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 byKeeping 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!
*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!
Total After Coupons= $2.18
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!
I really enjoy reading your blog! Although I am a CVS newbie I finally decided to join the $5 Challenge. Thank you for providing such great information for those of us still trying to learn.
May God bless you and your family,
Amber
I went to CVS today at 130 and all the free after ECB were gone except the candy–no pumpkin pails, no funlight, no toothbrush–nothing–so frustrated
I got to CVS at 8:30 and some things were low also. So of the stores are open 24 hours and I wonder if people go very early for deals. Just try and get there as early as you can. That seemed to work for me on Sunday but they were almost out of the pumpkins and the toothbrushes by me also.
Last week I forgot to use my ECBs–this week I got my entire purchase free after coupons and ECBs, and got $8.99 in new ECBs, plus a rebate coming of $8.00. Yippee!
I’ve given you a blog award… http://centsablemomma.blogspot.com/2008/10/thanks-again-for-blog-award.html.
I’m sure you’ve gotten it before, but I love your blog, so I had to include you :-).
this has nothing to do with CVS, but it IS how to get 16 pounds of ground beef for under $5, so it’s kind of relevant, right? 😉 it’s on a bunch of sites so you may have seen it already…..i posted my experience with it tonight (so i know it works!).