2010-05-09 -- ZERO !

I began with 9.00ECB.

Regular Prices:
4.49 Dove Chocolate (9.5oz)
2.99 Progresso Soup
2.99 Progresso Soup
1.99 Bowl Appetit
1.99 Bowl Appetit
1.99 CVS Escape Body Wash
1.99 CVS Tranquil Body Wash
1.69 CVS Essence of Beauty Scrub
0.99 CVS Hair Gel

21.11 TOTAL Regular Prices

Sale Prices:
3.00 Dove Chocolate (9.5oz)
2.99 Progresso Soup
2.99 Progresso Soup
1.99 Bowl Appetit
1.99 Bowl Appetit
1.99 CVS Escape Body Wash
1.99 CVS Tranquil Body Wash
1.69 CVS Essence of Beauty Scrub
0.99 CVS Hair Gel

19.62 TOTAL Sale Prices

Coupons and Discounts Applied:
2.99 STORE BOGO Progresso Soup
1.99 STORE BOGO Bowl Appetit
1.00 STORE BOGO Half "Any CVS Beauty Brand"
2.00 STORE Coupon "Save $2 on Any 2 BodyWash"
2.00 STORE Coupon "Save $2 on Any Essence of Beauty"
1.00 STORE Coupon "Any CVS Haircare"
1.00 MANUFACTURER Coupon "Save $1 on Dove"
4.50 ExtraBuck
1.95 ExtraBuck (reduced from 2.00ECB)
1.50 ExtraBuck

19.93 TOTAL Coupons and Discounts

Yup, it happens rarely, but my balance came to a negative 31 cents.  I had only 31 cents in taxes, so my out-of-pocket expense was EXACTLY ZERO.

You will also notice that my ECB amount has been decimated.  I began with 9.00ECB and spent 8.00ECB (actually only 7.95ECB since my total was negative and CVS can't pay me an actual nickel to shop).  That leaves me with just 1ECB.

Frankly, the ECB offers for the past couple months have been for items that are either too pricey or too unnecessary (or both). It has become harder and harder to find items that were WORTH buying, so I opted to stop the rolling on this card, cash out my ECBs to buy things that I (mostly) needed that were fairly priced.  Even then, the bodywashes will get donated to charity and the Essence of Beauty tchotchke will get tossed into the XMAS Box for gifting at the holidays.

A measly 1ECB is all that remains for Household1.