Bargains to Get and GIVE

So I have become obsessed with all of these great toy deals out there, but really .. my kids don't need any more toys!
So I have decided to use them to give this holiday season.
Each week, I am taking the boys, with coupons in tow, to buy 1-4 'great deal' toys. We are putting them in one box and I plan to donate them the first week of December to Toys for Tots or a similar organization.
Here is what we got last week:

Mr & Mrs Potato Head
FINAL COST: $3 FOR BOTH
[7.99 each: B1G1 free at Fred Meyer, used a $2 off coupon from coupons.com, also had $3 off any toy coupon from my FM rewards.]

Santa Claus Spuds Bud Mr. Potato Head
FINAL COST : .99 cents
[5.99 at Target, used a $5 off Spuds Bud Mr Potato Head from coupons.com]

Connect Four Travel Edition
FINAL COST: .49
[5.49 at Target, used a Connect Four coupon here]

Glade Candles Target Deal

Not sure if you are an avid reader of all these deal-blogs, but this is one that I just love.

I am not super-sold on the glade candles, but these will make great holiday gifts for a hostess, teacher, or even to put together with some other items as a donation basket for a silent auction.

Basically here is the deal:

At TARGET, when you purchase 5 holiday Glade products, you get a $5 gift card.

This week, glade candles, refills, etc, are $2.50 each
Use various Glade coupons:
Buy One Scented Oil Candle Holder, Get One Free
Other coupons, $1.50 off 2 candles, etc. at Right At Home
Some of the tins have $1.50 off coupons in them too.

So, you should end up, after coupons paying about $1.50 per item [based on 5 items] = $7.50
You get a $5 Target gift card back.
You submit a rebate for $5 from.

Sweet.

Keep your receipt and submit this $5 REBATE [SC Johnson]

Target TOY coupons and MORE

There are some great toy coupons for Target available:

http://www.organicgrocerydeals.com/forums/view.php?pg=coupon_generator

For those of you who don't know already, you can combine these WITH manufacturer coupons [for example, you can save even more on the TAG reading systems by going to the leapfrog.com site and printing out their coupon, too!], for great deals. The holidays will be here before you know it, so save money on something you would buy anyway.

OLD NAVY Summer Clearance

Heads-Up .. Old Navy [the one in the Dimond Center at least] is SUPER marking down adult summer.
50% off lowest clearance tag for women and men.
Shorts and tank tops in the front of the store are .97-1.97
There is a rack in the back of skirts [think of wearing them with leggings and boots for fall/winter] and they are all ringing up 1.97.

Go to:
www.oldnavyweekly.com/ to find a coupon for additional savings.

I used my old navy card, got an additional 10%, so all of the shorts and skirts were 1.77.

$20 cardi-coats at old navy‏

This week -- these are GREAT. I wear them instead of a coat during our Alaska 'fall' and the ones that have a belt and cinch are actually very flattering! ;)j

TOYS R US: Buy 2, Get 1 Free!

I just scored some great deals at Toys R Us on leapfrog items.

Most of their leapfrog items are Buy 2, Get 1 Free. [along with some other things, but these are the things I am stocking up on for presents]

Here is what I did:
B2G1 Leapfrog Tag Books, 15.99 each.
Bought 3, paid 31.98
Used 3 $3 off TAG book coupons here
There were some $4 off coupons, but I can not find the link online now.
Total price: 22.98, not as good as Target, but they had a better selection and it wasn't a drive.

Fridge Toys
B2G1 Fridge Recorder , on clearance for 12.50 each
Bought 3, paid $25
Used 3 $4 off any fridge toy coupon, again can't find this link now, but there should be a $3 off one on the above site.
Total price: $13 for 3 toys

I think these are also on clearance at target.

Restaraunt.com

Thanks, Hip2Save for the info on this .....

Wow! To celebrate 9-9-09, for 99 hours ONLY, Restaurant.com has a super HOT 90% off promotional code available:

Just go on over to Restaurant.com, choose a $25 certificate of your choose and use promo code NINETY at checkout. Your final cost for each $25 certificate purchased will ONLY be $1!

Or for an even better deal, you can purchase the Dinner of the Month Club. What's that? It's a 12 month package that comes with 12 $25 gift certificates and one FREE $50 gift certificate! The total for this package will be $120, but after you type in promo code NINETY--your total will drop down to just $12! Wahoo! That means you're snagging $350 worth of dining certificates for ONLY $12!

Please note that the promotional code above will not be available to use until Midnight Pacific time, so we've still got a few hours to go.

I always stock up on certificates when they're 80% off and now they're 90% off which is unheard of... so definitely stock up time. The certificates also don't expire for a year after purchasing, so you'll have lots of time to make use of them.

REI Clearance

REI is having a great clearance sale .. 50% off clearance prices ending in .83!
I scored some great keens for myself for about $20, and tevas for the boys that ended up being about $8.

Also, they had long underwear that ended up being 6.83 each piece.

LOVE IT!

Target Workout Clothes/Activewear

Lots of C9 champion brand women's activewear on sale at the Muldoon Target .. 50-75% off: tank tops, shorts, and skorts. Great time to stock up if you go the the gym, are going outside for vaca, or for next year ...

More great school savings!

This will probably be it for cheap school/office supplies:

Office Max:
1¢ 2 pocket folders [great for school/business/lots of things]
20¢ glue/glue stick combo pack
20¢ scissors or filler paper
50¢ composition books

Office Depot:
10 ¢ 10pk pencils
10¢ pencil box
25¢ crayons
25¢ 2ok scissors
25¢ hand sanitizers [pocket size]

Remember that there are limits to these items, but you can enlist your kids to buy separately as a customer! :)

And Thanks Denise K for a great Toys R Us tip: "buy 1 Crayola Crayons get 2 free...not that great for regular crayons but those cool twistables are great for stockings, b-day presents, trips etc."

Fred Meyer Deals: SATURDAY!

There are some great deals going on Saturday at Fred Meyer. I am bummed that I will be out of town, but perhaps I can convince my hubby to go ....

Hmmm
50% off crayola, message boards, mead 5* supplies, 18 gal storage totes, shredders and file cabinets [7-noon only]

Last minute school supplies [remember you can always pick 'em up and donate to your school, teachers appreciate it!] ALL DAY with coupon:
multi-purpose paper: 2.99
3/99cents - bic pens
5/$1 - elmer's glue
20/$1 - twin pocket portfolios
25% off ALL TOYS

Just a few of the many deals. Check out fredmeyer.com for more.

Ebates Link

I'm testing this out.
Go HERE for ebates.

Shutterfly, FREE 8x10 & MORE ....

Shutterfly is offering:

Today only! Free 25 4x6 prints or one 8x10 collage poster @ Shutterfly!

Code:
25 FREE prints or FREE 8x10 collage poster BORDERSOFFER - exp 08/19/09

It cost me 1.79 shipping, still cute and great way to get my bottom into gear and finally print SOMETHING from shutterfly.

Also, photobooks at shutterfly are 20% this month, AND you get free prints when you order one, the qty of free prints depends on the size photobook. This of course, is getting me to finally make one for my folks as a thank you for our trip to Cancun!

Login through ebates, and you will get a 10% rebate too! SWEET!

Fred Meyer Clearance Shoes

Just went to Fred Meyer, and in addition to the 60% off clearance home/toys/sports, there is also 60% off clearance shoes. There were even some sorel winter boots, soccer and baseball cleats, sandals in the kids section at the abbott road store.

Ebates

We do a lot of online shopping in Alaska. Now, we have most of the stores, but not as much of a selection as the rest of the U.S. A few years ago a friends introduced me to ebates. It's FREE, cash-back shopping.

Basically, you go to the ebates site first, see if the store you are shopping from is there and then access the site from the ebates site. Then, if you complete a purchase, you get a 2-15% rebate from ebates. Ebates combines your rebates every quarter and either send you a check or puts it in your paypal account. This month I'm due $44.18, which is GREAT by me!

They've got most of the stores I buy stuff from: sephora, gap, zazzle, and even cabelas for Pete!
They also have the coupon codes for discounts on the shopping sites for additional savings.

Oh, and if people sign up and reference you, you get an additional $5 cash back.
So if you do, reference me: janenelson71@hotmail.com

Let me know if you try it out!

Great day, great deals

Not sure what my purpose will be here with this, but first wanted to pass along some great savings .. as many know, I could be a professional shopper! This week, I have already hit up office max for 1 cent spiral notebooks [3/customer], 10 cent rulers [3/customer] with my family. The 10 cent rulers were already sold out at the store on old seward. I like to get these and then I've got a cheap notebook in the car for Jack and Nic to draw in, and I can make some donations to either our school or local 'school supply' drives.

Later this week I plan to hit target for 88 cent drawing paper, and $4 multi-purpose printer paper. If you are in the market for a DS, target has them for $99 this week. That's the best price I've seen on them new.

Other places for 'deals': the abbott fred meyer has 60% clearance toys .. stock up for upcoming birthdays and even christmas!