Last week was another awesome week! Thank you to all the participants, newbies and veterans. This week is looking better on the deals, so let’s see what y’all can come up with for under $5.00!
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 29th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 PAAS Egg decorating kit @ $1.99 (Sunday & Monday only)
Buy 1 Scrubbing Bubbles Action Scrubber @ $2.99
$2.75/1 Scrubbing Bubbles printable
Total After Coupon= $2.23
ECBs earned= $1.99
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Glade Sense & Spray @ $5.99
$4.00/1 Glade Sense & Spray (SS 3/29/09)
Pay with $1.99 ECBs from above
Total After Coupons and ECBs= $0.00
ECBs earned= $1.00
Transaction #3
Buy 1 CVS Pharmacy Vitamin D 400 (100-ct.) @ $2.99 (monthly deal, through 3/31)
Pay with $1.00 ECBs from above
Total After ECBs= $1.99
ECBSs earned= $2.99
Grand Total OOP= only $4.22!
Total Value= $13.96 with $2.99 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!
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Hey Alyssa, I have been following your blog for awhile now and I love it! I like your CVS $5 challenge but have not been able to see everyone’s links. I thought it was because I had an old version of IE but I have upgraded and still don’t see Mr. Linky, am I missing something?
Amber
Thanks so much for the kind award, Steph!
Amber, thank you for following my blog. I am a little baffled, you should be able to see Mr. Linky. Have you tried using a different browser? Most blogs are best viewed using Mozilla Firefox, which is a free download. Try that and let me know if it works! Sorry for the frustrations!
OK I have downloaded Mozilla Firefox and I still do not see Mr.Linky. ????? I am not sifre what else to do.
I am also unable to see the Mr. Linky stuff. I have tried IE7.x, Firefox and Google Chrome. My husband can see them at work, so he thinks it is a setting somewhere…he is working on it and we will share what he finds.
Quick question for a newbie – when you do three transactions, will they let you do that in one visit or do you have to go three different visits/days?
thanks.
Thanks for your $5 Challenge, Alyssa! I LOVE to stretch my bucks as much as I can!!
@Anonymous: You can do all three transactions on the same visit, just ask the cashier. If there’s a long line, it’ll be better if you do one transaction and then get back in line.
If you are interested in the Glade deal, check your receipts from last week or do a different transaction first. They have been printing $1 Glade coupons which can be stacked with the manufact. coupon to make the sense and spray free. Or use the magic coupon machine to find one. Also, if you have already done the deal, and think you can’t do it again because it is limit 1, use that coupon to make another one $1. I love these things, probably my favorite from Glade, so I am getting a couple.