$5.00 Charity Challenge

Every Monday I participate in a $5.00 CVS Challenge hosted by Keeping the Kingdom First. I am still going to participate in that but this week I am going to combine two challenges into one. If you would like to see the rules and more scenarios from other players for the $5.00 CVS Challenge just click on the picture box above and you will be taken to the new link.

Coupon Cravings is hosting a $5.00 Charity Challenge in which we are supposed to spend $5.00 at any drugstore (I'm choosing CVS) and using coupons we have in hand try to get the most we can for our $5.00....and then donate those products to a charity of our choice. To see more information or to participate go here.

My scenario for these combined challenges this week are below:
1st Purchase:
(2) Colgate Total Advanced Toothpaste $2.99
(1) Oral B Toothbrush $2.49
(2) Dawn Dishwashing liquids $.88
Use these coupons:
-$2.00/$10.00 purchase
-$1.50 off Colgate Total, Printable Printable 2
-$1.50 off Colgate, August AllYou Magazine pg 57 (11-30-08)
-$1 Oral B Advantage Toothbrush PG 8/3 (exp 8/31)
- .50 off Dawn PG 8/3 (exp 8/31) have 2 of these

Price before coupons: $10.23
Price after coupons: $3.23
ecb earned: $5.50 ($4.00 for Colgate and $1.50 for Oral B)

2nd Purchase:
(4) Pert Plus shampoos: $3.69 each Buy One Get One Free
(4) Sure Spray: $2.89 each Buy One Get One Free
Used these coupons:
-$2.00/$10.00 purchase
-$2.00 off any Pert Plus, SmartSource insert 6/29 (exp 8/31)
-$2.00 off Pert Plus, SmartSource insert 5/11 (exp 8/16)
-$2.00 off Pert Plus, SmartSource insert 8/3 (exp 9/30)
-$1.00 off Pert Plus, SmartSource 5/11 (exp 8/16)
-$1.00 off Sure Aerosol, SS 6/29 (exp 9/30) have 3 of these
-$1.00 off Sure Aerosol, SmartSource insert 8/3 (exp 10/31)

Price before coupons: $13.16
Price after coupons: $.16
Total spent so far: $3.39

3rd Transaction:
Gillette Fusion Power Razor: $9.99
Oral B Toothbrush $2.49
Used these coupons:
-$2.00/$10.00 purchase
-$1.00 Oral B Advantage Toothbrush PG 8/3 (exp 8/31)
-$4.00 Gillette Fusion razor PG 8/3 (exp 8/31)
-$5.50 ecb from Purchase #1

Price before coupons: $12.48
Price after coupons & ecb: $0.00
ecb earned: $4.50 ($3.00 from razor and $1.50 from toothbrush)

According to the rules from Kingdom's First Challenge, I can only do 3 transactions so as far as HER challenge goes I would have to stop here. I haven't spent $5.00 cash yet as far as the $5.00 Charity Challenge goes so here's my last transaction to complete my charity shopping.

4th Transaction:
(2) Kleenex facial tissues: $1.29 each Buy one Get one Free
no coupons for this

Total cash spent: $4.68 plus whatever tax will be
Items purchased to donate to charity (I am trying to decide between 3)
2 Colgate Toothpastes
2 Oral B Toothbrushes
2 Dawn dish liquids
4 Pert Plus shampoo & conditioners
4 Sure Aerosol deodorants
1 Gillette Fusion Power Razor
2 Kleenex Facial tissue boxes

CVS $5.00 Challenge 7/28

Here's my weekly $5.00 challenge I like to participate in. If you want to see more scenarios be sure to check out Alyssa's blog at Keeping the Kingdom First. She is the host of the weekly "CVS $5.00 Challenge"

*RULES*

1. Come up with your best scenario/scenarios for the upcoming week at CVS using the current weekly ad, monthly deals, and coupons available. Your budget for Out of Pocket (OOP) expenses on the first transaction is only $5.00 (either cash OOP or ECBs on hand).

2. Using up to (3) scenarios (we don't want to overwhelm the newbies with too many transactions), offer up your best scenarios to "grow" that $5.00 into more ECBs to use in following weeks.

3. If you want to divide your $5.00 allowance over the three scenarios to make them work, that's fine!

4. Be sure to list coupons by inserts and/or with links to printables to make it easier for everyone to follow along.

Transaction #1

2 Sure Deodorants ($2.89 each) = $5.78

2 Trident Xtra Care Gum ($1.49 each) = $2.98

3 Mentos candy (2/$1.00) = $1.50

Used coupons:

- 1.00 off Sure Deodorant from SmartSource insert 6/29

- 2.89 Sure (BOGOF) from SmartSource insert 6/29

- 1.49 Trident Gum (BOGOF) from SmartSource insert 7/20

-.55 Mentos (have 2 of these) from SmartSource insert 5/18

Paid $2.98 with Extracare bucks from last week

Paid .80 cash

Earned $4.00 ECB ($3.00 from Sure deodorant; $1.00 from Trident)

Transaction #2

Band-Aid Ultra Strips $2.99

CVS Cleansing Towelette $3.49

Used Coupons:

-$1.00 on Band-Aid Ultra Strips from Valassis insert 6/22/08

-$2.00/1 on CVS Skincare from CVS Beauty handbook

Paid with $3.00 ECB from last week

Paid $.48 cash

Earned $3.00 more ECB to bring my total for today to $7.00 to spend next week

CVS $5.00 Challenge 7/14

Check out Alyssa's blog at Keeping the Kingdom First for other people involved in this fun challenge!

*RULES*

1. Come up with your best scenario/scenarios for the upcoming week at CVS using the current weekly ad, monthly deals, and coupons available. Your budget for Out of Pocket (OOP) expenses on the first transaction is only $5.00 (either cash OOP or ECBs on hand).

2. Using up to (3) scenarios (we don't want to overwhelm the newbies with too many transactions), offer up your best scenarios to "grow" that $5.00 into more ECBs to use in following weeks.

3. If you want to divide your $5.00 allowance over the three scenarios to make them work, that's fine!

4. Be sure to list coupons by inserts and/or with links to printables to make it easier for everyone to follow along.

My Scenarios:

First purchase -

(3) CVS Facial Cleansing Towelettes $3.49 each

(1) Bayer aspirin $4.99

Total = 15.46


Used these coupons:

-$3.00/$15.00 coupon

-$2.00 Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage (exp 8-31-08) Valassis insert 6/29/08

(3)-$2.00 CVS Skincare coupon

New Total = $4.46

ECB's earned = $5.00 ($3.00 for towelettes & $2.00 for Bayer)

2nd Purchase-

(2) Well Patch heat wraps $5.99 x 2 = 11.98

(1) Neutrogena Mascara $5.99

Total = $17.97

-$3.00/$15.00 coupon

(2)-$1.00 Well Patch coupon from 7/13 Smartsource insert

(2)-$1.00 off printable coupon any Neutrogena product

-5.00 ECB from transaction #1

New Total = $5.97

ECB's earned = $10.00 ($6.00 for Well Patch & $4.00 for mascara)

3rd Purchase-

(1) Speed Stick $3.99

(1) Gillette Shampoo $4.99

(1) CVS 6x8 photo book $7.99

Total: $16.97

-$3.00/$15.00 coupon

-$1.50 Speed Stick CVS coupon from scanner

-$1.00 Gillette Shampoo coupon from 7/13 Red Plum insert

-10.00 ecbs from 2nd purchase

New Total: $1.47 out of pocket

ECB's earned: $10.99 for next week's challenge

CVS $5.00 Challenge

This is something new I am going to start participating in on a weekly basis. It's fun to see others scenarios they come up with. I'll post mine here and then you can head over to Keeping the Kingdom First to check out what deal scenarios others have come up with.





Here's the Rules:

1. Come up with your best scenario/scenarios for the upcoming week at CVS using the current weekly ad, monthly deals, and coupons available. Your budget for Out of Pocket (OOP) expenses on the first transaction is only $5.00 (either cash OOP or ECBs on hand).

2. Using up to (3) scenarios (we don't want to overwhelm the newbies with too many transactions), offer up your best scenarios to "grow" that $5.00 into more ECBs to use in following weeks.

3. If you want to divide your $5.00 allowance over the three scenarios to make them work, that's fine!

4. Be sure to list coupons by inserts and/or with links to printables to make it easier for everyone to follow along.

Here's my scenarios I came up with:
Scenario #1
(2) Dawn Dish soap 2/$1.00
(1) CVS Cleansing Towelettes $2.99
(1) Stridex Face Cleanser $3.99
(1) CVS Pantiliners $1.99
(1) Febreze Fabric Refresher $3.99
(1) Febreze Air Effects $2.50

Use these coupons:
(2) -1.00/1 Dawn soap from P&G 7/6 insert
(1) -2.00/1 CVS skincare purchase from CVS Beauty handbook
(1) -1.00/1 Stridex coupon from 6/1 Valassis insert
(1) -3.00 CRT coupon for face skin care
(1) -.50 Febreze Fabric Refresher from Home Made Simple coupon booklet
(1) Buy One Fabric Refresher Get One Air Effects Free from P&G 7/6 insert
(1) -.50 Febreze Air Effects from Home Made Simple coupon booklet

Pay 4.96 oop / get 4.49 ecb

Scenario #2 (I have 2 sets of these coupons)
(1) Febreze Fabric Refresher $3.99
(1) Febreze Air Effects $2.50
(2) Sure Anti-Perspirant 2 x $2.79 = $5.58

(1) -.50 Febreze Fabric Refresher from Home Made Simple coupon booklet
(1) Buy One Fabric Refresher Get One Air Effects Free from P&G 7/6 insert
(1) -.50 Febreze Air Effects from Home Made Simple coupon booklet
(1) Buy One Get One Free Sure coupon from SS 6/29
(1) -$1.00 /1 coupon from SS 6/29

Pay $4.78 oop / get $8.00 ecb (because I got $5.00 from finishing the Febreze deal I started in Scenario #1)