CVS Scenarios: Spend $9.37 on $27.97 Worth of Products

I posted  this week’s scenarios earlier this week but wanted to repost them in case you missed them! This week’s CVS scenarios is a smaller shopping trip. I have you doing two or three transactions. The third transaction I have you purchasing Zantac, but if that is a product you wouldn’t use, then stop at Transaction two and save your ECBs to use next week! (If you stop at Transaction two, you will spend $7.38 on everything versus $9.37.

This post includes specific items you can purchase and coupons that you can use to maximize your dollar AND your Extra Care Bucks at CVS. If you have Extra Care Bucks leftover from last week, apply those towards your transactions to spend even less out of money!

Please know that you do not have to follow these transactions if you do not want to. The goal of this post is to help you get an idea on how to roll your Extra Care Bucks from one scenario to the next. Please also know that these transactions do not take into account tax. Every state taxesdifferently so you may need to budget a little extra to cover tax.

To see this week’s CVS Weekly Ad & Coupon Matchups, go HERE!

Transaction One

Buy one Caliber Tape – $1.49 (Receive $1.10 ECB)
Buy one Sharpie Accent Highlighter, 4 ct OR one Glue Sticks 6 ct, $1.99 (Receive $1 ECB)
Buy one Little Remedies for Noses 1-4 oz or 5 ct, $4.99 (receive $4 ECBs)
Minus one $2.00/1 Little Remedies® product coupon 
Minus ECBs earned from Previous Transactions
Total Due: $6.47
Receive $1.10 ECB, $1 ECB and $4 ECBs

Transaction Two

Buy four Suave Body Wash Products – $1.88 each (Receive $2 ECBs)
Buy one Stayfree Pads, 14 – 18 ct – $2.99 (Receive $1 ECB)
Minus two $0.50/1 Suave Body Wash Product
Minus two $0.75/1 Suave Body Wash Product – 8-23-15 RP Maximum 2 Identical Coupons Allowed In Same Shopping Trip (exp. 09/20/15)
Minus one $1.00/1 Stayfree® Product 
Minus $6.10 ECBs from Transaction One
Total Due: $0.91
Receive $2 ECB and $1 ECB

Scenario Three *if you don’t need or use Zantac, forgo this transaction and save your ECBs for next week!

Buy one Zantac 150 24 ct, – $8.99 (receive $2 ECBs)
Minus one $4.00/1 Zantac Product – 7-26-15 SS; Includes 24 ct or Larger Only (exp. 08/31/15) or printable
Minus $3 ECBs from Transaction Two
Total Due: $1.99
Receive $2 ECBs

Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: $2.00

Total Out of Pocket for 3 transactions: $9.37 plus applicable taxes for approximately in $27.97 products.

**Also – Don’t forget that your ECBs will expire in a few weeks and if you let them expire, you are basically throwing away money. If you are concerned you will let them expire and you want to use them now, I would put your ECBs towards paper products like toilet paper, paper towels, etc which are hard to get dirt cheap!