CVS $5 Challenge – 7/5 – 7/11

The goal of this CVS challenge is to come up with up to 3 scenarios where the total spent out of pocket is $5, while still growing your ECB’s. I’m going to assume that you start out with zero ECB’s to start with, or it makes it too difficult for others to follow. If you do have ECB’s to start, you can reduce your OOP to almost zero.

For more information on the abbreviations used in this post, please see my Coupons 101 article. For more information about shopping at CVS, visit my CVS 101 article. For additional scenarios, please visit Deal Seeking Mom, Saving Cents with Sense, Keeping the Kingdom First, The “Cent”sible Sawyer, and Money Saving Mom.

This is an awesome week at CVS! It more than makes up for last week (in my opinion)

Transaction #1

Buy (3) Post Trail Mix Crunch cereal 3/$10.00
Use (3) $2.00 printable QP’s (I was able to print 3 from my computer)
Use $1.00/2 UPromise eCoupon (click here for more info about Upromise eCoupons)

Total after Coupons: $4.00 + $1 in UPromise savings
ECB’s Earned: $5.00

Transaction #2

Buy Caliber or CVS Transparent or Invisible Tape $1.49 (Sun/Mon deal only)
Buy (2) Caliber or CVS no. 2 pencils 10 ct or double blade pencil sharpener $0.99 each ($1.98/2)
Buy CVS brand pantiliners 22 ct $0.89
Buy (2) Dawn dish liquid 10.3 oz. 2/$2.00
Use (2) $0.50 Dawn QP’s from the Home Made Simple mailer (or $0.25 QP’s from 6/7 or 7/5 PG)
Use $5.00 ECB’s from previous transaction

Total after Coupons: $0.36
ECB’s Earned: $5.36

Transaction #3

Buy Colgate Total Advanced 4 oz. or Sensitive toothpaste 6 oz. $3.49
Use $1.00 printable QP
Use $2.49 ECB’s from previous transaction

Total after Coupons: $0.00
ECB’s Earned: $2.00

Total OOP: $4.36
ECB’s Left: $4.87

For more CVS deals, check out this post.

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