My goal at Target was to pick up some clearanced toys. Unfortunately, I didn't find any that I wanted or that were "cheap enough." (Most things were only marked down 25 - 50%.) I did, however, find some great deals on children's clothes and picked up a few things for my kids to wear this fall and next summer! Here's what I got:
Total value: $70.80
Total amount spent out of pocket after sale prices: $25.33
Total saved: $45.47 or 64%!
Next, it was on to CVS. At first, I was disappointed b/c they were either sold out of what I wanted or the deals ended up not being as good as I thought. However, as I walked around the store, I came across a few clearance and sale items that made for a few good buys!
The Tide Stain Release was on clearance for $3.36 and after a $3 coupon, cost me only $0.36! Plus, the cereal was on sale 2/$4 and I had (2) $1.25 coupons, making them only $0.75 each! The Crystal Light were coupon match-up deals - on sale for $2.50, I had a $1 CVS coupon from the coupon machine and a $1 manufacturer coupon that made them $0.50 each! Plus, the soap was FREE after a CVS coupon I had!
Total value of 8 items: $23.80
Total spent after sales, coupons, and ECB's: $2.93 (I used $2 ECBs on this transaction)
Total saved: $20.87 or 88%!
Total ECB's received: $1.99
My trip to Kroger today wasn't all that thrilling. I bought a $14 package of pull-ups that drove my total up. They were totally out of all the cereal that I wanted from the mini mega-sale, though I did find some cereal / treat bars that were part of the sale that I decided to buy. I ended up with mostly staple items - milk, yogurt, produce, fruit, lunchmeat, etc.
The Golden Grahams Treat bars above were $1.49 (if you bought 4 items in the mega sale). I used (2) $0.50 coupons from the 7/10 SS to get them for $0.49 each. The cereal bars were $1.89 (mega sale price) and I used (2) $0.50 (from the same insert??) that made them $0.89 each. The sippy cups were buy one get one free - making this one $2.27 - not a bad price, especially since these cups are my favorite and we needed a new one!
Total value of 23 items: $71.63
Total spent after sales and coupons: $44.10
Total saved: $27.53 or 39%
After Kroger, I ran in the Dollar Tree to grab some bread. I also ended up buying a package of Snapple ice pops as a treat for the girls. I've never had these before, so I'm hoping they are good!
Total value / total spent: $3.08
My last stop of the day was Food Lion. I had $4 in "Catalina money" that was going to expire, so I wanted to use it up. Plus, they had a decent price on grapes and cheese this week. I also ended up grabbing a FREE bottle of coffe creamer after a coupon I had been saving and a carton of Breyers ice cream. (So, that was a little bit of a splurge!) :) I did find a good deal on 100 count boxes of Splenda packets - on sale for $3. I used a $1 coupon that I printed from the Splenda website to get it for $2!
Total value of 6 items: $25.06
Total spent after sales and coupons: $7.97
Total saved: $17.09 or 68%
All in all, it was a pretty good day!
Total value of all items purchased: $194.37
Total amount spent after sales and coupons: $83.41
Total amount saved: $110.96 or 57%!
So, how have you done this week? Come across any good deals?! Please share them!
