Look What Came in the Mail Today!

I love signing up for free samples!

I got my rebate from Parents Magazine (from when I bought an embark tote at target and it came with a little card to send in if you didn't want a subscription of Parents Magazine) for $4.96.

I also got my Stayfree sample and my *Home Made Simple savings booklet! Sweet!

Target Trip 8/30 - Saved 65%

I had a great shopping trip 2 days ago and was meaning to blog about it, but my dell laptop completely pooped out on me and I had to get it fixed. Dell's at home service is pretty awesome, so now my laptop is up and running!

• (2) Axe Body Washes $3.49 each
• Used BOGO MQ
• Colgate toothpaste - on clearance for $1.48!
• Used $.75/1 Any Colgate Toothpaste MQ
• Used $1/1 Colgate Total Toothpaste Target Q
• U by Kotex Pads $2.54
• Used $1/1 Kotex U MQ
• Used $1/1 Kotex U Target Q
• 2 Bic Pens $.99 each
• Used $1/2 Bic Stationary MQ
• Used $1/2 Bic Stationary Target Q
• 2 Post It Super Sticky Notes - $1 ea
• Used (2) $1/1 Post It Super Sticky Notes MQ
• 2 Root Awakening (Shampoo & Conditioner) $5.99 ea
• Used (2) $3/1 Root Awakening MQ
• Used $3/2 John Frieda TQ

Total OOP: $7.73 (before tax); $9.65 w/ tax
Total Saved: $20.23 or 65%!

Target Trip 8/26/10

So, I just created this blog mainly because I was really excited about the trip I had at target today! I spent $6.32 on $24.43 worth of stuff :)...that's 75% worth of savings!!!

I love people who post their savings online and I've always wanted to start doing that, but never sat down and actually did it. Better late then never!

I just started getting into couponing a couple months ago and have realized that it can really save you a lot of money, provided you are willing to try new things and know when to stock up on things you'll need and try not to get out of hand with buying things that you really would never use. I have been able to get so many free items (i.e. bic pens, which I donated to our school supply drive at work), so it's been great!

Anyways, enough with the introduction.. here is the breakdown on the items that I purchased at Target today:

1. Glade Tough Odor Solutions Carpet & Room $1.99 ea
    Used $1/1 Glade Tough Odor Solutions Target Q
    Used $.75/1 Glade Carpet & Room Odor Elimator MQ
2. 2 Nature Valley Bars Boxes $2.39 ea
    Used 2 $1/1 Nature Valley Multipack Target Q
    Used $.50/1 Nature Valley Granola Thins MQ
    Used $.75/1 Nature Valley Granola Thins MQ
3. 2 Wish Bone Italian Salad Dressing $1.50 ea
    Used $1.25/2 Wishbone Dressing MQ
    Used 2 $.75/1 Wishbone Dressing TQ
4. Chef Boyardee Microwavable $.78 ea
    Used $1/1 Chef Boyardee food product TQ
5. (4) Kikkoman products (2 needed to be Teriyaki sauce) $1.42 for 3, $1.64 for 1
    Used 2 $1/1 Teriyaki Sauce or Glaze MQ (can be printed out from Smartsource.com)
    Used 2 BOGO Any Kikkoman sauce MQ (HERE)
    I'm also going to submit my receipt with a form to get a FREE Kikkoman gift (HERE)
6. Simply Apple $3.04
    Used $1/1 Simply Juice TQ
7. 2 Clean & Clear Morning Burst Trial Size - .97 ea
    Used 2 $1/1 ANY Clean & Clear product 8-1-10 SS x 10/31 MQ
8. 2 Ragu $1.50 ea
    Used $1/2 Ragu MQ
    Used $.50/2 Ragu TQ
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Subtotal before coupons: $24.43
Subtotal after coupons: $6.06
For some reason, tax was only .26 (It says 8.75% on $2.93...maybe because they're mostly food items?).

Total OOP: $6.32

What a great deal!!! :)