My $0.31 purchase

Today at CVS I bought:
2 Colgate toothpastes
A Colgate toothbrush
A 3 pack of Irish Springs soap
2 Softsoap hand soaps
1 bottle of Softsoap Radiant body wash
all for $0.31! Yes, that is 31 cents!!

So, I'm trying something new after reading about CVS and their extra care bucks on other websites like centsiblesavings and iheartcvs, thanks to Greg's cousin Sara whose blog introduced me to these money saving tips.

So CVS sells things that earn you Extra Care Bucks (ECBs or "paper money.") The key to using the ECBs is to spend it on things that give you more ECBs, so you are always rotating paper money, and of course this works better too when you stack manufacturer's coupons on top on these already sale items.

Now, I'm still learning the drill and didn't do too well, because I spent 12 ECBs and only earned 5 back, so technically I spent 7 paper money. When I get really good at this, I will hopefully buy things that give me more ECBs than I use to pay for my purchase. I'll keep everyone posted! And darn it that I had a $1 off man. coupon that I forgot about, so instead of spending 12 ECBs, I could have only spent 11, ugh!