I love freebies with coupons but making money with them is even better! My first stop was Target.
I spent $4.44 for everything pictured and saved $95.98!
I purchased:
39 – Tide 2x Ultra Travel Size (1 Load) $0.97
54 - Olay Body Bar Single Travel Size $0.97
14 – Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate or Fudge Brownie Mix $0.77
Coupons used were:
39 – Tide $1/1 coupon from the 7/4 PG (exp. 7-31-10) **Did not exclude travel size.
54 – Olay $1/1 coupon from the 7/4 PG (exp. 7-31-10) **Did not exclude travel size.
7 - Betty Crocker Brownie Mix $0.75/2 coupon exp. (8/21/10)
Unlike WalMart, Target does not give overage on coupons. So the $1/1 coupons were reduced to $0.97. I was pleased to find out that their registers now do this automatically. I visited two different Target to find everything.
My next stop was Office Depot. This was a moneymaker!
I spent $17.94 and purchased:
1 – Swingline Light Touch stapler $13.99 (Mail in Rebate $13.99)
2 – Office Depot Multi Purpose Paper $6.29 each (Mail in Rebate $5.29 each in Visa prepaid cards)
I will submit for the MIR on the stapler and paper, plus, Office Depot emailed me a $10/$25 coupon which I used. So after spending $17.94, I will receive $24.57 back – this was a $6.63 moneymaker!
My last stop was CVS. 
Here I purchased: 2 – Complete Multi Purpose Solution (12 oz) $7.99 = $7.99 ECB
2 – Biotrue Multi Purpose Solution (2 oz) $2.99 = $2.99 ECB
I paid for these with ECB’s I had earned on a previous trip so my out of pocket expense was $0.00! If you are not familiar with the Extra Care Bucks (ECB) program at CVS, you might want to check it out HERE – I have saved a bundle with it!
They let you use more then one coupon on the same product at one time? Didn’t know you could do that. Very cool. You go girl.
WOW I am so jealous of your Target trip! WTG!!
OOOOHH!! You are so my kind of shopper. That’s the way to do it! Most people think I am crazy but it helps my family so much and enables me to stay home for the kids. I love your blog and have “liked” you on FB. I look forward to reading you daily!
Sheliza
How do you get so many of the same coupons?
Not sure if I will forward this post to my wife or not. She’s Filipino by birth and we moved back here to the Philippines in large part becuase the cost of living is very low in comparison to the US … but one place it is _NOT_ low is in shopping for ‘store bought’ things we need.
And coupon deals like that? Never, nada, nothing, no way. Mita used to work in a Target also, some wonderful deals on special sales/closeout/bargain racks for clothes … we miss that aspect of living in the US for sure.
In February we made a trip to Florida to visit family … I was awestruck by CostCo …. I can recall standing in the middle of aisle after aisle of “plenty”, amazed at the sour, depressed look on the faces of people passing by. I’ve never been struck by a “preaching” urge before, but I wanted to climb up on a counter and start preaching about giving thanks for our bounty. And to smile, even just once in a while … smiles are still free, last time I looked. How quickly I forget, even about the things I knew all my life.
I know things are tough for some folks back home right now, and many Americans have never had the advantage of seeing what life is like in other countries … believe me, in all honesty, considering any hard times you may be having right now, you are blessed … blessed beyond belief … give thanks, even when it hurts, the rest of the world has so little in comparison.
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