CVS is running an ExtraCare Bucks promotion this week involving Easter Candy. The deal goes like this: Buy $10 worth of Easter candy and you will receive $3 ECB’s.

Well, my favorite part about ECB deals that require a certain dollar amount be purchased is that it doesn’t have to all be purchased in the same trip, just throughout the same week!

As for the cheap Orbit Gum… the 3-packs are on sale for $1.50 this week at CVS, combine that with the $1 printable coupon for any Orbit multipack, and you have yourself 3 packs of gum for only $0.50!

UPDATE: Coupon no longer available, but if you had already printed it now is the time to use it!

It gets better… the Orbit Gum multipacks are apart of the Easter Candy deal! I didn’t realize this until after I looked at my receipt when I got home today.

I bought two multipacks of gum, used two $1 off coupons, paid only $1 out-of-pocket for the two packs of gum, and am $3 closer to the $10 minimum to earn $3 ECB’s!!

What is your favorite flavor of Orbit gum?

A note on how I spend my ECB’s: I will only spend as many ECB’s as I earn so I won’t ever “lose” ExtraBucks. But if I can whiddle my total down with coupons so I don’t have to use as many ECB’s as I’m earning, then I “earn” ExtraBucks.

For example, if a bottle of shampoo costs $3.00, but you earn $3.00 ECB’s when you buy it, then I justify using $3.00 ECB’s on that shampoo when I buy it. But if I have a coupon for that shampoo, say $1.00 off, then my total would only be $2.00, so I only have to spend $2.00 ECB’s, but I still earn the $3.00 ECB’s. That is how you make ExtraBucks, essentially making money (ECB’s are as good as cash at CVS!).

Every quarter, CVS will print extra ExtraCare Bucks on your receipt. These are ECB’s that you have earned the previous quarter (three months).

I received my e-mail this morning letting me know I would receive $2.50 ECB’s on my next receipt. Plus, I also received a $5 off $25 purchase coupon as well!

I finally made it to CVS this week to use my $5 off $30 coupon I received by e-mail. If you aren’t signed up to receive e-mail, you definitely need to do that! Here is what I bought:

1 – Pampers Cruisers, $8.88
1 – Desitin, 2 oz, $2.99
1 – Revlon Moondrops Lipstick, $6.99
1 – Listerine, 500 mL, $3.99
1 – Nivea Bodywash, $5.99
3 – CVS Pocket Tissue, $0.50 each (filler to add up to $30)

$5.00 off $30.00 Purchase
$1.00 off Pampers
$1.00 off Desitin
$2.00 off Revlon Color Cosmetic
$1.00 off Listerine
$1.00 off Listerine, CVS coupon
$1.00 off Nivea Bodywash
$1.00 ECB (Green Bag Tag)
$3.00 ECB (Sudafed)
$8.99 ECB (Zantac)

Received:
$3.00 ECB, Listerine
$5.00 ECB, Revlon Lipstick
$5.00 ECB, Nivea Bodywash

ARV: $30.33
Total OOP: $5.34

Savings: $24.99, 82.4%