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.