2010-04-01 = $5.17

-- started with 3.50ECB, including my 1.50ECB promotional award for my First Quarter 2010 purchases.

Regular Prices:
5.99 Nivea Touch of Honeydew
5.99 Nivea Touch of Waterlilly
5.99 Nivea Touch of Waterlilly
5.49 Gillette ClearShield RollOn
5.49 Gillette ClearShield RollOn
4.99 Gillette BodyWash
4.99 Gillette BodyWash
3.89 Crest Vivid 3D (4oz)
0.99 CVS Coastal Rain Shampoo

43.41 TOTAL Regular Prices

Sale Prices:
5.99 Nivea Touch of Honeydew
5.99 Nivea Touch of Waterlilly
5.99 Nivea Touch of Waterlilly
2.75 Gillette ClearShield RollOn
1.37 Gillette ClearShield RollOn
3.99 Gillette BodyWash
3.99 Gillette BodyWash
2.99 Crest Vivid 3D (4oz)
0.99 CVS Coastal Rain Shampoo

34.05 TOTAL Sale Prices

Coupons and Discounts Applied:
4.00 STORE Coupon "Save $4 Off $20 Skincare"
1.00 STORE Coupon "Any CVS Hair Care"
5.99 MANUFACTURER Coupon "Free Gillette BodyWash"
5.99 MANUFACTURER Coupon "Free Gillette BodyWash"
4.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "$4 Off on 2 Deodorant"
2.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "$2 Off Nivea"
2.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "$2 Off Nivea"
2.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "$2 Off Nivea"
1.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "$1 Off Any Crest"
2.00 ExtraBuck
1.50 ExtraBuck

31.48 TOTAL Coupons and Discounts

I had the benefit of an over-eager assistant manager as my cashier.  I had two coupons for a "free bodywash" when I bought a Gillette deodorant product.  The ClearShield rollons were on clearance, one 75% off, the other 50% off.  The total for both came to $4.12, allowing me to use the "Save $4 on two Gillette deodorant products" coupon.  As for the free bodywash, the cashier should have deducted just $3.99 for each, as they were on sale. I advised the manager that the price was 3.99, but he went ahead and applied the $5.99 price for the Nivea.  I wasn't going to argue.

My balance came to $2.57, plus $2.60 in taxes, for a total out-of-pocket expense of $5.17. This was a rather high OOP, but I did generate 7ECB, 3.5 more than I spent.  So that makes my net "cost" just under two dollars.

I started with 3.5ECB, spent all of them, but earned 7ECB (5ECB for Nivea and 2ECB for Crest).  That leaves me with 7ECB total.