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!

July 18th Target Deals

Sometimes when couponing you're not going to get everything for free. But, as in the case of this week, I had birthday presents to buy. The coupons came in handy and saved me a good deal. I also came upon a full rebate offer, see below. All in all, great Target shopping!

TARGET Visit #1

My bill was much higher than normal this week because I was buying birthday presents of Play-doh. I'm going to have one happy girl on my hands come August 4th.

(2) Right Guard Travel Size (Orig. $0.99)

used (4) $1/1 coupons here

(4) Olay Body Bar (Orig. $0.99)

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

(2) Sally Hansen Nailcolor Pens (Orig. $7.29, clearance $1.82)
(2 Pantene Products (Orig. $3.49)

used B1G1 free coupon 6/27/10 Parade Mag insert

(4) Pantene Travel size (Orig. $0.97)

used (4) $1/1 coupons 6/27/10 P&G

(2) Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kits (Orig. $0.99)

used (2) $2/2 coupon here

(10) Subject Notebooks (Orig. $0.99, sale $0.25, rang up at $0.15)

Play-doh Burger Builder (Orig. $15.99)

used $5/1 coupon won playing Play-doh game

Play-doh Spaghetti Factory (Orig. $10.98, clearance $7.68)

used $2/1 coupon won playing Play-doh game 

Armour All Wipes (Orig. $3.99)

used $3/1 coupon - now expired

Armour All Wipes (Orig. $3.99)

used $2/1 coupon here

Spent OOP: $23.89

Original Cost of Items: $78.21

Savings: $54.32

69% of Savings

TARGET Visit #2

The teen and I made a second Target visit after I was there the first time and saw that Veet was in the clearance, AND after we learned of the full rebate on the lunch bag. Couldn't pass up those deals!

(8) SOBE drinks (Orig. $1.59, sale $1.00)

used (4) B1G1 free coupons won here

(4) Veet Hair Removal w/free tube of same (Orig. $8.80, clearance $7.48)

used $3/1 Target coupon here

used $3/1 coupon here

Embark Lunch bag (Orig. $3.99)

inside has a coupon booklet worth $10 and a rebate of $4.97 back

Spent OOP: $13.91

Original Cost of Items: $45.55

Savings: $31.64

70% of Savings

Rebate: $4.97 coming

 

Total savings for these 2 trips:

Spent: $37.80 - rebate $4.97 = $32.83

Original Cost of Items: $123.76

Savings: $90.93

73% of Savings

Money Maker at Office Depot!

I am super excited about this rebate opportunity. Imagine, getting things for free, in fact it's a money maker! Watch and see how. Hurry, tomorrow (July 24th) is the last day to purchase your items to be eligible AND to use the $10/$25 coupon.

(4) Purell Hand Soaps $4.99 ea

Expo Dry Erase Markers $5.29

used $10/$25 purchase here

Hand Soap rebate form (can do up to 5 bottles)

Expo Markers rebate form (can do 1 package)

Cost: $25.25 - $10/$25 purchase coupon = $15.25

Rebates: $25.25

Money Maker value: $10.00

Now we're all ready for cold season with the hand soap and the markers will come in handy with homeschool math problems. What a fun money maker!