Thank you to everyone who has helped make the Challenge a success over the last 6 months. I know it has helped many people learn the ropes of CVSing!
If you are a new coupon/frugal/deal blogger, feel free to join in; the more the merrier!
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 4th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Garnier Fructis hair product @ $2.99
$1.00 Garnier 1/4 RP insert
Total After Coupon= $1.99
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 2 Children’s Throat Cooler Ice Pops @ $4.99 (monthly deal)
BOGO printable coupon here
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $2.99
ECBs Earned= $9.98
Grand Total OOP= $4.98
Total Value= $12.97 with $9.98 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!
This is amazing! (I’m the owner of the cafemom group). I will certainly be posting a link to this page to help newbies and the other moms getting back into the game there. Great job!!!
Thank you so much for posting this!! It’s been a long time since I visited your blog, but I’ll be back often now. I can’t wait to try this at CVS today! And keeping the start budget under $5, kudos to you!
I love your deals at CVS, but it seems like every time I go to CVS even if it is Monday morning, everything is already gone that I want. How do you get everything you want?
loweallie@hotmail.com
HI, I actually have been doing the challenge for a while, but am just not linking and or posting about it. Getting back on track for 2009!
Went to CVS today.. 2 transactions: (I had $11 ecb’s to start)
Bought:
Cottonelle TP
2 Colgate Toothpaste
After coupons and ecb’s
oop: $1.82
AND earned 6 ecb’s
Rolled those 6 ecb’s into this:
2 Speed Stick deoderant
2 L’Oreal Shampoo/conditioner
2 All Laundry detergent BOGO
After coupons and ecb’s
oop: $2.52
earned $3 ecb’s
Total value of merchandise: $44.93 for $4.34 oop!!!
Sorry about the 2 posts…I forgot the 0 in 01 for the month!! Boy, that thing is sure picky!!
Thanks for the opportunity and for all the great info that is shared.
Julie @KingdomKlipper