This week’s scenarios include three small transactions. The milk deal is regional so check your local CVS ad before heading out this week. It may or may not be included in your area. If you have any ECBs to start out with this week make sure to use them in the first transaction to lower your out of pocket total! Make sure to scan your extra care card at the coupon center before shopping. Mine printed out a $3 off Revlon coupon that makes the nail polish deal a moneymaker when I use it with the manufacturer coupon I listed in Transaction #1! Let me know what you get this week at your coupon center. I’d love to know what deals you find and what prints out for you. These coupons are CVS store coupons and can be used with manufacturer coupons that can equal FREEBIES! 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. 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 taxes differently so you may need to budget a little extra to cover tax.
If you are new to shopping at CVS, go HERE to read Intro to CVS.
To see this week’s CVS Weekly Ad go HERE. **You may also want to take a look at FREE Stroller Deal listed on the bottom of this week’s CVS Weekly Ad.
Transaction #1
Buy one Revlon nail color, $3.99 (you will receive $3 ECB)
Minus one $1/1 Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara or Cosmetic 2/13/2011 SS Insert (exp 3/20/2011)
(If you have remaining ECBs from last week use them here to save even more!)
Total Due: (if you don’t use ECBs) $2.99
Receive: $3 ECB
Transaction #2
Buy one Revitalens multipurpose solution 10-12oz, $7.99 (you will receive $4 ECB)
Buy one T.G. Lee gallon milk, $3.19 (you will receive $1 ECB)
Minus one $3/1 RevitaLens OcuTec Multi-Purpose Disinfecting Solution 10 oz+ 3/6/2011 SS Insert (exp 4/11/2011)
Minus one $1/1 T.G. Lee product
Minus $3 ECB from Transaction #1
Total Due: $4.18
Receive: $4 ECB and $1 ECB
Transaction #3
Buy one Gillette Deodorant, $4.99 (you will receive $1 ECB)
Buy one Gillette Body Wash, retail price
Minus one B1G1 Gillette Body Wash WYB Deodorant 2/27/2011 PG Insert (exp 3/31/2011)
Minus $4 ECB & $1 ECB from Transaction #2
Total Due: NOTHING
Receive: $1 ECB
Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad:$1 ECBs
Total Out of Pocket for all 3 transactions:$7.17+ applicable taxes for approximately $26.00 in products. AND – if you used ECBs from last week, you will have spent much less out of pocket on Transaction #1.
**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, I would put your ECBs towards paper products like toilet paper, paper towels, diapers, etc which are hard to get dirt cheap!
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My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
Hi Liza!
I’m thinking of a few different scenarios to use ECB I have already. Was wondering…with the Gillette deal you have in scenario 3, I can also use the $1/1 Old Spice deodorant from the P&G Everyday Savings book right??
Thanks for the help…it’s getting late and I’m getting a bit punchy 🙂
Oh heavens…just read what I wrote last night and doesn’t even make sense! Of course I cannot use an Old Spice coupon for Gillette. I need to back away from the computer when I’m getting tired 😉
CVS in Spring Hill wouldnt take the Printed TG Lee coupon. It beeped when she scanned it. She said they are really checking internet coupons and the codes must match what is in the system. $2.19 for milk if still a good deal though.