Today I paid $0 out of pocket for $14.27 worth of items. I actually sort of spent money because I used a gift card but since that gift card was earned from spending money on other things I do not count it as ‘spending’ since it is not additional money.

I also let Baz use the gift card to get some stuff since I messed up his CVS run last week and I don’t have the receipts but I used up an additional $7.68 for his purchases so the gift card balance below is correct.

Transaction 1

Item: Irish spring body wash

Price: $4.99

CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $4.00 on 2 (I thought it was on one so I had to get the second one in a separate transaction…..oops)

Transaction 2

Item: ACT mouthwash

Price: $4.29

CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $1.00

Item: Irish spring body wash

Price: $4.99

Total coupons used: $7ECB from last time + $1.00MFR

Total out of pocket today: $5.68 paid with gift card

Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned today: $5.00

Total out of pocket to date: $213.22

Gift Card balance : $36.64

Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned to date: $612.55

CVS Extra Care Bucks Used to date: $607.55

CVS Extra Care Bucks Balance: $5.00

Abbreviations used

MFR = manufacturer coupon

ECB = extra care bucks

Join me next time as I look for more ways to save money as I visit CVS.