I want to give a special welcome to those visiting from the CVS/Walgreens group at CafeMom!
This is a fabulous week for newbies to get started. Since it is a new week, and a new month, you can take advantage of both offers for great savings.
Don’t forget 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 March 1st:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 CVS brand Vitamin D 100 ct @ $2.99 (monthly deal, limit 1)
Buy 1 Act Total Care trial size @ $0.99 (weekly deal, limit 1)
Total= $3.98
ECBs earned= $2.99, $0.99
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Carnation Instant Breakfast @ $4.99
$0.75/1 Carnation (All You Magazine Jan ’09)
Pay with $2.99, $0.99 ECBs from above
Total After Coupons & ECBs= $0.26
ECBs earned= $4.99
Transaction #3
Buy 1 Slimquick Energy Shot 2-pk @ $4.99
Pay with $4.99 ECBs from above
Total After ECBs= ZERO
ECBs earned= $4.99
Grand Total OOP= $4.24
Total Value= $13.96 with $4.99 ECBs remaining!
Keep rolling those ECBs for even more savings!
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 can’t wait to do this today. I saw your site last week, bookmarked it and made sure to come back this morning bright and early!
I have one question for you if you could answer it either on here or in email or comment on my site. I’ll check back later to see if you get around to it.
Take the Dove deal for instance. I think it’s buy $15.00 and get $5.00 ecb’s? If I use coupons does that deduct from my amount or is it the total of Dove products bought before my manufacturer coupons?
I stopped myself from getting makeup last week, even though I had coupons. I was afraid I’d just have to keep buying and buying if I used coupons because it would keep deducting from the total. Although, it still would have been worth it.
It is the pre-coupon total, post sale price.
For instance, the Suave Body Wash is normally 2.99, but it is on sale for 1.99. Then I have use a .75 coupon, so I pay 1.24, but 1.99 goes towards the Spend $6 get $2ECB.
Hope that makes sense.
This was so much fun!!! I have never done anything like this before! I wound up being $1 over.. but I thought it was pretty good for my first try!
Ok, I have no idea how to post my scenerio above, but here it is…
Transactionn #1
Lumene $2.99 x10 = $29.90
Cascade $2.99 x3 = $8.97
Carnation Instant Breakfast $4.99 x1 = $4.99
Zone Perfect 97c x6 = $5.82
Gillette Fusion Power Razor $7.99 x1 = $7.99
Coupons
CVS $5/$20 x1
Lumene $4/1 x10
Cascade $1/1 x1
Cascade $1/2 x1
Zone Perfect BOGO x1
Zone Perfect BOG3 x1
Zone Perfect 55c/1 x4
Gilletter Fusion $4/1 x1
Total Before Coupons = $57.67
Total After coupons = 59c
Total ECBs Earned = $13.99
Transaction #2
Lumene $2.99 x8 = $23.92
Cascade $2.99 x4 = $11.96
Coupons
Lumene $4/1 x8
Cascade $1/2 x2
Total Before Coupons = $35.88
Total After Coupons = $1.88
PLUS Free Charmin Toilet Paper
ENDING TOTALS
Before Coupons = $93.55
After Coupons = $2.47 oop
TOTAL After Coupons and ECBs:
PROFIT $11.52 AND Toilet Paper!!!!! Can’t beat that! Gotta love it when they pay YOU to take their stuff!!
Hi – I was just wondering if the Gillette Fusion Gamer is a one time ECB per household or does it qualify for another $4 ECB now that it’s a new month?
Great site by the way. Thank you so much!
This is the first time that I have actually been able to get one in. Hope you like!
Great info. Thanks. With the economy the way it is right now with all the layoffs and more to come; government spending and deficit out of control; the continued housing slump; one wonders where to turn for help. It sure is nice to know that there are debt management companies out there that can help folks avoid bankruptcy and still keep their heads above water. Thanks so much for the taking the time to post this information