Last week’s challenge was awesome! I was tickled to see several newbies join in.
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.
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 below.
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!
Here is MY $5 Scenario for the week of January 11th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 2 M&M’s Cupid’s Mix 12.6 oz @ 2/$5.00
Use (2) $0.50 coupons from 12/14 RP insert
Total After Coupons= $4.00
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Kleenex 3 pack bundle @ $3.69
$0.50 coupon from 12/7 SS insert
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $1.19
ECBs Earned= $1.00
Grand Total OOP= $5.19 (almost $5! it is a tough week!)
Total Value= $8.69 with $1.00 ECBs remaining!
Keep rolling those ECBs for even more savings!
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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!
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!
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Kleenex 3 pack bundle @ $3.69
$0.50 coupon from 1/4 paper (separate insert)
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from last week
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $1.19
ECBs Earned= $1.00
Thanks so much for all the deals Kingdom First Mom!
I am a newbie and I am ready to jump in! I just read over on Babycheapskate that Huggies will be on sale the week of 1/25….buy $20 and get $5 ECB. So I want to have some ECBs to roll that week on Huggies (along with my two $1.50 off mannys). So I will be doing one of the scenarios this week!
This really is a tough week. I’m going to go take a look at pricing on vitamins, revlon make-up, and motrin, but if the pricing isn’t better than I rather expect it is, I think this is a week to skip cvs! 🙂
Hey, I couldn’t find the contact button….I found your site from Good or Free Deals,
My name is Lacy, I’m one of the administrators at WeUseCoupons.com, and am making a list of blogs that we are partnering with to promote. Would you be interested in something like that? We have about 2000 members, and have just finished our coupon database 1.0.
Shot me an email….nengels@engelsmaps.com
wow. I want to *DO* this. I don’t know where to start though! LOL. I wanna save moneyyy!!!!