On this trip I paid $12.70 out of pocket for $23.98 worth of items. I was trying to make this my last CVS trip as I want to take a break for the rest of the year, but I miscalculated and actually got items that gave me ECBs that I do not want to go to waste. I got the diabetes monitor for my father and since this is November there may be another sale on diabetes supplies at the end of the month.
I will perform my last CVS 2010 transaction in November and will have December to plan for next year. I am going to use up all the ECBs on my final trip, which might be the next one and will also end up spending some cash like I did today. I will make my last trip for some items that do not give ECBs so that I will not have an excuse to come back.
Transaction 1
Item: Diabetic monitor
Price: $14.98
CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $5.00
MFR Coupon used: $5.00
Item: Razor and body wash combo
Price: $8.98
CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $4.00
MFR coupon used: $0
Total coupons used: $3.00 ECB + $5.00 MFR
Total paid today: $4.60 , on gift card so the gift card is EMPTY.
Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned today: $9.00
Total out of pocket to date: $28.54
Gift Card balance : $0.00
Total CVS Extra Care Bucks earned to date: $165.43
CVS Extra Care Bucks Used to date: $156.43
CVS Extra Care Bucks Balance: $9.00
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.
you are daibetic ? 🙁
No I am not…I get the monitors for my father.
How much money did you have on the gift card since it almost lasted an entire year?
That’s such a smart way of shopping at CVS, since it’s easy to go overboard.
I might try that for next year. Thanks for the idea.
I started off the year with a $50 gift card….if I had paid more attention I could have gone a full year without using any of my own money and just shopped using the gift card and rolling extra bucks.
That is my plan for next year. I am taking December off and then will start of in January with another $50 gift card and will go one full year using that only.
Thanks for the great idea. I’ll definitely try to use this once the new CVS is built in my neighborhood.
WTG!! Good deals!!