Walmart X-mas Clearance & coupons! Grand total $.41c

Hey Everyone, I'm back!  Sorry about the lack of posts the last few months.  I had a lot of things going on & had to take a small break from even couponing.  But, I'm back & of course it's a good one to start off with.
If you haven't hit your Walmart clearance section yet, Wait.  Stop, and clip your coupons first & then head out the door!

My grand total out of pocket tonight was $.41c.  Now if I hadn't grabbed the Herbal Essences Conditioner & the Febreze car vent clip, this would have been a $.46c money maker.  But, I'm happy with what I got & paid!

P&G insert this last weekend is where I got all of my Febreeze coupons, and a previous insert had the Air Wick and I received the Glade ones inside a magazine about a month ago.  All of the Xmas clearance is now 75% which is what made this deal so good.

Febreze Air Effects are now $.73c & there is a $1/1 coupon in the P&G insert
Glade Aerosol was $.74c & there is a $1/1 coupon
Remaining Febreze ranged from $.62-1.23, all coupons used were $1/1
Air Wick was $.74c & my coupons were $1.50/2 xmas scents
Febreze Car vent was on clearance for $.37c
Herbal Essence Conditioner was on clearance for $1.50ea & I had a $2/2 coupon

How to read price tags to get the best deal! Seen here first :)

Did you know that there is a way to read some store tags to know if it will be marked down or not?  I didn't either.  But, thanks to a news report there now is a way.  Check out this article on how to read Target, Sears & Home Depot's tags.  To me the Target one is going to come in super handy :)


http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/09/17/price-tag-secrets-could-save-you-money/

Target's deals $8.11 out of pocket for 4 Transactions on 7-31-13

Hey everyone.  I'm sorry I'm a bit behind on my posting.  A few little life issues got in my way.  I wanted to share some great deals that I did at Target on 7/31/13.  As you know we had a ton of coupons expiring & I really didn't want them to go to waste so off to Target I ran after my little guy went on the school bus.  I ended up going to 2 different stores because my local one was wiped out of clearance etc.

There are 4 different transactions in this blog because the 2nd store decided to make up their own coupon policy that day.  This is why it is so very important for you to make sure you are carrying that corporate policy on you when you shop with coupons.  I broke my own rule & did not have them on me :(

My 1st trip was small as I mentioned not much left in the store.  But, I still did really well.

Breakdown:
Clairol Herbal Essence Shampoo $2.49 each, bought 2 & used the $5/2 "any" Clairol item = Free
Covergirl Mascara on Clearance for $3.12 - used $1.50 manufacturer coupon & Target mobile coupon $1.00 off any Covergirl product = $.62c
(I do not know what the extra .05c  Target coupon on my receipt is from, but they took an additional .05c off on my reciept)
Total out of pocket $.58c (saved $8.63 this trip)

The 2nd trip was to 1 store but I had to do 3 separate transactions.
Transaction 1 Breakdown:
Tide to go Pen on clearance for $2.05 - used $1 off any Tide product mobile coupon (forgot to give her my .50c off one as I was a bit of a mess when she made me break down my transaction, after ringing it all in)
GE 60W Lightbulbs $4.39 - used the $2.00 off Target coupon
Right Guard body wash $3.49 - used $1.50 manu coupon & $2.00 Target coupon = Free
Clairol Herbal Essence body Wash $2.99 each - used $5/2 product coupon - $1.00 for both
Venus Razor $5.99 - used $5.00 off manu coupon & $3.00 Target coupon = giving me $2.01 overage
2 Bayer chewables $2.24 each - used 2 $2 manufacturer's coupons
Mead portfolio $1.00 each purchased 2 - used $1/2 target coupon & $1/2 manufacturer coupon = Free
Total out of pocket for this was $3.06 (saved $25.50 this trip)

Transaction #2 was an interesting one as she had to give me back a coupon because the system would not let me have a "Free" transaction:
Febreeze $2.99 each purchased 2 - used 1 .50c Target coupon (tried to use 2 but this is one she had to give me back) & $3/2 Febreeze products
Venus razor $5.99 - used $5 manu coupon & $3 Target coupon = give me $2.01 overage
Total out of pocket was $.50c (saved $11.50 this trip)

Transaction #3:
Venus razor $5.99 - used $5 manu coupon & $3 Target coupon = giving me $2.01 overage
Playtex $6.99 each, $5 gift card if you purchase 2 x 2 is $13.98 - used 2 $3 manu coupons & 2 $1 Target coupons = making these $5.98 plus the $5 GC back
Paid $3.97 out of pocket & got $5 (saved $21.00 this trip)

My total out of pocket for all 4 transactions was $8.11 & I got the $5 GC back

Sunday's Coupon preview are up!

Sunday's coupons are listed.  Yay!  I love seeing a quick preview before getting my newspaper.

Check out the list here:
http://www.sundaycouponpreview.com/

Target Summer Clearance + a couple of other sweet deals!

Target is having an awesome summer clearance deal at 90% off select items.  Unfortunately, the majority of the stores I have gone to are pretty much completely sold out....one store the shelves were literally bare!

Below are the pictures of the 4 different stores I went to & what we got.  Last night's was the largest haul ;) My little guy is extremely happy with the toys he's gotten & this momma is happy they only cost her 99c at the most lol.  I'm going to save the best for last & show my trips in backwards order.  I will only be listing the clearance items & deal items in the post as I also bought some "regular" items as well.
I hope you are lucky enough to find some of these goodies :)

Golf club toy - 99c, bubbles .99c, Colgate mouthwash $1.48 (used $1 manu coupon), frosting's .16c each, Schick razor $9.49 (used $4 manu coupon, $4 Target coupon & cartwheel) = $4.25
*Savings on the bottom of the receipt $33.67

Wiffle bat toy .49c, Rubbermaid sliding tray .26c = .74c out of pocket (now on this one the cashier scanned some .05 coupon off of my son's bat.  I have no clue why or what she scanned but it was nice of her)
*Savings on the bottom of the receipt $4.55

Watering can .59c, Gardening tools .49c, Duracell batteries $4.48 (used $1 manu coupon, there are larger sized packages for around $6 at some stores, discovered this after buying mine), Wet Ones $1.99 used .50c Target coupon & .75c manu coupon & Cartwheel making these .59c
*Savings at the bottom of the receipt $19.72

Our 1st trip last night was by far the best one!

Jelly Bean Electric Ice Shaver $2.49 (my little guy has wanted one since last week seeing it in the store but it was still too much), Manual Jelly Bean Ice Shaver $1.49, Cool Gear freezer cups .59c ea for the shorter ones & .69c for the 1 taller one in the back, Snow cone holder .39c, Water bottle .69c, Jelly Belly toppings .29c each, Snow cone decorating kit .79c each, Snow cone re-usable cups & holders .68c each, Superman sippy cup & snack cup .39c each, Cake mixes .16c each, Cookie mixes .18c each, Plastic watering can & truck .19c each, whiffle balls .29c each, Ball catch game .49c, glowstick .45c
Right Guart deodorant Free after coupons ($3.49, used $2 Target coupon & $1.50 manu coupon), 2 double packs of Coppertone sunscreen $1.39 each (used $5.00 off 2 manu coupon, giving me overage towards remaining purchase)
*Savings at the bottom of my receipt $172.12

Happy Hunting!

Rite Aid Trip 2 - 7/23/13

I am beginning to really like Rite Aid now that I am getting the hang of how their program works.  Fabulous deal today with my $9 UP Rewards from yesterday's transaction.  Check out the breakdown below

1 Lysol No-Touch found on clearance for $2.50 (75% off) - used $.75c coupon I printed a week or so ago
6 bags of Utz chips on sale for B1G1 free, price of .99c each - got 3 bags free & received $3 UPs ($1 UP per every 2 bags purchased)
Sally Hansen Gel Strip Starter Kit on sale for 40% off this week, rings up at $17.98 (normally $29.99) - used $10 manufacturer coupon & received $5 UPs
2 Chips Ahoy mini cups $1 each

Used my $9 UPs I received from yesterday's transaction - paid $5.97 out of pocket & received $8 UPs in return

CVS - Absolutely FREE no out of pocket 7/22/13

Unfortunately, there's not much in the way of sales this week at CVS.  But, when I saw a blogger post about a Tone body wash coupon I printed it & checked out the deal.  I made my deal a bit sweeter though with a red machine coupon that I received last week.

Breakdown:

2 Tone Body Washes on sale for 2/$8 - use 2 $1/1 coupons, used red machine coupon for $2 off $5 body wash bringing my total down to $4 

1 CVS paper towels .79c - used red machine coupon for .79 off (advertised in weekly ad)

Used my $3 in ECB's I received in email yesterday & $1 ECB from previous purchase = Totally FREE!
And I got back $2 ECB's