Last week’s challenge was another success! Thank you to all who participated.
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, 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* 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 January 25th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Gillette Shampoo or Conditioner @ $4.99
$2.00 Gillette 1/18 P&G insert
Total After Coupons= $2.99
ECBs earned= $3.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Gillette Fusion Gamer razor (new) @ $7.99
$4.00 Gillette Fusion 12/28 P&G insert
Pay with $3.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $0.99
ECBs Earned= $4.00
Grand Total OOP= $3.98
Total Value= $12.98 with $4.00 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!
I am new to the CVS thing. I did my first trip this week. So my question is this…how do they react to you doing two separate transactions so you can use your ECB’s on the first transaction towards your 2nd? Do you leave and come back? Or are most cashiers amenable to you doing it right then and there? Thanks for your help!
This is my first time doing the challenge [although ive been doing this for a while]. Hope i did this rite!
I’m kind of new to the CVS thing but was wondering in a coupon scenario would work…I have the $4.00 of a Gillette Fusion Razor and was going to use it on the one that’s on sale this week and get the $4.00 ECBs but I also have a coupon for a free Gillette Shampoo when I purchase the razor. Could I not buy both items, use both coupons, and get the ECBs back on the razor and shampoo even though I’m not technically paying for the shampoo or does that not work? Just curious…