Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The CVS $5 Challenge: March 15-21

Every week Keeping the Kingdom First hosts The CVS $5 Challenge. The idea is to come up with the best scenario on how to spend $5 dollars at CVS combining the weekly ads, coupons and ECB's.

Here is my $5 Scenario for this week:

Transaction #1
Buy 1 Dry Idea Deodorant @ $2.99
Buy 2 Rice Krispies Treats @ $1.67 each
$2/1 Dry Idea printable here
$1/2 Rice Krispies (SS insert 3/15)
Pay with $3 ECB from last week

Total After Coupons and ECBs: $0.33
ECBs earned: $2.00

Transaction #2
1 Colgate MaxWhite 6oz @ $2.99
$0.75 Colgate Toothpaste (SS or RP, I don't really know the date January?)
Pay with $2.00 ECB earned in Transaction#1

Total After Coupons and ECBs: $0.24
ECBs earned: $2.99

Transaction #3
1 Irish Spring Body Wash @ $4.99
$0.50/1 Irish Spring Body Wash (SS 03/15)
Pay with $2.99 earned in Transacion#2

Total After Coupons and ECBs: $1.50
ECBs Earned: $4.99

Transaction #4
4 Glade Essentials Oil Candle @ $10.00
$2/2 Glade Essentials Oil Candle (SS 03/15)
B2G1 Glade Scented Oil Candles (Peelie)
Pay with $4.99 ECBs Earned on Transaction#3

Total After Coupons and ECBs: $0.51
ECBs earned: $3.00

Total OOP: $2.58
Total Value: $24.31 with $3.00 ECBs remaining for next week! :)

Unfortunately my local store did not have the $2/2 Wheat Thins Crackers offer.

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