Ani Coupon Shops!!

Okay, so it's not really that exciting because Ani has no idea what she is doing exactly. Well, maybe she has a little bit of an idea. Mainly she did whatever I told her to do! I'm hoping the concept is making it's way in... Hopefully we'll go again while she's here, and this time she will get to do the brain work to see if it'll help it seep in a little more.

CVS didn't really have super good deals this week, at least I don't think so. You may wonder why she bought the things she bought. The real answer is - mostly TO EARN ECB!!


PURCHASED
Bandaids - $1.99
Smart Rinse - $3.49 x 2 = $6.98 ($1 off coupon here, she didn't have it though)
Toothbrushes - $6.99
TOTAL: $15.96
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Used $3 off $15 coupon
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New TOTAL: approx $13.30 (after tax - paid cash)
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Earned $15.96 in ECB
- So she earned more back than she paid out.
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Basic idea with shopping at CVS is to only buy their deals, try to combine it with coupons when you can, use a $3 off $15 or $4 off $20 (or whatever CVS gives you) coupon, and buy things that give you ECB back.

So, when we go shopping again, the idea is for Ani to buy $15.96 worth of stuff, and have the stuff she buys give her that much back in ECB. If she uses her coupons right, she might only pay $10 in ECB and receive $16 back in ECB. So, while she might be buying some strange things that normally she would never buy, hopefully from now on she won't be paying much of anything with real money, and she will be receiving more ECB than she spends.