Milk from CVS...is it a great deal?

I'm sure you can picture the scene in our kitchen this evening. While eating dinner, Justin mentions we are almost out of milk, so off I go to the store while they do kitchen duty (someone has to do it!) I'm having a real dilemma, do I go to Publix (the penny item is today) Winn Dixie (and get my $10.00 off $50.00 purchase coupon) or to CVS where I have plenty of ECB's? CVS won. Probably because it's about 20 degrees out and I didn't have to walk very far to get inside! The milk wasn't on sale this week, but I did have the ECB's. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about these are Extra Care Bucks and this is currency inside the doors of any CVS store. You receive them for various reasons, but they can be spent on almost anything. So, it worked out like this:

2 gallons of Barbers 1% milk (that is all they had left) 3.79 each

I payed with 3 ECB's $1.99, $2.00, $3.00

This brought my total down to $1.27. Two gallons of Barbers for $1.27, not too bad. To my surprise, I had a $1.00 ECB print out on my receipt. Usually, these ECB's are incentives to buy certain products, but sometimes you will just be surprised with some for no apparent reason. Sounds great to me!

Just so you know, I do not think that $3.79 is a good price to pay for milk. I wanted to clarify for those of you who are trying to get a list together on "what is a good price on..." I normally pay $3.09 at Publix for milk (house brand), this is their regular price in my area. While there are places around town that sell milk for less, milk is one of the few things I'm picky about. I know I could get it cheaper, but the risks outweigh the savings (for me.) I don't like to buy milk with hormones added, as much as we drink around here, that just frightens me.

With the bad weather moving in, I believe that my shopping for the week is done. I will be getting a list for you on the best deals at Publix this week. I typically do my grocery shopping on Sundays, because I can go alone, and that is the day that my week starts. I ended this week's budget at $36.63. $3.37 under budget! Since I am challenging myself with such a small budget this year, I will "roll" that money over and begin next week with $43.37.