CVS Scenarios - week of 1/31

Well, I never bought anything at CVS last week. I did stop by, but realized I was missing my extra bucks and after checking on a few of the deals, I decided they weren't as good as I thought, and sometimes the best deal is skipping the deals that aren't worth it.

This week, there are quite a few things that make me want to head out to CVS. I just wish I had some $/$$ coupons - even a $10/$50 would be good this week with lots of spend $$ to get $ ECB deals.

Transaction #1
1 - Dove Men + Care Body Wash
2 - Slim Fast Bars

-$1.25 Dove Men + Care Body Wash Mfg coupon
-$1.25 Slim Fast Bars Mfg coupon
-$1.25 Slim Fast Bars Mfg coupon

Total $6.73$11.72, earn $5.49 and $1.50 ECBs. (I for some reason, thought that the Slim Fast Bars were BOGO, they are not)

Transaction #2
1 - Theraflu
1 - Colgate Max Fresh

-$2 Theraflu Mfg coupon
-$1 Colgate Mfg coupon

Total $5.98, pay with $5.49 ECB from Transaction #1 and $.49 OOP. Earn $2 and $2 ECBs.

Transaction #3
2 - Hellman's Mayo
3 - Ragu Pasta Sauce

-$.75 Hellman's Mayo IP
-$.75 Hellman's Mayo IP
-$1.25 $1.25/3 Ragu Mfg coupon

Total $8.24, pay with $1.50 from Transaction #1 and $4 from Transaction #2 and $2.74 OOP. Earn $3 ECBs.

Total OOP for the three transactions is $9.96$11.95 with $3 ECBs left to roll.

Update: just learned that the Dove Men + Care Body wash is limit of two, so I will modify as such:

Transaction #3
1 - Dove Men + Care Bodywash

-$1.25 Dove Men + Care Bodywash

Total $4.24, pay with $4 ECBs from Transaction #2 and $.24 OOP. Earn $5.49 ECBs.

Transaction #4
2 - Hellman's Mayo
3 - Ragu Pasta Sauce

-$.75 Hellman's Mayo IP
-$.75 Hellman's Mayo IP
-$1.25 $1.25/3 Ragu Mfg coupon

Total $8.24, pay with $1.50 from Transaction #1 and $5.49 ECBs from Transaction #3 and $1.25 OOP. Earn $3 ECBs.

Total OOP for the four transactions is $8.71$13.70 with $3 ECBs left to roll.


There are some other potential scenarios that I am considering as well (and one that I figured I would share, even though we have now officially been out of Pull Ups for a week! Yeah!)

Scenario #1
2 - Huggies Jumbo Pack Pull-ups
-$2 Huggies Pull Ups mfg coupon
-$2 Huggies Pull Ups mfg coupon
Total $16 OOP, earn $5 ECBS. That's like getting each jumbo pack for $5.50.

Scenario #2
3 - Pringles
3 - Powerade
2 - Old Spice Deoderant
1 - Secret Flawless (not part of deal, but free with coupon)
2 - Herbal Essence family size
1 - Fuze

-$3 3x$1 WYB Pringles and Powerade (CVS tearpad, mfg coupon)
-$1 $1/2 Old Spice Mfg coupon
-$? Free Secret Flawless Mfg coupon
-$1 Herbal Essence Mfg coupon
-$1 Herbal Essence Mfg coupon

Total $19.48 OOP, earn $10 ECBs. I don't think that $9.50 net cost for all of this is too bad.

Scenario #3
1 - Irish Spring Body Wash
2 - Softsoap Soap
2 - Softsoap Body Wash
1 - Lady's Speed Stick

-$.75 Irish Spring Body Wash mfg coupon
-$.35 Softsoap Mfg coupon
-$.35 Softsoap Mfg coupon
-$1 Softsoap Bodywash Mfg coupon
-$1 Softsoap Bodywash Mfg coupon
-$.75 Speedstick Mfg coupon

Total $11.55 OOP, earn $5 ECBS. Again, $6.55 for 3 Bodywashes, some soap and deodorant isn't too bad.

For more deals and scenarios, check out Money Saving Mom, Deal Seeking Mom and the "Cent"sible Sawyer.

CVS $5 Challenge

Transaction #1
1 - Dove Men + Care Bodywash

-$1.25 Dove Men + Care Bodywash Mfg coupon

Total $3.99 OOP, earn $5.49 ECBs.

Transaction #2
2 - Slim Fast
1 - Theraflu

-$1.25 Slim Fast Bars Mfg coupon
-$1.25 Slim Fast Bars Mfg coupon
-$2 Theraflu Mfg coupon

Total $6.48, pay with $5.49 ECBs from Transaction #1 and $.99 OOP. Earn $1.50 and $2 ECBs.

Transaction #3
1 - Colgate Max Fresh

-$1 Colgate Mfg coupon

Total $1.99, pay with $2 ECBs from Transaction #2. Earn $2 ECBs.

Total OOP for the three transaction is $4.98 with $3.50 ECBs left to roll. (or since you can repeat the Dove Men + Care Bodywash, you could do that as a fourth transaction and spend $.74 OOP. It would make your total $5.72 OOP, with $5.49 ECBs to roll.)

For more $5 Scenarios, check out the CVS $5 Challenge.