Saturday Is For Saving

I didn't get all my shopping done this weekend, but I did make a trip to Target last night trying to use my coupons before they expired. Got a lot of awesome deals! I spent $42.11 after tax and my Red Card and saved $45.50! I think I found my new favorite cashier, not very good with the small talk but he makes sure all my coupons go through and doesn't give me a hard time about having multiples.

All that deal hunting and a total fail at Walmart for my Flat Iron Challenge exhausted me and I think made me a little sore. I should start doing shopisthenics to get in shape.

ITEM		PRICE EA	MFG CPN	TGT CPN	TOTAL
1	Scotch Fur Fighter	$8.99	$4.00	$2.00	$2.99
1	Purex Crystals	$3.99	$2.00	$1.00	$0.99
3	Crystal Light	$2.49	B2G1	$1 OFF 3	$3.98
1	Special K Protein Bars	$5.34	$2 OFF 2	$1 OFF 2	$2.34
1	Special K Protein Drinks	$5.59			$5.59
1	Hostess Strawberry Cupcakes	$2.50			$2.50
1	Golden Grahams Bars	$2.12	$0.50		$1.62
2	Mio Water Enhancer	$3.50	$1.00	$1.00	$3.00
2	Skittles Blenders	$0.69	$0.50 OFF 2	$1 OFF 2	-$0.12
1	Tide Single	$0.97	$1.00		-$0.03
1	Got 2B Glued	$3.79	$2.00		$1.79
2	Pantene Detangler	$3.50	$2.00		$3.00
3	Olay Body Wash	$5.99	$2.00	$1 OFF 2	$11.97
1	Olay Body Wash	$5.99	$4.00		$0.99
1	Secret Deodorant	$0.97			$0.97
TOTALS		$81.07	$30.49	$9.00	$41.58

Flat Iron Challenge

The other day while I was in the shower I was thinking about the new Walmart coupon policy (I pretty much always think about coupons - ask my husband) and how nifty it is that you can get overage for your coupons. It totally makes sense, I mean they get reimbursed for the full face value of the coupon so why shouldn't we get the full face value too?

As I was brushing my hair I remembered my coworker Angie saying she thought my hair would look nice straightened... but I lost my flat iron on one of my work trips to Chicago. That was my "Ah ha!" moment and the Flat Iron Challenge was born.

I decided to plan a trip to Walmart where my coupon overage would buy me a brand new flat iron! Here is the one I picked out for $22.99 (online price) and it says you don't even have to dry your hair first! Although I'm a little apprehensive about not drying my hair first, I am a lazy hair styler (pony tail most days) and it got great reviews on the wet function.

Remington Wet 2 Straight Ceramic Flat Iron, 2"

Sounds easy, right? Find some coupons that are more than an item and get cash back... in general yes its super easy, but trying to find $23 worth of overage at $0.02-0.15 a pop is freakin hard! So far I have a list of 55 items with a retail total of $91.89 and coupons totaling $110.00 for an overage of $18.11 - and I have a small list of possible money making coupons and a few others I need to check and see if I still have the coupons for. Hopefully they have the items I'm looking for, and they are still the same price since I'm not sure if some of the prices I've noted from other bloggers were sale prices.

I'm still looking for coupon overage deals and trying to make a game plan to make this go as smoothly as possible in-store. If you read the Walmart Coupon Policy the register will automatically prompt them to call a manager if any of the following occurs: 40 coupons per transaction, $50 or more in coupons per transaction, or any single coupon for $20 or more for one item. This means I will want to split my shopping into 3 separate transactions to keep it both under 40 items and $50 worth of coupons. This will be epic!