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Super Savings Saturday

Super Savings Saturday: CVS

February 4, 2012 by Sandra 4 Comments



After not stepping a foot into CVS in about 2 months, I could not pass up their diapers deal this past week, especially since I had around $28 in expired Extra Care Bucks to use (My local CVS accepts expired Extra Care Bucks).

I was also happy to get two tubes of fluoride-free Tom’s of Maine toothpaste for only $0.99 each after Extra Care Bucks! This is my family’s favorite toothpaste, and it’s rather expensive at $3.99+ without a sale or coupons. I have to be careful when I buy this toothpaste, though. Not all Tom’s of Maine is fluoride-free, so I always have to make sure to read the labeling to make sure I’m buying the fluoride-free variety.

$0.87 Cadbury Caramel Egg (Three of the kids shared this egg. I’m not a fan of these gooey eggs, but I gave in and let the kids try it. I did put it in the fridge for a while so that the caramel inside wouldn’t be so gooey when they bit into it.)
-$0.87 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one
=FREE after ECBsΒ 

$3.99 Tom’s of Maine fluoride-free toothpaste
-$3.00 Extra Care Bucks when you buy one (There was a purchase limit of 2, so I bought 2.)
=$0.99 after ECBs

Diaper Deal:

$27.96 for (4) packs of Luvs diapers
$3.00 for (1) pack of Pampers Baby Wipes
-$0.50 manufacturer’s coupon for the Pamper’s Wipes
-$10.00 Extra Care Bucks for spending $30 on these baby products
=$20.46 after ECBs

As I mentioned, I had around $28 in ECBs to use when I walked in the store, so after everything was rung up, I paid $14.38 out of pocket (with tax). I got back $18.37 in Extra Care Bucks for next time!

The ECBs I received back were as follows…

$0.50 for my Fall spending ECBs

$1.00 for using a reusable bag with a CVS Bag Tag, which was scanned at the register

$6.00 for the 2 tubes of Tom’s of Maine toothpaste

$0.87 for the Cadbury Caramel egg

$10.00 for the diaper deal since I spent over $30 on baby items

All these ECBs totaled $18.37. πŸ™‚

Did you get any great deals this week? I’d love to hear about it!Β 


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Super Savings Saturday: Target (Christmas Clearance)

January 6, 2012 by Sandra 2 Comments



After spending much of the week inside the house, we decided that we needed to get a few groceries today. We picked up mostly the essentials like organic milk, organic butter, organic salad mix, Annie’s Organic Macaroni & Cheese, and whipped cream (for coffee and hot cocoa). We went to Target for said groceries, and while we were there we decided to check out the Christmas clearance.

Everything was 90% off.

And most of it was things we didn’t need, but along with the wrapping paper, gift bags, and tinsel on clearance, they had marked down the children’s Christmas clothing as well.

I quickly went through it and found 4 adorable pieces of baby girl clothing in the perfect size for our baby girl – size NB or Newborn. And it was 90% off, too!

So for all four items, I ended up paying only $3.17. Amazing. Plus I used my Target card and saved another 5%.

I’m so happy to have found these cute outfits on clearance in Elisabeth’s size. The reason being that she doesn’t have a lot of clothes that fit her tiny body at the moment (she does have a ton of clothing – just not in her current size). I didn’t anticipate her needing to be in Newborn size clothing for very long so I hardly bought anything in that size. Actually, all I bought her in size Newborn was a couple pairs of pants and two outfits.

Thankfully, my mom gave me some very cute Newborn size outfits and onesies that Elisabeth has been able to add into her wardrobe, too.

But now with the outfits I picked up for her today, she should be able to go a whole week before we need to do her laundry. πŸ™‚

Oh, and here are a few close up pics….


And her is a picture of big sister with little sister just taken today.


Elisabeth is 3 weeks old now and beautiful as ever.

Did you pick up any great deals this week?


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More Target Freebies! And Cheap Maternity Clothes

June 15, 2011 by Sandra Leave a Comment


We made a trip to a another Target store today while we were out. We were taking the kids to the library to pick up some books and videos and decided to stop at the Target store nearby since I was able to print more of the $10 Bathroom Furnishings Coupons last night before they became unavailable. πŸ™

I had also printed the $3.00 Liz Lange clothing coupons to see if I could find some good maternity clothes on clearance. I did! Here’s what I found:

$4.24 white Liz Lange t-shirt
-$3.00 Target Liz Lange coupon
=$1.24 (reg. price was $16.99)

$4.98 teal Liz Lange t-shirt
-$3.00 Target Liz Lange coupon
=$1.98 (reg. price was $9.99)

$3.24 teal Liz Lange t-shirt
-$3.00 Target Liz Lange coupon
=$0.24 (reg. price was $12.99)

Besides these deals, I got a couple more bathroom freebies!

We got another toothbrush holder and a new toilet seat. Both were $9.99, and both were free after the $10 coupons. I was happy to get another toothbrush holder because all of our toothbrushes and such don’t fit into just one holder so now we have two that are matching. And we were able to get rid of our old holders that were looking pretty bad.

Ruben already installed our new toilet seat which looks nice. Technically, since we are renters, we didn’t have to replace the seat ourselves, but why not? It was free. πŸ™‚


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Target & Old Navy Shopping Trips: FREE waste basket & toothbrush holder!

June 14, 2011 by Sandra 1 Comment


I’ve got a couple of fun shopping trips to share with you guys. I’m especially excited about my Target trip. Just take a look at what I got for ONLY $0.28!

That’s right. Only $0.28! The bathroom waste basket and the toothbrush holder were absolutely FREE using a $10 coupon on Target’s website at the moment. And I only ended up paying $0.14 each for the Up & Up Liners also using a couple of coupons off of Target’s website for feminine care products. Here’s a breakdown:

$9.99 Waste Basket
-$10.00 Target Bathroom Furnishings Coupon (NO beeps)
=FREE

$9.99 Toothbrush Holder
-$9.99 Target Bathroom Furnishings Coupon (this coupon beeped but right away the cashier and supervisor agreed that is was a bathroom furnishing & adjusted the coupon and put it through – yay!)
=FREE

$0.89 Up & Up Liners
-$0.75 Target Feminine Care Product coupon
=$0.14

Besides these deals, I also found Annie’s natural snack bunnies on sale for $1.99 for the kids. I picked up some boxes of those because I never find them below that price. Sorry I didn’t get a picture of those.

Overall, though, it was a great trip! I haven’t gotten deals as good as these in a long time.

Onto the next store. We also went to Old Navy today to use a Groupon that was available a few weeks ago. I and hundreds of thousands of other happy people picked up a Groupon for $20 at Old Navy that only cost $10. So we essentially paid $10 for $20 worth of merchandise at Old Navy. I thought this was a good deal.

For me, though, it didn’t end up being as good of a deal as I thought because I thought Old Navy’s prices were a little high compared to what I normally pay shopping Kohl’s clearance racks for the kids. And even Old Navy’s clearance was a disappointment. I suppose I’m just used to the nice clearance prices that Β Kohl’s offers. I actually feel like I’m getting a great deal there. Anyway, here’s what I picked up.

$0.47 Tootsie Roll lunch box

$7.99 Boy’s Hat

$5.00 Girl’s yellow Shirt

$6.00 Boy’s orange Shirt

$1.00 Sweet Tarts Β (filler)

After my Groupon, I paid $1.22 out of pocket. Not bad, but technically I paid $11.22 for everything because of the $10 that I initially paid for the Groupon. I guess this experience turned out okay, but I think I’m going to stick to Kohl’s in the future. If fact, I have a $10 Kohl’s gift card headed my way from MyPoints! I can’t wait to use it in conjunction with one of the coupons that Kohl’s frequently puts out.


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