Every Sunday when the newspaper comes, I sort. Comics, Target ad, coupons, Metro, Money and Business, Travel - these I pay attention to. Other sections and ads get tossed into the "to be recycled pile." This includes the K-Mart ad. I don't shop at K-Mart for a variety of reasons, so there is no need for me to pay attention to their ad. However, my sister Nicole is a money-saving rock-star and she led me to http://www.moneysavingmom.com/. It was there that a post entitled "K-Mart: Super Doubles at many stores this week," caught my attention.
I like saving money and I especially like when coupons get doubled. I went to K-Mart's website to confirm whether the post was true for our area and the ad came up stating that manufacture coupons are doubled up to and including those with a value of $2. "Whoa, this is huge," I thought to myself because: 1. Not too many places do double coupons and 2. Those that do certainly don't do it for coupons with a value of $2. After e-mailing Nicole asking how I had not known that K-Mart does double coupons, I ran upstairs to dig in my recycling bag for the K-Mart ad so I could read the fine print. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that you could bring in up to 25 coupons and that you could bring in up to 4 of the same coupons. The link in Money Saving Mom also led to a coupon for $5 off a $50 purchase or more. I needed diapers for Landon and I figured with those kinds of savings it would be worth the trip.
I headed to K-Mart tonight with my coupon file in hand. Apparently, I was quite the amateur as someone I saw actually had a 3 ring binder with her coupons inserted into plastic page protectors. I was quite excited to see Reese's Miniature Peanut Butter Cups on clearance for $1.49 a bag as I had a coupon for $1.50 off 3 bags. Final cost - $1.47 for 3 bags or 49 cents each! Yummy! Don't worry - I'll share : ) Here's a quick breakdown of some other deals:
Suave Body Wash - FREE!
Head and Shoulders Shampoo - $2.50 (was on sale for $4.50)
Secret Flawless Deodorant - $0.29
Windex Wipes - FREE!
Bottle of Windex - $0.79
Pack of 2 Oral-B toothbrushes - $0.99
All in all, I ended up saving 46% and will now start paying more attention to the K-Mart ads.
4 comments:
Wow, that is awesome. There was a link on moneysavingmom that told you what the best deals were with coupons as well-did you check that out? You did great regardless. Oh, and anytime you see someone with coupons, ask them for their tips. Us frugal sisters like to stick together and more importantly help each other out save money! Oh, and the last link you put for money didn't work. All other worked.
Yeah, some of the items that they listed on the link I didn't have the coupons for. Some of the other items that I had the coupons for were actually more expensive at this K-Mart than the prices they had listed. The other link was to my previous post about my baby food deal at Babies R Us several months ago. Oh well!
FYI, Wednesdays are double manufacturer's coupon day at Rainbow.
PS, this is Alix, not Derek. I'm too lazy to log out of Derek's email.
I am very impressed! And I can say that I knew you back before you became a famous money saving guru. :)
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