Thank you to all the participants last week, newbies and veterans! I love seeing what everyone comes up with each week.
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 April 26th:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Crest Toothpaste, 6.4 oz @ $1.99
Buy 1 Garnier Fructis Shampoo or Conditioner @ $2.99
$0.75/1 Crest (P&G insert 4/5)
$1.00 Garnier Fructis (RP insert 1/4)
Total After Coupons= $3.23
ECBs earned= $3.00
Transaction #2
Buy 2 Lady Speed Stick 24/7 @ $3.00 ea. (limit 2)
(2) $0.75/1 Lady Speed Stick (SS insert 4/26)
Pay with $3.00 ECBs from above
Total After ECBs= $1.50
ECBs earned= $3.00
Grand Total OOP= $4.73
Total Value= $10.98 with $3.00 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. Thank you!
What if we don’t spend any money at CVS this week? Everything I have equals free when I’m done. And here in Jesup we get FREE Wisps no other purchase necessary with a limit of TWO! I will post my trip later though 🙂
@princsspurdylily
I know it’s a $5 challenge, but after a month of doing that, I was trying to figure out how to make more than just a few ECB’s each week. I had received a $10 off $50, so I looked over the ad to see if I could actually spend that on items we would use or grocery items I might buy somewhere else. Of course, I got there. I purchased $51 of items on sale, had coupons for everything except the CVS water 24 pk. and a few Easter items on clearance 90% off. I paid $26.56 with tax after all the coupons and ECB’s I rolled from last week, and earned $13 in ECB’s for next week. Don’t know if this was the best thing to do but I’m going to check prices on some items at my grocery store tomorrow and see how I did. Anyway, had fun doing it!
bought:
CVS 2 pk. contact lens case ($7.49)- marked down to $1.87
2 Colgate trial size toothpaste – .99 each
Colgate toothbrush – .99
CVS sunblock ($9.99)- clearance $2.49
Sudafed Sinus Headache pills ($10.99) – clearance $2.75
Pedicure scissors ($7.49) – clearance $3.75
CVS brand medicine – $6.99 (saved a few $$ off the brand name item)
Used:
3 Colgate coupons for $1.00 off each
$19.99 in extra bucks.
saved $56.33
paid .61 OOP — sixty one cents!
forgot to add one …
CVS brand Snore Stop spray (for my hubs. hope it works!) original price $10.99, clearance price $2.75. I’ve always wanted him to try it but it was so expensive.