Thank you to all the participants last week, newbies and veterans! I love seeing what everyone comes up with each week.
Don’t forget you can now grab a clickable CVS $5 Challenge Button for your post or blog.
If you are a first time visitor, here’s the lowdown:
Join me on Sundays as I host The $5.00 CVS Challenge!
Seasoned CVSers: share your best scenario(s) for the upcoming week at CVS.
Your budget: $5.00 out-of-pocket cash.
Your mission: to grow that $5.00 into even more ECBs to use in upcoming weeks.
*RULES* Bloggers: Please make sure at least one scenario is $5 OOP or less
1. Come up with your best scenario/scenarios for the upcoming week at CVS using the current weekly ad, monthly deals, and coupons available. Your budget for Out of Pocket (OOP) expenses on the first transaction is only $5.00 (either cash OOP or ECBs on hand).
2. Using up to (3) scenarios (we don’t want to overwhelm the newbies with too many transactions), offer up your best scenarios to “grow” that $5.00 into more ECBs to use in following weeks.
3. If you want to divide your $5.00 allowance over the three scenarios to make them work, that’s fine!
Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of May 17th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 2 Dry idea Deodorant @ 2/$5.00
Buy 2 Hershey’s Extra Large Bars @ $1.99 (BOGO)
(2) $1.00/1 Dry Idea printable coupons
(2) $1/1 Hershey’s Cacao Reserve Item (SS 4/19)
Total After Coupons= $1.00
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Aveeno Shampoo or Conditioner (10.5-oz.) @ $6.49
$2.00/1 printable Aveeno coupon here or here
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupons & ECBs= $2.49
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #3
Buy 1 Colgate Sensitive Whitening toothpaste @ $3.99
$1.00/1 Colgate Sensitive Toothpaste (SS 5/17)
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $0.99
ECBs earned= $2.00
Grand Total OOP= $4.48
Total Value= $19.46 with $2.00 ECBs remaining!
Keep rolling those ECBs for even more savings!
There you have it! A way to play the CVS ECB game by helping newbies learn the ropes. And who knows – you just might be inspired yourself by some of the deals you find, too!
Simply post your scenarios on your blog, then drop by Keeping the Kingdom First and add your permalink to the Mr. Linky box below.
Please link directly to your scenarios. Links directly to your homepage will be deleted. Linking back to this meme to share it with others is greatly appreciated!
Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too. I invite everyone to participate in The $5.00 CVS Challenge – no deal is too small!
Slightly off topic–I’m sure you get a lot of these, but I’ve recieved a couple of bloggy awards and have included you on my “Delightful Dozen” list of blogs I’m passing these on to.
Your $5 CVS Challenge was small enought to not be intimidating and was my inspiration to get outside of my comfort zone and learn the ins and outs of shopping at CVS. Thanks for hosting each week!