Seeing as I am still a newbie to the coupon game, I was pretty excited to get some good deals a couple of weeks ago without any coupons. I'm sure my coupon gals could have gotten even better deals, but I was happy with what I got at Kroger's 75% of summer clearance sale!
All these goodies cost me ....
less than $13!
Here's the breakdown of the markdowns:
5 sundae glasses: $0.37 each (I only pulled out one for the picture!)
1 tea jar (that I have been wanting all summer but didn't want to pay full price for!): $1.50
4 small bottles of push-n-pop bubbles: $0.50 each
Large bubble bucket with 4 wands and bubble solution: $1.75
4 small plastic cups: $0.50 for all
8 plastic plates: $0.25 each
8 plastic bowls: $0.25 each
Pretty awesome, huh?
About the same time, I happened to wander by the dollar section at Target and found all of these great boy dress-up items for a dollar each (except the cowboy hat - that was $2 at Mardel). Ian loves hats and I have been wanting to get him some for a while, but couldn't afford regular dress up price. These hats are super sturdy and many come with matching vests for a complete outfit. I also couldn't resist the little chef hats...adorable!!
Close up of the fireman helmet, chef's hats, and construction hard hat and vest.
Close up of the army helmet and vest, police hat and guard, and cowboy hat.
Hehe - my little soldier making a run for it!
Okay, Mom. Your turn!! (What Ian loves most about hats is taking them off and putting them on us.)
This time though, he just took of his army helmet and stood there holding it in front of his heart. Made my heart melt. There are so many people who sacrifice so much for our freedom and we are very thankful for that. I don't even want to think about Ian being one of those soldiers right now...
Sniff, sniff. Anyways...on to a more fun topic. 75% of toys at Target!! In mid-July, my lovely couponing ladies informed me that Target would soon be having its semi-annual toy clearance sale. I had no idea such a thing existed. Reports began creeping in from around the country that toys were going down to 30% and 50% off though, which meant the 75% signs were soon to follow. And indeedy-do, the day they showed up, my faithful coupon pros immediately had news of it on their blogs. So Ian and I packed up early that morning and headed over to Target to see what deals we could find. I was pretty excited because we had the extra 10% off of everything team member card AND an additional 10% off of everything coupon! So we were gonna get these 75% off sales at almost 20% off!
We ended up doing Christmas in July and getting all of this for less than $25!
Breakdown of the markdowns from left to right (that's just fun to say!):
Top row:
Cool roaring dinosaur: $4.97 (regularly $19.88)
Music parade (Ian is always getting into James' tambourines and such!): $3.74 (reg $14.96)
Fun in a drum: $7.48 (regularly $29.92)
Bottom row:
Dump truck and excavator: $1.38 each (regularly $1.99)
Cement mixer, firetruck, and ambulance: $1.74 each (regularly $6.96)
Now for the cousins! This was a great deal.
2 Cool School Computers: $14.99 each (regularly $54.99)
2 Paperonis: $2.52 each (regularly $9.99)
Pictureka: $3.74 (regularly $14.96)
2 Monopoly on the Go: $1.98 each (regularly $7.92)
After thinking about it, I ended up taking the Pictureka and the Monopoly back, as well as a few other toys not pictured here. We didn't really need them for anyone on our Christmas list and while getting deals was fun, we didn't want to spend too much extra!
I was also able to get Ian a kite that I had been eyeing for a while. Again, it wasn't something I was willing to pay full price for, but for $1.51, I couldn't pass it up! He's had a blast running around the house with it lately and we haven't even pulled it out of the package!
Cool kite, Mom. Thanks! (It looks like this is the beginning of the "mine" stage, but he was just having fun peering over the top of it in this picture. I'm sure that "mine" thing isn't too far off though!)
In any case, we had fun getting such great deals! When money is tight, it's nice to have some super-duper couponers on duty to help the rest of us out!
wow girl!!! that is awesome! i am definitely gonna have to check those sites out. Ian will have so much fun with those hats and dress up stuff.
ReplyDeleteGood thing I wasn't reading this with my kiddos ;) I got the pictureka game and it is fun with the kids. Aiden and I get frustrated though b/c Allie and Russell find the pictures really fast. Oh well, Aiden and I will practice and then surprise them when we win.
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