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 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!
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It is slim-pickins this week at CVS. Hopefully your scenarios are better than mine! Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of October 12th:
Transaction #1
Buy (1) Colgate Total Advanced @ $3.49
Use $1.50 coupon from All You magazine or printable here
Total After Coupon= $1.99
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy (1) Skin Vitals Mask @ $2.99
Use $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After ECBs= $0.99
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #3
Repeat tranaction #2
Grand Total OOP= $3.97
Remaining ECBs= $2.00
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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!
Wanting to try your challenge, but I’m a newby and totally scared.
I messed up this week–bought something I shouldn’t have, picked up the wrong toothpaste, forgot to use my last week’s ECBs–I still got $35 of merchandise, with sales and coupons, for $20 OOP, and have $15 of ECBs for next week. See my blog for my crazy mixed up shopping trip!