AuburnChick's Adventures

So, I haven’t posted super in-depth shopping tales because I was worried that maybe I was starting to bore you.  But, Tabby told me she misses my stories, so I thought I would share my latest and greatest.

This week, I scored BIG TIME…two different days…at Target.

I got the stuff below for $1.08…

The next day I went back to Target and did even better by only paying $.52 for everything in the picture…

Everything in both pictures was free.  All I paid was tax.

Now, I know you’re wondering how in the world I do what I do.

First off, I am subscribed to Attention Target Shoppers.  It’s a free website that lists the latest and greatest Target deals.  By using Google Reader, I am able to keep up with posts on all of my favorite shopping sites.

Now, the way I got everything free was that I was able to capitalize on HUGE coupons that were money makers on several items, thus allowing me to use the overages to help pay for the other items.

There were $1.50 mfr coupons off of one Degree deodorant or body spray and $3 Target coupon off of one Degree deodorant AND one Degree body spray.

The body spray was on sale for $3.29, and the trial size deodorant (located in the travel size bins), only cost $.97.  Many times, coupons will specify “Excludes trial sizes,” but my coupons said “Any size.”  Thus, I bought the cheapest items I could find.  By using a $1.50 mfr coupon on each deodorant and mist (saving $3) and stacking them with the $3 Target coupon, I made $1.74.

It might make more sense if I list it this way:

Subtracting Coupons (“Q”)…

See how that works?

I did something similar for the Ponds facial wipes, although I did not have a Target coupon to stack.  Instead, I had a $1.50 mfr coupon.  The wipes were the trial sizes and only cost $.97, so I made $.53 on each one.

The dog food was $4.26, and I had a $3 mfr coupon (from last weekend’s paper), making it only $1.26.  However, I used the overage from the other items to help pay for them, so I got them free.

I also had $3 mfr off of the Neosporin Lip Balm.  It cost $3.34.  Again, the overage from my other deals was substantial enough to pay the remaining $.34.

In my second picture, you’ll note the absence of the lip balm.  Thus, I had to find “fillers” to help offset the overage.  You see, Target doesn’t like its items zeroed out.  So, I got two loaves of bread and a trial size soap (which we had also run out of) for free.

God’s timing, as usual, was perfect.  We had run out of dry dog food (yes, all of those free bags were GONE!), and we also needed bread…and we needed both items to get through the week until the Mr. got paid.

What an awesome God, and what an awesome week for shopping!!

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