CVS Savings Scenario 2/1 thru 2/7

I'll be posting my favorite CVS scenario each week. I'll also provide a link to a site that runs the weekly CVS $5 Challenge....she's done a great job running this challenge and sharing the deals at CVS with everyone on the blogosphere.









The rules are simple - get as much stuff from CVS as possible without spending more than $5 out of pocket (oop). She's got scenarios for CVS "newbies", too (those who don't have ECBs already).

Here's my first attempt:
Colgate deal (buy $15 worth of Colgate-Palmolive products and get $5 ECBs)

• 2 tubes of Colgate Total paste 2/$5
• 2 Colgate 360 toothbrushes 2/$5
• 2 tubes of Colgate Kids toothpaste 2/$5
• Gillette Shampoo (monthly deal) $4.99/bottle
• 3 Hershey's candy bars 3/$1.50 (V-day gifts and to get me over $20)
• Total cost = $21.45
• Now, subtract out my coupons as follows
• -$4 off of a purchase of $20
• -2/$1 coupons for Colgate toothpaste
• -2/$1 coupons for Colgate toothbrushes
• -2/.75 coupons for Colgate kids toothpaste
• -1/$2 coupon for Gillette shampoo
• TOTAL COUPONS = $11.50 which means I would owe $9.95 (not bad, but...)
• ECBs from last week = $10.00, so I would owe NOTHING!
• AND...I earn $8 in ECBs for next week!