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. I am excited to include diapers in this scenario with an out of pocket total of only $5.49 before tax for all three transactions! 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 have created a different scenario, leave a comment on this post with the scenario you plan to do! 🙂

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.

Transaction #1

Buy one Schick Hydro 3 or Hydro 5, $8.00 (you will receive $4 ECB)
Buy one Zyrtec 24hr. tablets 5ct. $5.99 (you will receive $5.99 ECB)
Minus one $4/1 Schick Hydro Razors 6/12/2011 SS Insert (exp 7/24/2011)
Minus one FREE Zyrtec 5 Ct (up to $7.00 value) Mailer Coupon (no longer available – I posted about this in May and you should have received it in the mail by now)
(If you have remaining ECBs from last week use them here to save even more!)
Total Spent: $4 (If you do not use ECBs)
Receive: $4 ECB and $5.99 ECB

Transaction #2

Buy one Bayer Advanced Aspirin 20ct., $3.00 (you will receive $1 ECB)
Buy one Motrin PM 20 ct. $4.00 (you will receive $3 ECB)
Buy two Pantene Pro-V shampoo, conditioner or styler, 2/$6.97 (you will receive $2 ECB)
Buy one Mitchum Deodorant, on sale $1.99
Minus one $2/1 Bayer Advanced Aspirin 6/12/11 SS Insert (this may be a regional coupon)
Minus one $1/1 Motrin PM Products 6/12/2011 RP Insert (exp 7/30/2011)
Minus two $1/1 Pantene products ETS 6/5/2011 P&G Insert (exp 7/31/2011)
Minus one $1/1 Mitchum Advanced Control 5/8/2011 SS Insert (exp 6/13/2011) USE BY MONDAY
Minus $5.99 ECB and $4 ECB from Transaction #1
Total Spent: Nothing
Receive: $1 ECB, $3 ECB, $2 ECB

Transaction #3

Buy one Pampers Diapers or Easy Ups diapers jumbo pk., $8.99 (you will receive $1 ECB)
Minus one $1.50/1 Pampers Diapers or Training Pants 6/5/2011 P&G Insert (exp 7/31/2011)
Minus $1 ECB, $3 ECB and $2 ECB from Transaction #2
Total Spent: $1.49
Receive: $1 ECB

Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: $1 ECB
Total Out of Pocket for all 3 transactions: $5.49 + applicable taxes for approximately $39.00 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!