CVS Scenarios - week of 12/14

Last week, of course, I shopped early in the week and then at the end of the week, I received an e-mail coupon for $5 off of $30. It doesn't expire until today, so my hope was that there would be a good deal that I was interested in this week, so I could use my coupon. Here is a transaction I built around that coupon, if you don't have the same coupon, your total could be higher - but you could also split transaction #1 into two to reduce OOP.

Transaction #1
6 boxes of GM Cereals
1 EARinse

-$.55 mfg coupon (assorted GM Cereal coupons available in coupon side bar)
-$.55 mfg coupon
-$.75 mfg coupon
-$.75 mfg coupon
-$1 $1/2 mfg coupon
-$5 $5/30

$21.40 OOP. Earn $10 and $9.99 ECBs. (That's like paying $1.41 for six boxes of cereal - $.23 / ea)

Transaction #2
1 - Dove Bar Soap
1 - Pantene Shampoo
1 - Clairol Haircolor

-$2 Pantene mfg coupon
-$2 Clairol mfg coupon

Total $10.47. Pay with $10 ECB from transaction #1 and $0.47 OOP. Earn $1, $1 and $2 ECBs.

Transaction #3
2 - St Ives Moisturizer

Total $10. Pay with $9.99 ECBs from transaction #1 and $0.01 OOP. Earn $5 ECBs.

Transaction #4
1 - Crest Spin Brush

-$2 Crest Spin Brush IP

Total $3.99. Pay with $1, $1 and $2 ECBs from Transaction #2 (adjusted down by $0.01). Earn $2 ECBs.

Check out other CVS Scenarios at Deal Seeking Mom, Money Saving Mom and the "Cent"sible Sawyer.

CVS $5 Challenge

Transaction #1
1 - Pantene Shampoo

-$2 mfg coupon

Total $3.99. Earn $2 ECBs.

Transaction #2
1 - Dove bar soap

Total $2.49, pay with $2 ECBs and $.49 OOP. Earn $1 ECBs.

Transaction #4
2 - Candy Bars (3/$2)

Total $1.33. Pay with $1. ECB and $.33 OOP.

Total OOP $4.81. Or skip the last one and save your $1 ECB for next week.

Check out more $5 Scenarios at Keeping the Kingdom First, $5 CVS Challenge.