A friend of mine mentioned a CVS challenge the other day and I thought “this is just what I need”. See I’ve been meaning to get back into blogging and this sort of lit the fire under my foot so to speak to get the site looking like I wanted it to look and have a reason to blog!
So without further adieu, on with the challenge!
CVS $5 Challenge:
Scenario #1:
- 1 – Accu-Check Diabetic monitor $9.99
- 1 – Covergirl Wetslicks Amazemint $5.99
- 2 – Colgate toothpastes $2.99 each
- 2 – Covergirl Outlast All Day lipcolors $9.99 each B1G1F sale
Total before ECB card discount, coupons and ECB’s: $109.34
Coupons used:
- $1 off Covergirl – Aug. 31 P&G
- B1G1F Covergirl - Aug. 31 P&G
- 2 $1.50 off Colgate – All You Magazine
- $3 off $15 CVS coupon from Carl’s Jr
- $3 ECB
- $10 ECB
Total after CVS card, sales, coupons and ECB’s: $1.96 + $19.98 in ECB’s back! (monitor, toothpaste and wetslick)
Scenario #2:
- 6 – Dawn Plus Hand Renewal dish soaps $.99 each
- 1 – Arnicare Pain Gel $9.49
- 1 – 3 Ring Zipper Binder on clearance $3.75
Total before ECB card discount, coupons and ECB’s: $38.32
Coupons used:
- 6 – $1 off Dawn Plus Hand Renewal dish soap – Aug. 31 P&G
- $2 off Arnicare Printable
- $3 off $15 CVS coupon from Carl’s Jr
- $5.99 ECB from Covergirl offer above
Total after CVS card, sales, coupons and ECB’s: $3.04 + $8.00 in ECB’s back for the Arnicare!
Take the CVS $5 Challenge and see what ends up in your bag of bargains!
A quick edit to let you know about the CVS Superstars as well! Tons of fun checking out all the various deals that these CVS Superstars get for practically pennies!
Hello, I'm Tracy, a 30-something avid bargain hunter! Here at Bag of Bargains I will be your guide in finding the latest deals and I'll warn you now, I love me some CVS ECB's!.

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Hi! I was trying to subscribe to your blog… yeah I can;t find the box. lol I’m not techy at all so I don’t know how to do it! lol
anyway, maybe you can just add me on! :^)
thanks for the tips. I’m barely starting out. so for now I am simply collecting coupons. so I can actually do some of the deals! :^)
By Alexia on 09.04.08 12:09 am | Permalink
@Alexia: Hi Alexia! The link is at the very bottom it says Entries RSS (I might change that to Subscribe instead though.), when you click that you will see the feed and there is a subscribe to link there. I think you’ll have to do the adding because I like you I have no idea lol!
By Tracy on 09.05.08 12:31 pm | Permalink
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