too(not on every trip). I write the prices from the other store on a separate pad of paper and just keep the ads in my purse--sometimes if you get a cranky cashier they will make you show them the ads but that is very rare. Also sometimes Walmart will have a better price so I double check their prices with what I have wrote down. Exceptions for Walmart they will not do any buy one get one free's ;(
But remember it is not saving money if you are just buying because it is on sale not becaue you need it!!