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::Update:: Checked it out today. No swimming pools on clearance yet. Most of what I found was only 30-50% off. One Target was completely wiped out in one isle so I am figuring that is where they did have some 75% off stuff. Still worth checking out though. You never know when they will mark down new stuff and every region is different, heck, every store is different!

Tagets in the Omaha area have their Summer toys, including pools, on clearance down to 75% off! I have been waiting for this for weeks now! This stuff is going to go fast so hurry out. Be sure and think ahead for birthdays, what you will need for next summer or out of the box ideas for uses out of season (I’m thinking ball pit in a baby pool!)

Thanks Abby for the heads up!

I want to keep it totally real with you guys. I have very small children and don’t have the time or the organization skills to post all the different store match-ups each week. I really want to and hopefully soon I can get my life on a semi regular schedule and set aside time to do it. In the mean time I will do the next best thing. I will give you links to people who do have them and are very good at what they do!

You can find the current Walgreens match-ups over at Hip2Save!

Money Saving Mom has the current Wal-mart match-ups!

And Stretching a Buck will give you the best deals to be had this week at Target!

 

Have fun and save big!

I finally made it out shopping tonight. Hubby was gracious enough to drive me around and entertain the kiddo while I tried to move through my shopping list as quickly as possible. I had two stops-Target and Baker’s. First was Target. I did two transactions. I used the gift cards from transaction #1 towards transaction #2.

Target

Transaction #1

3 Venus Embrace Razors $6.99 each= $20.97

1 Gillette Fusion Razor $6.99

3 Olay Body Wash $5.50 each =16.50

Total $44.46

Use 3 of the $2/1 Venus Coupons from the 2/7 PG
Use 1 of the $4/1 Fusion Coupons from the 2/7 PG
Use 3 of the Buy a Venus Razor, Get a Body Wash FREE Coupons from the 2/7 PG

-$0.05 Bag refund

Tax $2.06

Grand total $19.97 (This went on a gift card that was given to us)

Received 3x$5.00 gift cards=$15.00

I will submit my receipt for the Olay $15 Rebate making this a $10 money maker!

Transaction #2

V-day Head band and bow set 75% off $0.99

V-day 12m Pj’s 75% off $3.00

V-day party bags 75% off $0.49

V-day wrapping paper 75% off $0.89

V-day boy pencils 75% off $0.49

2 V-day Bags Dove chocolate 50% off $1.59 each= $3.18

Nursing Tank $16.99

2 Pictureka card games $5.24

-$5.00 IP here = $0.24 each

Scrabble Slam Cards $5.24

-$4.00  IP here = $1.24

Drapery rod $19.99 (Bought this for my mom. She will be reimbursing me for it)

Tax $4.09

Total $51.71

-$15 in gift cards from Transaction #1

-$0.10 Bag Refund

$36.71 (Went on the gift card given to us. We still have quite a bit left!)

I relied heavily on Hip2save this week for my deal scores so BIG shout out!

Bakers (No picture)

2 Kroger Whipped Topping $0.99 each=$1.98

Welch’s Strawberry spread $3.85

2 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls $1.85 each= $3.70 -2x $0.94/1 IP (No longer available) = $0.90 each or $1.80 total

Dayton Sale Buy 10 get $3 off

10 Pillsbury Grands biscuits $0.99 after $3.00 off -5x $1/2 IP (No longer available but you can still use the $0.30/2 MQ and get a great deal) There is also a Catalina deal-Buy 6 Pillsbury Grand biscuits get $4 OYNO. With the Coupons and the $4 Catalina the biscuits came out to $0.10 a piece. Without the Catalina they are $0.49 each.

Total including tax $13.53

Coupon savings $5.90

Store Savings $10.32

Total Savings $16.22 or 83% (isn’t that just beautiful)

I am linking this to Super Saver Saturday!

I did it. I actually went out shopping yesterday, not that I picked up much in the food category though. Mostly I went out because we had pretty much been out of bread for days and were about to be out of toilet paper. I’ll be honest, I haven’t had much motivation to go shopping. If I go during the day I have to lug my purse, grocery bags, diaper bag and 14 month old child into the store pus the baby inside of me (I imagine this is quite the sight for others to see). Plus something happens when a child starts to walk with proficiency, they don’t want to sit in the cart anymore, and there is nothing you can give them, save a sippy cup of milk, that will change their one tracked mind. If I go shopping on the evening I pretty much lose all adult time with hubby for that evening, which is much needed right now. Of the two I have decided that I will have to go to shopping at night until the weather improves and I have this baby. All you moms with multiple small children I commend you! So I stopped at three stores yesterday-Target, Walgreens and Adli. I have decided to put them all in one post because frankly I am lucky to even have the time for that right now. It will still be fun though!

First stop-Target

 

I did two transactions. I did the Huggies diapers first so that I could use the $5 gift card towards the rest of my purchases.

Transaction #1

3 Huggies Newborn Jumbo Packs @ $8.99=$26.97 – 2x $3.00 MQ & $1.50 MQ= 21.01 (with tax)

 Earned $5 Gift Card

Transaction #1

2 Pairs of 18m Pj’s for E. 50% off @ $3.48=$6.96

2pks Method disinfectant wipes marked down to $2.54 = $5.08 – 2x $2.00 TQ = $1.08 for both

Picture frame marked down 50% off $3.74

Aloe Cottonelle 12pk $7.69 -$1.00 MQ – $1.00 TQ = $5.69

3 Large Gift bags marked down 75% $.98= $2.94

2 Dinner light candles 6pk Marked down 75% $1.48 = $2.96

-$0.05 Bag refund

-$5.00 Gift card

Total $20.30

The receipt said I saved $6.05 which would be coupons and bag refund but I saved way more than that with the mark downs!

I would say that If you are looking for household items –dish towels/clothes, curtains, bedding, etc now is the time to head over to Target. All that stuff was marked down to 50% off and I am sure it will soon go to 75%!

Next was Walgreens

 

Again I did two transactions. I had a little bit of a goof up here. I was going to get the Olay quench body lotion which would get me a free Olay body washes with purchase of the lotion but they were out of the lotion and the Huggies deal I was going to do I needed to buy 10 and I didn’t realize that until I got to the store. At this point though I had already picked up a filler that I would have needed had I been able to do either deal. So I ended out using my $2 register reward from the first transaction to pay for the filler and two pieces of caramel I had to throw in in-order for my total to be above $2.00 before tax. Apparently the register didn’t like me pay for tax with the RR. Such drama. The worst part is that I didn’t realize what I had done until I was at the next store. I wanted the original filler regardless, I just would have paid cash for it. Another reason I need to go shopping without kiddo for a while!

Transaction #1

2 Pert Plus for men 3in1 $2.50=$5.00 – 2x $1.50 = $2.35 (with Tax)

Earned $2.00 Register Rewards =Free after Coupons and Register Rewards!

Transaction #2

2 Sure Men’s deodorant 2/$5 – In Ad Q 2 for $3 -2x $1.50 MQ=Free!

Lip Smackers gift set (originally $5) $1.59 (This would be the filler item that caused the trouble)

2 Caramels $.35= $.70

-$2.00

Total $.51 (with tax-let’s face it, basically all tax)

Last stop-Aldi

 

I can’t find the receipt but it was like $7.98ish

12 grain bread was marked down to $.79 a loaf

Whole wheat white was $.59 a loaf

Taco chips were $1.19 each

Red potatoes were 1.99 /5lbs

Bananas ??

I would say I am quite pleased with my spoils!

And a bonus pic of Emma girl “helping” me unpack and take pics!

Did you get any great deals this week? Leave a comment and share with us!

I made my way out in the rain this afternoon with E. in tow. Normally I would have pick a different day to avoid the rain but Hy-Vee had double coupon event and hubby is going to a men’s retreat this weekend and I wanted to send some treats with him on the cheap. And Target was the place to score free treats this week.

Here is he breakdown of what I got:

2 Skippy Crunch Peanut Butter $2.04 each –MQ $.75 & TQ $1.00 = $.29 each

2 Archer Farms Macaroons $.99 each – TQ $.99 = FREE

2 Archer Farms Brownie Bites $.99 each – TQ $.99 = FREE

2 Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal $2.69- $2.75 – MQ $3.00 = FREE plus $.36 overage

1 Duncan Hines cake $.97 – TQ $.50 = $.47

2 Kraft mini Marshmallows $1.14 each = $2.28

4 Kraft Marshmallows $1.14 each = $4.56

2 Pillsbury Toaster Strudel $1.99 each – MQ $1.00 = $.99 each

Case Logic (car cup holder-really needed) $4.99

5 Purina Cat snacks $1.89 each – MQ Try me free =FREE

2 Archer Farms Mini Artisan Bread $.99 each – TQ $.99 = FREE

 

Total before Coupon = $42.97 includes tax)

Coupons – $27.74

Total = 15.23

Savings 67%

~Note that the cashier missed my marshmallow coupons =$3 and credit for my bags = $.20 totaling $3.20. I will be stopping by customer service to get refunded. The gal who I had didn’t know what she was doing and was quite frazzled by the whole experience. Once I get my refund my new total will be $12.03 or 71%.

Here is a picture of everything that I got for FREE!!

   I have been fortunate enough in my coupon shopping experience to have only a few times where I had a cashier, or even a manager who didn’t know what they were talking about. That is where having the store’s coupon policy printed off and along with you just in case. Just whip it out and politely point out what the policy states. In the past Target has been the most notorious for being inconsistant and not having employees that were well informed about their store policy. They have greatly improved and I have found all the managers I have encountered recently to be well informed. But just in case it couldn’t hurt to keep it on hand. You can go here to print off Target’s coupon policy.

    Made a trip this evening to Target. I had a ton of coupons resulting in free or almost free items! A couple of things they didn’t carry but overall it was good. The only bummer of it all was that I got a cashier who didn’t quite know what she was doing. She allowed multiple Target coupons for the bread but not the bananas. And once she said gave me issue about the banana coupon I didn’t even try to give her the Bic coupon. I really was too tire to argue with her so I let it slide. When your total is only $3.86 for everything it’s not so bad. Some might go toe to toe but when you’re a pregnant mamma with a nine month old in the cart, a person waiting behind with one item, and a cashier with a not so great attitude I choose to cut my loses on $1.50. Oh, well.

So here’s the breakdown:

MQ=Manufacturer’s coupon   TQ=Target Coupon

2 Glade 2oz soy based candles $3.19 each MQ-Try me FREE  =FREE

4 Target Mini Artisan Bread $0.99 each  TQ- $0.99  =FREE

2.7lbs Bananas @ $0.59lb =1.51 TQ-$0.50  =$1.01

1.32lbs Pink Lady apples @ $1.59lb=$1.97  TQ-$1.00/1 lb  =$0.97

1 Healthy Choice Frozen meal $2.54  MQ -$2.oo TQ-$0.50  = $0.04

4 Bic 10ct pens $1.00 each  2 MQ- $1.00/2  TQ $1.00/2  =$1.00/4

5 All detergant Trial size $1.02  5 MQ $1.00  = $0.10 

 

Before Coupons - $26.20

Savings in Coupons- $22.34  

 Total After Coupons- $3.86 (including taxes)

Percentage of savings- 85% (Woohoo!! I think thats my best yet!)