I went shopping at Target tonight and broke my record of savings by over $100.00. Want to hear my total saved with coupons? Get Ready….
On top of that, I went to Toys R Us tonight and I got a bunch of toys for free and almost free.
My local store is having a two day sale on Mr. Potato Head toys so I was able to pick up the following
Mr. Potato Head (and Mrs) – $3.99 and with my $2.00 coupons, I ended up paying $1.99 for the Mr & Mrs Potato Heads.
The Potato Head Spuds were on sale for $4.99 and I had accumulated 7 of the $5.00 printable coupons from coupons.com so I got those better than free. 
Next, I bought two card games, “Scrabble Slam and Pictureka” and used my B1G1 coupon so I got both for $5.99 total. (They are only $5.24 at Target but I found out too late).
With five nieces and one nephew all under 12, these toys will all go to good use!. My boys are too old for them and only want video games and clothes, etc. I really love buying toys at Christmas so it’s really a lot of fun to shop for my nieces and nephews.
Anyway, at Toys R Us, I got 7 Potato Head Spuds, 3 Mr. & Mrs. Potato Heads, and two card games for $11.96 plus tax! That’s pretty good I’d say!
I got really lucky at Target and had a nice cashier who knew what she was doing. She did advise me to try to break my shopping trips up into smaller orders though. I was somewhat surprised to hear her say that (but she meant it in a nice way). When I asked why, she told me the managers there had NO patience for couponers and if I had come earlier in the day when it was busy that the managers wouldn’t have let me use ANY of my coupons because I was buying so much!
Now, tell me, how can a store manager refuse to take ANY of your coupons because you have a larger order? Don’t they want to sell you their products? I don’t understand that at all! I’m glad it didn’t happen to me because I would be extremely “unhappy” if I spent all the time gathering my items and coupons and got to the checkout and was treated like that! Has anyone else ever heard of this or experienced a situation like that? Just wondering.
target also had a coupon for b1g1 free on the card games, we got 4 total for free at target.
Great job on the Target shopping, Kat. I had a mostly good shopping at Target yesterday as well but most of mine was groceries. My OOP was only $6.43 (and I'll submit a rebate to make it under $5). I got bags and bags of stuff–I was happy–except for the newbie cashier and her not-so-pleasant manager who wouldn't let me use the $1 Tide coupons on the trial packages. I pointed out that the coupon says "any" and she said that what I was trying to buy wasn't in the picture.
Another Target had let me use them last month so I may go back to that one.
Linda G.
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Linda G.
Great job Kat! I also heard that Toys R Us will be having the card games BOGO next week sometime so I will look that up and let you know, if you have anymore BOGO Qs, get both free
I'd love to hear more of what you got at Target, maybe a small breakdown?