I discovered a new area of town this weekend. I wound up working until really late on Friday so one of my cohorts and I went to grab dinner while we waited for the computer system to finish updating. If we didn't get the information entered, eight new associates wouldn't get a paycheck next week! Anyway, she took me to this huge area where there was a mall (including a JC Penney!) (omg!), all kinds of restaurants, all kinds of other stores, another CVS I didn't know about and ..... a KMart!!! Really excited about that one, did you know that Kmart doubles coupons every day? It's been years since I lived near a KMart. I'm going to have to do some research and figure out their system.
After dinner, we went back to the office and yay! the computer had finished it's job so I was able to key in the times for the associates that were in orientation that day so they get paid on Thursday.
Saturday, I went back to explore some more and do my shopping. Here are the fruits of my labor -
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| Target - Spent $10.08 on $45.38 worth of product for 78% savings |
On Target's website you can get coupons for $1 off an Up & Up Cleaning product.
The toilet brush is $1.19 so 19 cents after coupon. The scrubbing sponges are 99 cents so FREE after Q.
You can also get, on Target's website a coupon for $1 off any Up & Up pain reliever product.
The 24 (I think it's 24 count) Ibuprofen is 99 cents so is FREE after Q.
The Hershey's was a repeat from last week. A couple of weeks ago, there was a $2 off Hershey's Simple Pleasures in the paper. Target also has a $1 off this product Q on their website. Stack the two and it's FREE!
The Dr Scholl's products were a killer deal. This link takes you to a $3 off mannyQ. Stack it with the $2 off Target Q from their website and you have $5 off a Dr Scholl's for Her product. The insoles were $7.99 so about $3 after stack, the gel arch supports were $5.49 so 49 cents after stack.
The soup is still on sale for $1.44 so were 44 cents each after Qs. I also found some more cans with the peelie $1 off Q on them, you may be able to find some in your store.
The Airwick was still on clearance for $4.24 and I had another $2 off one mannyQ. I redeemed another 500 kicks from my Shopkick phone ap for another $2 Target mobile giftcard that I intended to use on this to make it 24 cents.
I made a mistake though. Here is what I learned:
If you get a mobile giftcard from Shopkick, delete it from your screen right after you use it. I didn't last week. When I got the one yesterday, I couldn't tell which was which. To prevent a snafu at the register, I deleted the one I *thought* was the old, used one. So I lost 500 kicks, a $2 mobile giftcard and it cost me an extra $2 at the register. Dagnabbit.
I did repeats of the Crest and Mitchum from last week on Saturday. Crest was 49 cents after Register Reward and mannyQ, Mitchum was 25 cents each after Register Reward and mannyQ.
The Barilla was on sale for $1.99 and I found 2 more $1 off one Qs so I couldn't pass that up.
The Sharpie was 25 cents. I got it because I needed a filler to even out my item/coupon ratio.
As of today, Walgreen's has Dawn on sale for 99 cents. I had two 75 cents off one and two 50 cents off one Qs. Total for this transaction was $1.50 (plus tax).
All Walgreen's trips cost $6.68 for $32.50 worth of product for a 79% savings.
Still have two more, so getting more next weekend. These are pretty good, and nice to keep in my Bottomless-Bag-O-Crap that I carry around. Plus, they are compact enough that I can slip one in my wallet for when I don't want to carry the BBoC around (i.e. 90% of the time).
Oh....
I suppose you want to know about the dumpster dive.
Well, it wasn't so much a dumpster dive as a Recycling Bin Romp. The other day, I saw that someone in the apartments where I live had discarded several newspapers in the recycling bin. My curiosity kicked in and I started to root around. I found about a dozen coupon inserts from the past month, completely untouched and begging to be used.
And that's how I got the Mitchum, the Crest, the True Lemon, the Barilla, some of the Dawn, the Hershey's and the Airwick.
I think it was worth it!
Til next time...
