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 May 3rd:
*coupons in red
Transaction #1
Buy 1 Colgate Max Fresh or Max White toothpaste @ $2.99
$1.00/1 Colgate (SS insert 4/26)
Total After Coupons= $1.99
ECBs earned= $2.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Adidas Action 3 deodorant @ $3.99
$1.00/1 Adidas Deodorant (RP insert 4/5)
Pay with $2.00 ECBs from above
Total After Coupon & ECBs= $0.99
ECBs earned= $3.00
Transaction #2
Buy 1 Zantrex 3 @ $4.99
Pay with $3.00 ECBs from above
Total After ECBs= $1.99
ECBs earned= $4.99
Grand Total OOP= $4.97
Total Value= $11.97 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. Thank you!
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