Frugal Friday #3: CVS Extra Care Bucks
April 13, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under frugal friday, frugal living, money saving idea
It is late and I just realized it is Frugal Friday. lol It’s been a hectic week! Good thing I just got some great deals at CVS that I can tell you about. Here’s what I got for $8.02, including tax :
1 Aleve Liquid 20 ct (sale price $4.00)
1 CVS maxi-pads 24 ct (clearanced 40% off)
5 Softsoap Cashmere bodywash ($4.49 each)
1 CVS cotton balls ($1.49)
1 Real Simple magazine ($4.50)
2 Oral-B Pulsar Pro-Health toothbrushes (sale price $4.99 each)
1 TRESemme styling product (sale price $4.27)
1 Excedrin Back and Body 24 ct (sale price $3.00)
1 package Peeps (50% off)
So, I’m sure you’re wondering how I got over $50 worth of stuff for $8. Here’s how it works:
Each week, check the CVS flyer to see if there are any items that you can get for free. If there are items, then first you must invest a few dollars to get that item. Instantly your CVS Extra Care Bucks (ECB) will print off for the price of the item and then you can use them to get more stuff.
These are my transactions:
1. Aleve
2. 1 Softsoap – I used my $4.00 ECB and spent 52 cents (including tax).
3. 1 toothbrush – I used the $4.49 ECB from the Softsoap and spent .53.
4. 1 toothbrush – I used the $4.99 ECB from the toothbrush and spent 0.
5. 1 TreSemme produce, 1 Excedrin – I used the $4.99 ECB from the toothbrush and I had a $2 ECB that printed when I bought the Aleve (I guess from some purchases I made a few weeks ago) and spent .30.
6. 2 Softsoap – 1.83
7. 2 Softsoap – 0
8. 1 pad, 1 Softsoap, cotton balls, 1 Peeps (I needed to buy the Peeps because I had a negative balance) – $1.06
9. Real Simple Magazine – .01 I used my remaining ECB of $4.49 to get something that I wanted. 
Have you had much luck using the CVS Extra Care Bucks?
wow, this is great! I am trying so hard to learn to use coupons, and I just got my extra bucks cvs card yesterday, but for some stupid reason I cant create an account, keeps giving me an error reading. I emailed the company hope they help me.
any advise for a newbie?
I went to walmart today, used my coupons my bill was 217.42 – my coupons savings that brought my bill down to 202.41- I wish I could save more.
ginai