CVS Scenarios - week of 9/14

There are a couple of good things on sale this week at CVS. I have included two different sets of scenarios below, based on whether you have the Purex coupon from this week's paper.

The first set of scenarios:
Scenario #1:

1 - Excedrin 20ct
- $2 mfg IP coupon Excedrin

$1.99 (plus tax) OOP; earn $3.99 ECB.

Scenario #2:

1 - Alleve Cold and Allergy
1 - Purex

- $1 mfg IP coupon Alleve
-$3.99 ECB from Scenario #1

$5.98 total, pay with $3.99 ECBs and $1.99 OOP (plus tax); earn $4.00 ECBs.

Total OOP $3.98 and you will have $4.00 ECBs to carry over to next week.

The second set of scenarios:
Now, if you live in one of the areas that was lucky enough to get the Purex coupon, you will need to add a second Purex, but you can save $1 on two. We didn't get the coupon here. To keep OOP below $5, you would need to do three transactions and roll ECBs to keep it under $5.

Scenario #1:

1 - Excedrin 20ct
- $2 mfg coupon

$1.99 (plus tax) OOP; earn $3.99 ECB.

Scenario #2:

2 - Purex Detergent
-$1/2 mfg coupon

$4.98 (plus tax) total; use $3.99 ECB and pay $0.99 OOP; earn $2.00 ECBs

Scenario #3:

1 - Alleve Cold and Allergy

- $1 mfg coupon Alleve

$2.99 total (plus tax); pay with $2.00 ECBs and pay $0.99 OOP. Earn $3.00 ECBs.

Total for the three scenarios would be $3.97 and you would have $3 in ECBs for next week.

If you have any ECBs to roll, like I do, OOP will be less.

Check out other $5 deals at the CVS $5 Challenge, hosted by Keeping the Kingdom First. See other scenario suggestions at Money Saving Mom and the "Cent"sible Sawyer.