Welcome, my fellow CVS fanatics and newbies! It’s Sunday, time for another CVS $5 Challenge. Thank you so much to everyone who participated last week!
I am thrilled to be back to Sunday ad dates. It will allow everyone more time to participate… and to shop, of course!
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.
Simply post your scenarios on your blog (you are welcome to grab the button by right-clicking on on it and saving), then drop by Keeping the Kingdom First and add your permalink to the Mr. Linky box.
Please link directly to your post, not your homepage. It would be lovely if you would also link back to The CVS $5 Challenge in your post.
If you have any questions about linking, please feel free to email me!
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*RULES*
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!
4. Be sure to list coupons by inserts and/or with links to printables to make it easier for everyone to follow along.
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Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of September 28th:
Transaction #1
Buy 1 CoverGirl Clean liquid makeup @ $5.49
Use $1.00 CoverGirl coupon from 9/28 P&G insert
Total After Coupon= $4.49
ECBs Earned= $5.49
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion Manual or power razor @ $9.99
Use $4.00 Gillette razor coupon from 9/28 P&G insert
Use $5.49 ECB from above
Total After Coupon & ECB= $0.50
ECBs Earned= $5.00
Grand Total OOP= $4.49
Value= $15.48
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There you have it! A new 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!
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, believe me!
By the way, we bloggers LOVE to get comments, so please do take a moment to spread a little comment love. Thanks!
LOL, I think our scenarios start out the same, but I go one step further after the razor so I linked up anyhow!
Tara @ Deal Seeking Mom
I paid $1.23 and got 5 items at my CVS. Used the BOGO cover girl to get a CG amazemint lip gloss, got the colgate two for $5 deal and the razor and used a bunch of ECBs and CRTs and coupons…total cost was $26.46 BUT I paid $1.23.
Earned $12.97 in ECB for next week.
@Tara That’s ok, great minds think alike!
@lulugal11 Great job! I can’t wait to hit CVS this week myself.