Kmart Couponing

I wish I lived closer to the Kmart I went to this week. I'm sure there are deals to be had there on a regular basis but I wonder if they would ever be as sweet as my Target/Walgreens/CVS deals? I had to run by this week though because they're having their 'Double Coupon' days. You can use 5 coupons a day, up to $0.99 doubled. That was worth it to me.

(5) General Mills Cereals (Orig. $3.99, sale 5/$10)

*Note: Not all GM were on sale, only select ones

used (5) $0.75 coupons (no longer available) that they doubled

(2) Hartz Crunch Clean Cat Treats (Orig. $1.99)

used (2) $1.50/1 coupons (no longer available)

Spent OOP: $3.48

Original Cost of Items: $23.93

Savings: $20.45

86% Savings!

 

Does anyone shop at Kmart regularly with coupons? I'd like to know about your experiences and if the trip is worth it!

Christmas TOYS Shopping Extravaganza!!!

So, yesterday was the big day for most Targets across the country. 75% off select toys. Many were already on clearance and were marked down even further! I'm so glad I read deals forum boards sometimes. This was definitely not the sale to miss! 

(not pictured: screenprinting kit, 7 SkelAnimals the dd picked out and are sleeping on her bed now)

I have now just about covered 6 children's Christmases, a couple items for a teen, 3 children's birthdays, a couple toys to donate to Toys for Tots (which we usually do anyway) and I stocked away several things I know sell pretty well on Ebay at Christmas time. Do you know how I know? I bought very similar items last year! lol I didn't load up 7 carts like I heard some people did and were clearly only there to gather it all to sell on Ebay. But I did buy several things to sell. I figure, the money made off them will buy the Christmas presents for the rest of my family. Win win situation for me!

None of the 4 Targets I went to had Legos or Star Wars on sale like so many people are saying their stores had. Those are the two main things I was shopping for. I did however score a few Playmobil pieces, so I'm very happy with that.

I bought 55 toys with an average spent of: $3.18 a piece. I call this a fabulous deal!

Spent OOP: $174.75

Original Costs: $699.00

Savings: $524.25

75% Savings!!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's Post - Almost free CEREAL & Cat Treats!

Walmart Weirdness

I went to Wally World looking for things I couldn't find at Target. Couldn't find them there either but I thought I'd use up some coupons I had in the meantime.

Purina Kitten Chow (Orig. $3.98)

used FREE up to $2.19 or $2.19 off coupon 5/2/10 SS

Organix Shampoo (Orig. $5.94)

* MAKE SURE TO LOOK for 2-for-1 bottles (see pic, bottom shelf where they're almost gone!) Had a free Conditioner attached to it.*

* has a $5 rebate attached to bottle - when you buy 2 Organix and Alice In Wonderland Blu Ray, which I did here*

(6) Natural Instincts Hair Color (Orig. $5.97)

used (3) $5/2 coupons 7/11/10 RP

*WEIRD! - Cashier took $5 of EACH hair color instead*

Copy Paper (Orig. $3.25, sale $2.50) - needed

Spent OOP: $16.05

Original Cost of Items: $54.93 ( Included the price of two Organix)

Savings: $38.88

71% Savings!

Rebate - Will receive a $5 rebate

All in all this was a very good trip. Don't know why the cashier took $5 off each bottle but I'll take it. What is the coupon etiquette on that? Should I have turned around after I discovered the mistake and gone back? Hmmm, will have to think on that moral dilemma.

Back to Target for MORE DEALS!

After coming home from Target 2 days ago, I found several more deals that I could do. So back I went yesterday to save myself some more money. Now the only hard part will be keeping the family from eating all the pretzels in one week!

*NOTE: Please excuse the photos. I put everything up before I realized I had not taken a photo. So here are individual photos taken on the stockpile shelves.*

(4) Tide travel size (Orig. $0.97)

used (4) $1/1 coupon 7/4 P&G

(8) Snyders of Hanover Pretzels (Orig. $2.24-$2.59)

used (8) coupons 5/23 SS and 7/25 SS

used (8) Target coupons here

(2) Chef Boyardee (Orig. $1.29, $0.89)

used (2) Target coupons here

(3) Aquafresh Kids Toothpaste (Orig. $1.62)

used (3) $1/1 coupons here

used (3) $0.50/1 Target coupons here

(7) Purina Friskies Cat Treats (Orig. $1.42)

used (4) $1/2 Target coupon here

used (6) B1G1 free coupons 7/18 SS (they took off of each one, essentially making them free)

(2) BIC Pen set (Orig. $1.00)

used $1/1 Target coupon here
used $1/1 Target coupon, came in home mailer

(2) Papermate Pen set (Orig. $1.00, sale $0.50)

used $0.50/1 Target coupon here
used $1/1 Target coupon, came in home mailer 

3 Musketeers (Orig. $0.69) - filler

Lipton Cold Brew (Orig. $2.54) - no sale, just needed

(2) MP Sugar Substitute (Orig. $1.79) -  no sale, just needed

used 39 coupons in all, plus my order (with candy bar) was just over $50, so I received a $5 GC to use another time (found the $5/$50 deal in a Target home mailer.)

Spent OOP: $6.79 (The total OOP is a bit off, the cashier did a bit of fiddling with the coupons and for some reason I saved another $4.98, weird but I'll take it!! lol)

Original Cost of Items: $51.55

Savings: $44.76

87% Savings!

If you subtract the GC, the savings is 97%!!

Target - A 56 Coupons Day!

Target had the best steals deals this week, I could not pass them up! It was all too perfect really, the exact ingredients to make a child happy on the exact day she is struck down with a cold. What could be better?

(2) Dole Salad Mixes (Orig. $2.39, sale $1.99/0.99)

used (2) $1/1 coupons won here

(20) Chef Boyardee (Orig. $1.29, sale $0.89)

used (16) $1/1Target coupons here

used (4) $1.50/4 coupons here

* Rec'd 4 of these cans free - some cans had coupon 'Get can whole wheat Boyardee w/3 cans purchase') *

(8) Juicy Juice 8 pk (Orig. $2.24)

used (2) $2/4 coupons here

used (8) $1/1 Target coupons here

(5) Bagel Bites (Orig. $2.24)

used (5) $1/1 Target coupons here

used (3) $1/1 coupons 6/13/10 SS

used (2) $1/1 coupons here

(6) SOBE drinks (Orig. $1.59, sale $10/10)

used (3) $0.50 Target coupons here

used (3) B1G1 free coupons won here

(4) Papermate Pen pks (Orig. $1.00, sale $0.50)

used (4) $0.50/1 Target coupons here

(4) BIC Pen pks (Orig. $1.00)

used (4) $1/1 Target coupons here

We also saw that Star Wars/Clone Wars sheets were on sale. They weren't marked 'sale' but the twin sheets were $19.97 and the full sheet set was $7.27. My daughter LOVES Star Wars so this was a deal we couldn't pass up!

Clone Wars Sheet Set (Orig. $29.90, sale $7.27) 

Spent OOP: $14.22 (The total OOP is a bit off, the cashier did a bit of fiddling with the free cans price so I probably should have paid $16.88, I don't mind the extra savings! lol)

Original Cost of Items: $107.14

Savings: $92.92

87% Savings!

It's been a stellar week of savings. I think I might just stop here for the week unless something else pops up I can't stand to live without! Walgreen deals didn't look too much fun so I'll hang onto my little RR I have for next week. Ta-ta for now!

* My poor sick babe sleeping peacefully in her new Star Wars sheets (with a cat nearby to take care of her.)

7-25 CVS Visits 97% Savings!!!

Yesterday was one of the busiest days. Between church, lunch, pet sitting, cleaning, packing DH for a trip, picking up his rental car, packing it, a late dinner and all the other things that go on with a Sunday/weekend day; it was amazing that I was even able to pop into a CVS to get any good deals! And I did it not once, but twice. The first time I was there I was quick because I had a list. But I did see that several things were in the clearance. So the next time I was home, I picked up my coupon box and went back to the store.  I got an amazing amount of loot in these visits!

CVS Visit #1

I started out with $28.97 in ECBs to use on my CVS trips...

(2) L'Oreal Everstrong Shampoo (Orig. $6.99, sale $5.99)

used (2) $1/1 coupons 7/18/10 SS

(2) Aveeno Positively Ageless Sunblock (Orig. $11.99)

used (2) $5/1 coupons here

U by Kotex Tampons (Orig. $5.29, sale $4.99) 

used $1/1 coupon here

Clairol ColorSeal Hair Treatment (Orig. $4.49, clearance $1)

(2) Physicans Formula Makeup (Orig. $1.99, clearance $0.25)

Spent OOP: $0.51 (After spending all my $28.97 ECBs on the order)

Original Cost of Items: $51.72

Savings: $51.21

99% of Savings

ECBs - Received $19.99 for another trip

CVS Visit #2

I started out with $19.99 in ECBs from above to use on this CVS trip...

(2) L'Oreal Everstrong Shampoo (Orig. $6.99, sale $5.99)

used (2) $1/1 coupons 7/18/10 SS

U by Kotex Tampons (Orig. $5.29, sale $4.99) 

used $1/1 coupon here 

(7) Clairol Nice-n-Easy Perfect 10 Hair Kir (Orig. 13.99, clearance $2)

used (7) $2/1 coupons 7/4/10 P&G

(2) Covergirl Eyeliner (Orig. $6.99, clearance $1.25)

used (2) $1/1 coupons 6/6/10 P&G and 7/4/10 P&G

Covergirl Lipstick (Orig. $5.99, clearance $1.25)

used $1/1 coupon 7/4/10 P&G

(3) L'Oreal Expert Hair Color (Orig. $14.29, clearance $2)
L'Oreal Preference Hair Color (Orig. $9.69, clearance $1)
can't remember what $1/1 coupon I used

Spent OOP: $5.72 (After spending $15.00 ECBs on the order)

Original Cost of Items: $180.04

Savings: $174.32

97% of Savings

ECBs - $4.99 leftover + received $9.99 = $14.98 for another trip

Rebate - Will receive a $20 rebate

Total savings for these 2 trips:

Spent: $6.23

Original Cost of Items: $231.76

Savings: $225.53

97% of Savings

ECBs - $14.98 for future use at CVS

Stay tuned for tomorrow's fantabulous, blow you away Target shopping trip!

Dumpster Diving & FREE Frappes

Yesterday I dragged the little one and hubby to the local paper recycling bin. It's the third time we've done this in the last month. So I think they're finally getting over the embarrassment of throwing the child in the bin to hand us newspapers and hubby and I standing at the car going through the piles of papers. In deference to them, I do 'try' to hurry along, I know exactly what I'm looking for so that makes it easier.

This time was a huge score. Usually we'll get a pile of coupons to cut and file in my coupon box and maybe 8 different Smart Source/Red Plum inserts.

We came up with tons of coupons I had to cut...

and a whopping 24 inserts of Smart Source/Red Plum/P&G. Major fabulous!

I rewarded both of them for their hard work with coupons we found in the bin for FREE Smoothie or Frappe from McDonalds. I call that a sweet reward! (You can find the coupon stuck inside some of the 7/18/10 Parade mag inserts.) We found so many, we have 2 leftover for another day! Yum yum. The smoothies are okay but the caramel frappe is uber scrumptious!