It’s been a long time since I’ve typed up CVS Scenarios for all of you. If you read Addicted to Saving yesterday, you might have read my post Back to the Start. Basically, I’m trying to go back to the old days where I’m posting more content and more of the deals that you want to read. As a mom, I have less time to blog and I’m going to spend my blogging time posting what you all want. This is one of the weekly blogs you will see each week going forward! It takes a lot of time for me to put this together but I think that this is an important blog post for all of you to follow. It will help you get the most products at CVS for the least amount of money out of pocket.
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 taxes differently 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
Get A $10 CVS Cash Card wyb $30 in Participating Items:
Buy four Clorox Bleach, 55 – 64 oz – $2.00
Buy four All Liquid Laundry Detergent, 28 – 33 loads – $2.99
Buy two Downy Dryer Sheets, 70 – 80 ct – $3.99
Buy one Scotch-Brite Scrub Sponges, 3 ct – $2.00
Buy one Total Home Facial Tissues, 70 – 160 ct – $0.99
Minus two $1.00/2 Clorox® Branded Products coupon
Minus four $1/1 All Laundry Detergent
Minus one $3.00/2 Tide Detergent, Downy, or Tide Washing Machine Cleaner – 5-31-15 PG;(exp. 06/30/15)
Minus one $0.50/1 Scotch-Brite Scrub Sponge Multi-Pack (Zip Code 77477)
Total Due: $21.43
Receive $10 CVS Cash Card, makes everything $11.53 or $0.95 each
Transaction Two
Buy two Colgate Max Toothpaste, 6 oz – $2.99 each (Receive $4 ECBs)
Buy one CVS brand Nutritional Shake Single, 8 oz – $1.25 (Receive $1.25 ECBs)
Buy two Ban Cooling Cloths, 10 ct – $3.79 each (Receive $3 ECBs)
Minus two $1.00/1 Colgate Total, Colgate Optic White, Colgate Enamel Heath or Colgate Max Fresh Toothpaste
Minus two $1.50/1 Ban Total Refresh Cooling Body Cloths Pack – 6-7-15 SS
Minus $10 CVS Cash Card earned in Transaction One
Total Due: FREE plus earn $8.25 ECBs
Transaction Three
Buy one Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap, 10 oz – $2.99 (Receive $1 ECB)
Buy one BiC Disposable Razors, 3 – 10 ct – $6.88 (Receive $2 ECBs)
Buy one Hershey’s King Size, 1.3 – 3.4 oz – $1.88 (Receive $1 ECB)
Minus one $1.00/1 Softsoap Liquid Hand Soap Pump – 6-7-15 SS; Includes 8 oz or Larger Only
Minus one $2.00/1 BIC Disposable Razor – 6-7-15 SS; Excludes Trial and Travel Size
Minus $8.25 ECBs earned in Transaction Two
Total Due: $0.50
Total Remaining ECBs to apply towards next week’s ad: $4 ECB
Total Out of Pocket for 3 transactions: $21.93 + applicable taxes for approximately $57.49 in products. And if you use left over ECBs from last week you can buy even more!
**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!
Thanks for coming to Addicted to Saving! Here’s a little bit about me so you can know who’s behind all these posts!
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..
Thank you so much!!
Thank you for posting the drugstore scenarios again. They are probably my favorite features of this site and one of the main reasons I started following. I’ve missed them and am glad they’re back!
You are welcome Emily! I will make it part of my routine going forward. 🙂 You can expect to see them on Mondays or Tuesdays at the latest!