The "Back to School" tips have been coming in since Springfield Moms announced the Kimberly Smoot Photo Pack Prize Drawing. We are now accepting your best "Back to School" tips, which will provide you with an entry into the drawing for a prize valued at $550. Check out Share Your Tips and Win for more details.
Meanwhile, here's a timely one from Springfield Moms reader Angela Wiser for those of you who are starting your school supply shopping early!
"I do much of my back to school shopping at CVS," she writes in her email. "The past 2 weeks and the next couple of weeks, CVS will have various back to school supplies FREE after Easy Care Bucks (their reward program). It works this way; gather all the back to school items that are FREE after ECB that week into your cart. Check out as usual and be sure to use your CVS customer card. After paying for the items, ECBs will print off at the bottom of your receipt for the same amount that you paid. The ECBs can be used just like cash on your next purchase. So the next week, you can gather that weeks FREE after ECB back to school items and pay using your ECBs from the week before. More ECBs will print out for the new items that you purchased. You can continue "rolling" your ECBs each week by purchasing only those items that quality (see weekly CVS ad). So far for this school year I have gotten pencils, pencil sharpeners, scissors, glue, notebooks, pens, invisible tape, and rulers for free."
My son is not old enough for school yet (he's 3) however i use this exact program from CVS to get "school supplies" for home projects. it is a great way to have these things on hand to entertain on a rainy or cold day without spending a fortune. I also use their free milk program. by 5 gallons and the 6th is free. they keep track for you each time you swipe your card.
Remember that even if CVS is out of stock on a particular school supply, you can get a raincheck for that item. CVS rainchecks never expire!