Walmart Greeting Cards

There's a coupon right now on coupons.com for $1 off 2 Hallmark greeting cards at Walmart with a minimum $1 purchase.

So last night while my family slept I went to my Walmart to see if I could find any hidden treasures.
I found a coupon but this was my best find.

The coupon said $1 off 2 Hallmark cards with the purchase of $1 minimum.  So this means that I had to get my total over $1 to use this coupon. I know there's 47 cent cards but then my total wouldn't be high enough to use this coupon so instead I did this deal.

1 Hallmark Card @97 cents

1 Hallmark card @47 cents 

Total $1.44 so minus the $1 coupon my oop was only 44 cents for 2 cards. I stocked up on every occasion I could think of. Birthdays, weddings, baby shower, etc. 

But what got my excited was finding this coupon too. 

$2 off 2 Hallmark cards with minimum $2 purchase. So again my total has to be over $2 to use this coupon. But I found some cards marked at $1.97. This is the deal

1 Hallmark card @ 1.97

1 Hallmark card @ 47 cents

total $2.44 so minus this coupon I will pay again only 44 cents for 2 cards!

So look at the greeting card section for these coupons. There was just a tear pad so I grabbed a few so I can go back tomorrow morning. (I only brought a few dollars)

I love when Hallmark brings out these coupons since this is when I stock up my greeting card box that I will use for the rest of the year. And it's costing me less than Hallmarks cheapest cards. 

After Easter Clearance

After holidays are the best days to shop. And the longer you wait the cheaper items will be. 

A week after Easter my Target had non-food items at 90% off. And the food was 70% off. This is as low as the prices will go so it's stock up time. 

Of course I picked up a few candies to munch on but when I look through the holiday clearance I'm looking for 2 things:

1). Items I can use next holiday. In this case I'm looking at those adorable egg wreaths, bunny decor, dye kits, and anything I can use next year. It's cheaper now than next Easter when I'll have to pay full price. So I snagged a cute Happy Eastet banner for 30 cents, an egg stencil kit for 19 cents, and dye kit for 9 cents! 

2) Items I can use all year long. And these are my favorite finds. The toys, gift wraps, decor, craft things that have no hint of Easter but are still 90% off. 

And this is what I found. I found tons of Dr.Seuss items. All originally $1 that are now 10 cents! 

So when I seen all those bags and knick knacks I thought of my daughters summer birthday party. It will now be themed Dr.Seuss. So I grabbed tote bags to act as goodie bags. Posters to act as table decor. And after her party I will hang up in her room. I grabbed the rulers, erasers, stickers, bookmarkers, and keychains will act as goodie bag fillers. My daughter is so excited to have a Seuss birthday party. 

In addition to the Seuss items I picked up twine, felt flower kits, ninja turtle sticker books, candy gum tubs, chalk paint, and gift tags that all don't show a hint tht they were Easter clearance. All prices between 10 cents and 30 cents. 

So for my little Target adventure I snagged birthday items, stock pile candies, crafts, toys, and candies all for around $5! That's a huge savings!

So look around and see what your stores have. Think outside the box on ways to use those Easter clearances. Happy Savings!

Gift Closets

Having a gift closet is the best investment to have in my home.

What is a Gift Closet?

It's a few shelves in my home where I have tons of gifts on stand-by for birthday parties, Christmas, weddings, anniversaries, baby shower, etc. Anything that involves gift giving.
Through out the year I will find deals that are so cheap that I can't pass them up. So I'll stock up on a few items and put them away for later. So when the time comes for my kids going to a birthday party I don't have to rush to Target and dish out $20. I just unlock my closet and let them pick something from there.

So here's a few things I've picked up for my closet.

Minion Tiny Chef @ Toys R Us.
Regular price $17.98. Marked down to 98 cents!

Doc McStuffin Puzzle bag @ Toys R Us. 

Regular price $9.99. Marked down to 98 cents!

Darn Yarn Infinity Scarf Kit @ Target.
Regular $14.99. Marked down $4.48!

Crayola Chalks @ Toys R Us.

Regular $2.99. Marked down to 48 cents. Plus they were included on a promo where I BOGO 40%. So one set was 48 cents and the other 28 cents. 

Melissa and Doug: My First sidewalk chalk set @ Toys R Us.
Regular $3.99. Marked down 98 cents!

 It's My Biz: Bead Boutique @ Toys R Us.
Regular $24.99. Marked down $4.90!

So if I would have gone to these stores and paid retail price I would have spent $77.92! Yikes!

But since I'm a savvy shopper I only spent $13.08! And I know there's a few birthdays coming up soon so I'll be ready and stocked up. 

Target Game Sale

Sales like this is the time I stock up for my gift closet and add a new game for my family.

Target has a sale Buy 2 board games Get 1 Free!

For my deal above I price matched the Hedbanz games with Target.com. In store the price was $20.99. Target.com it was $11.99!

Rummikub was regular $19.99. I price matched with Amazon for $9.74.

2 Hedbanz @11.99

1 rummikub @9.74

With the buy2 get 1 free sale Rummikub was free.
 My total was $23.98.

(Then minus a coupon from coupons.com )

-$8 off 2 Hedbanz games

it made my total $15.98! 

I price matched the Rummikub game so I could use the coupon since I couldn't use the coupon on a free item. I could have picked any game under $11.99 but most the games at my Target were out of stock or games we already have. 

My total out of pocket was only a few dollars since I had gift cards but $15.98 is still a great price since just one of these games cost more than that. So now I have two games for my family and 1 for my gift closet.

22 Baby items for $10

Baby showers can be overwhelming. To look at a registry and find something that is within my budget can be hard. So I use my brain and coupons and think outside the box. 

I remember being a first time mom.When I registered for him I asked for everything I could think of but forgot to ask for things that I would need when he grew older than 3 months. So I had tons of clothes from Newborn- 3 months. I had newborn diapers, wipes, bottles, newborn pacifiers, etc. You get the point :) So when I get together my baby shower gifts I try to think further than 3 months. I get the things that parents might not think of right now but will be thankful for later on. 

I've been giving these type of gifts for years now and each time I get thanked over and over again. So in my book they have been a big hit!

This week my friend from high school (thanks to Facebook) is having a baby with her wife. They are having a little boy and I love shopping for baby showers. For 2 reason.....

1st. I get an excuse to shop in the baby section. My baby is 6 years old. 

2nd. I love going to baby showers. The look of bliss that parents have on their face is priceless. 

So here's what I'm giving my friend with the breakdown:

First my coupon and Ibotta offers. 

Seventh Generation diapers, size 2. These diapers were on sale at Target.

$8.99 -$4 coupon I got from Target's baby registry = $4.99 then submitted the $2.25 Ibotta offer that was for Any brand diapers and for this size of Seventh Generation diapers. 

Out of Pocket $2.74! 

Next bottles from Walgreens. $6.79 each - $2 coupon from coupons.com - $2 walgreens coupon from their March booklet= $2.79 then I submitted for the $3 Ibotta. So making them FREE! 

My ibotta gave me the bottle offer again so I went back to Walgreens and got another bottle for free.

Free's the best price for me!

Boudreaux's Butt Paste at Target. $4.39 - $2 coupon= $2.39 then submitted the $1.50 Ibotta making each one 89 cents!

My Ibotta gave me the deal again so I went back to Target and grabbed another butt paste. I only repeat deals if Ibotta gave me the offer again. Remember I'm all about saving money so $2.39 is still too much for me.

Boudreaux's Rash Preventor at Target $4.39 - $3 coupon = $1.39 then sumbitted $1.50 Ibotta offer so this was FREE!!

Then the sippy cups I picked up from Walgreens. Each was $5.49 - $2 coupon from coupons.com - $2 coupon from Walgreens monthly coupon booklet = $1.49 each. Then submitted for the $2 Ibotta making each sippy coupon FREE!! 

Here's all my Ibotta and coupon deals. And that's not all!

Next my Smith's Food and Drug was having an amazing sale so I picked up a few things. 

1 Simply Truth baby wipes. Normally $3. On sale $1.79 - $1 digital coupon that I uploaded onto my card from HERE so final cost 79 cents

1 Beech Nut jar of baby food $1 each but rang up 50 cents each so it must have been an unmarked sale item. Then minus a Buy One Get One Free coupon from coupons.com making 2 jars for 50 cents!

2 Plum baby food pouches. These were marked down to 50 cents each. Of course I checked the date to see if they were expired but they are good until next year. So this will give their baby boy plenty of time to eat these. So I had a coupon for Buy One Get One Free from coupons.com so 2 pouches for 50 cents!

My store had a close out price on the big bottles of Johnson & Johnson baby shampoo. Normally these were $5.69 but were on a close out for $2.56. I also had a $1.50 coupon off any Johnson & Johnson item from coupons.com making these big bottles only $1.06 each!!

My last item were these Lil' Bits cereal with blueberry. Normally $3.50 on sale for $1.50 plus I had $1 any Gerber cereal from coupons.com so each cereal was 50 cents! 

So for the 22 items I would have paid $85.10. But with coupon and Ibotta I only paid $11.74. But to make this deal even better  Ibotta had a bonus where if I redeem the Boudreaux more than once I got an extra $1. That bringing my total out of pocket to 

$10.74!!!
Great baby shower gift and totally within my budget. Now to find a box big enough for all this! :)