For Family Economics day today we went to Target. We LOVE Target! It has become our favorite place to shop for groceries, household and personal care (Smiths/Kroger is our favorite grocery store too!)
Well with that in mind, we started off having our usual Family Economics Day lunch out at McDonalds for less than $10 for 5 of us! PLUS we walked out with FREE Fruit Smoothies from our coupons from the Parade Magazine found in the newspaper on 7/18. It was really cute as people would say “how are you today” or any other question while we were out – our kids responded with “good – mommy got FREE ice cream for us with coupon money!” We got a couple of weird looks, but I think most were pretty impressed along with our kids. It was a hot topic while we were out!
Anyway, here is a picture of what we bought today:
Here’s the breakdown of what we bought:
- 1 Quantamatic Dishwashing system sale for $4.99. Then used $3.00/1 7/18 Smart Source Insert = final was $1.99
- 10 Ritz Crackerfuls sale for $2.00 = $20. Then used 10 $1.00/1 6/6 Smart Source Insert – $10 = final was $10 for 10 or $1.00 each
- 3 Crystal Light drink mixes sale for $1.97 each = $5.91. Then used 3 $2.00/1 from sample – $1.97 (automatically adjusts coupon preventing overage) = final is FREE
- 4 Juicy Juice 8-packs for $2.29 each = $9.16. Then used 2 $1.00/1 Target coupons and one $2/4 printable – $4.00 = final is $5.16 for 4 or $1.29 each
- 1 Skinny Water sale for $1.25. Then used .50/1 printable = final is .75
- 3 whole grain Chef Boyardee sale for .99 each = $2.97. Then used 2 $1.00/1 Target printable and .50/1 from Target mailer – $2.50 = final is .47 for 3 or .16 each
- 2 Fiber Plus Antioxidant bars sale for $2.69 each = $5.38. Then used two $1.00/1 printable and one $1.00/2 Target coupon - $3.00 = final is $2.38 for 2 or $1.19
- 2 Fiber Plus Antioxidant cereals sale for $2.79 each = $5.58. Then used two $1.00/1 printable and to $1.00/1 Target printable – $4.00 = final is $1.58 for 2 or .79 each
- 6 Bear Naked organic granola sale for $3.50 each = $21.00. Then used 6 BOGO FREE coupons and 2 .50/1 Target coupons – $11.50 = final is $9.50 for 6 or $1.58 each
- 1 Jenni-o Turkey sausage links regularly $2.99 sale for $1.89 = final is $1.89
- 3 Ore-Ida crinkle french fries sale for .99 each = $2.97. Then used $1.00/3 Ore-Ida products (found inside another Ore-Ida package) = final is $1.97 for 3 or .66 each
- 2 bags Market Pantry sausage patties regularly $4.34 each on clearance for $2.17 each = final is $4.34 for 2 or $2.17 each
- 7 bags frozen organic raspberries regularly $2.99 each bag on clearance for $1.58 each = final is $11.06 for 7 or $1.58 each
- 2 SoBe Lifewater sale for $1.00 each = $2.00. Then used one BOGO FREE coupon and two .50/1 Target coupons – $2.00 = final was FREE
- 2 Dean’s Guacamole dip sale for $1.24 each = $2.48. Then used 2 .55/1 printable – $1.10 = final is $1.38 for 2 or .69 each
- 1 Stoneyfield YoBaby Organic yogurt 6 pack regularly $2.19 on clearance for $1.14 = final is $1.14
- 2 Degree travel size sale for .97 each = $1.94. Then used two $1.00/1 printable coupon – $2.00 = final is FREE
- 2 Bic 10-ct. pens sale for .99 each = $1.98. Then used two $1.00/1 Target coupons - $2.00 = final is FREE
- 3 Kashi Frozen meals sale for $2.85 each = $8.55. Then used 2 .75/1 coupons (found in magazines) and one buy 2 get 1 FREE Target coupon – $4.35 = final is $4.20 for 3 or $1.40 each
- 2 Sharpie Highlighter packs for .75 each = $1.50. Then used $1.00/2 Target coupon = final is .50 for 3 packs or .25 each pack
Thanks to Hip2Save for some of the above coupon matchups.
Summary: The total AFTER in-store sales, clearances and discounts but BEFORE coupons was $117.14. We then used $57.80 in coupons! We also had $10 Target gift card from a previous week’s transaction to use for a total of $67.80 in additional discounts = final was $49.34!! This is a 58% off of the sale prices by just using coupons. According to our receipt, our total savings was over 79% when you consider the total discounts off of the regular prices! Wahoo!
