Saturday, August 18, 2012

Who says you cant save on vacation...

I am visiting my homeland of Colorado and staying with family. To thank family for letting me stay with them I have a goal to get some couponing done to help out their "food storage" While in Longmont my mother and I did a Target run. Here is how we came out:


$11.45 (AFTER TAX) for almost $60 worth of stuff. 

Here is what and how we did it:

I did four transactions:

Transaction #1

Buy 4 Dove Shampoo or Conditioner, 12 oz $2.99, regular price
Buy 4 Select Hair or Body Products, Receive $5.00 Target Gift Card
Use two $3.00/2 Dove Hair Care Product, excludes trial size, Limit 2 identical coupons in same shopping trip from RP 7/29 (exp 8/26)
Pay $5.96 before tax, Receive $5.00 Target Gift Card
 Final Price: $0.24 each, when you buy 4

Transaction #2

Buy 2 Gillette Venus Embrace Razors, 1 ct $8.49, sale price through 8/18
Buy 2 Satin Care Shave Gel $1.99, regular price
Use two $4.00/1 Venus Refillable Razor, excludes trial/travel size, limit 4 like coupons per shopping trip from RP 8/12 (exp 9/30)
Or $3.00/1 Venus Refillable Razor, when you buy (1) Venus Refill Pack,  excludes trial/travel size limit of 4 like coupons in same shopping trip from PG 7/29 (exp 8/31)
And use two FREE Satin Care Shave Gel, when you purchase (1) Venus Shave Item, Razor or Cartridge,  limit of 4 identical coupons per household per day, Target Coupon from PG 7/29 (exp 8/29)
Total before tax $8.98, use $5 gift card from transaction #1 pay $3.89 before tax
Receive $5.00 Target Gift Card

Transaction #3

Buy 4 Oscar Mayer Lunchables, 3.1-4.4 oz $1.00
Use 2 $1.00/2 – Oscar Mayer Lunchables Items, Target Coupon – (target.com)
Or 2 $1.00/2 Lunchables Items, limit 4 identical coupons per household per day from Target Back to School Mailer (exp 8/26)
Final Price: $0.50 each, when you buy 4 

GoGo squeeZ 4ct box sale priced #2.29 
Use $.50/1 facebook coupon

Buy 2 Clean & Clear Morning Burst Facial Scrub, 1 oz $0.97, regular price
Use $1.00/1 – Clean & Clear Product, Limit one coupon per person – (smartsource.com)
Final Price: $.16 MONEY MAKER (when you buy 2)

BIC Sensitive Skin Razors, 12 ct $2.99, regular price
Use $3.00/1 BIC Disposable Razor, excludes trial size from, limit of 4 like coupons per visit from SS 8/5 (exp 9/2)
Final Price: Free
Revlon Nail Enamel Select Varieties $3.99 regular price
-$3/1 Revlon Cosmetics Item Target Coupon Summer Beauty Bag x8/31

TOTAL Final Price: (before tax) $4.61 
Total after tax used $5.13 used $5 gift card from transaction #2
Total paid: $.13