The CVS $5 Challenge: July 6-12th

Welcome to a new week of The CVS $5 Challenge. Last week was fantastic! Thanks to all who participated.

This week may prove to be a bit more difficult, since the deals are slim. Let’s see what you come up with!

Here are the rules of the Challenge:

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.

*The CVS ECB game can be tricky and intimidating to newbies who’ve never tried it or to those out there who are new to coupons in general.

*When starting the CVS ECB game, it’s best to set a low OOP budget, like $5.00, and “grow” your ECBs over multiple transactions.

*Many of us are very experienced at the CVS ECB game; this is a chance to use that knowledge to help beginners throughout the blogosphere.

There you have it! A new way to play the CVS ECB game by helping newbies learn the ropes. And who knows – you just might be inspired yourself by some of the deals you find, too!

Have a $5.00 CVS Challenge scenario you’d like to share? Post it at your blog, then add your post’s permalink below. Please link directly to your post and link back to Keeping the Kingdom First, too. Thanks!

Don’t have a blog? You can leave a comment with your scenario, too.

Wondering how to start a blog? Read my post here.

I invite everyone to participate in The $5.00 CVS Challenge – no deal is too small, believe me! I can’t wait to see what y’all come up with!