Bargain Day

So the other day I took my trusty coupon binder with me while I went to pick up a few deals.  Here's what I found waiting for me!

6 boxes of cereal, 1 conditioner, 4 lip balms, 4 packs of gum, 3 tooth brushes, 1 tube of toothpaste and 2 automatic hand soap machines with soap.

$105.99 but after coupons 74% savings paying only $27.62 but I gained $12 in coupons to use on my next trip to Walgreen's!

A case - 10 packs of multipurpose paper at Staples.  Original price $46.99.  40% off coupon from Office Depot. Rebate from Staples for $27.  TOTAL.... $1.19

Large Peppermint Mocha coffee from Starbucks.  Used my gift card! :)

Poof

And just like that a month has almost past by since I've blogged last.  I don't know where the days go.  Seriously.

I'm getting ready for the holidays coming up.  Finding all the best deals for all those Christmas presents that I'm purchasing on an unemployment income.  Yep... I'm stretching it the best I can but it's getting to the point where it's not covering cost that are in our house.  Now mind you... I've found great deals.  Really really great deals.  But I really hope Santa leaves me a big stash of money in my stocking this year. 

I can't get into all the really great deals since some of my readers may be getting them... or their children may be getting them.  I had a ton of luck on Black Friday as always finding many items for the kiddos on my list. 

Here's where I ended up.  I started my day at Walgreen's.  At Walgreen's and CVS on Thanksgiving Day they have a BUNCH of stuff for free (after their cash coupon that spits out).  I got everything that was on my list from there and headed home to work on my Thanksgiving lunch sides. 

After we ate our turkey and took our long food coma nap I started my night at 10pm at Walmart.  Yes... 10pm on Thanksgiving Day night.  Walmart had two sales.  One at midnight and the other at 5am.  I started grabbing stuff and putting it into my cart at 10:05pm.  The store was not ready for people to be scoping out the midnight sale items yet.  By 11:05 I had all my items in my cart that I wanted for the midnight sale.  By 11:40 I was the first person in line to check out once midnight struck.  Score!

Then I headed home to help Jerome with a few online orders that he wanted to place.  We ended up running to an electronics store and staying there for a long time.  Thankfully we drove separately so I wasn't stuck there.  Instead I scoped out the area Targets.  Yeah... the good thing about being in the Cities is that we have multiples of stores in a very close proximity.  I swung by three and ended up staying at the last one that I swung past.  Target was giving customers in line coffee, snack bars, coupons and maps to the store.  This was by far the best customer service!  Yet again, I scored everything on my list.

I then headed back to Walmart for the 5am sale.  You guessed it... scored everything again.

Then it was time for the trouble location.  Menard's.  There was no way I was going to get into line there.  I've stood in that line.  It's not worth it.  People cut.  People get mad.  People fight.  I was one of those people who cut... who made people mad.   But, I scored everything and was out the door lickity split.

I jumped over to Sears for an item and then crashed for all of 30 minuets before I had to watch my Hubby's grandson.  Whew.  Thankfully that little boy was in need of a very long nap as was I :)

Mustard Anyone?

So I was shopping in Target the other day and found a great deal that I thought I would share...
Now, I know... not everyone uses it. Not everyone likes it. But Summer is around the corner and you know that means that the BBQs will be fired up with brats, hot dogs and burgers.

For a mere 54 cents I got a 30 oz bottle of French's Classic Yellow Mustard. Now if I only waited until Sunday for the 50 cent coupon in paper I could have paid only 4 cents!

Ready for Christmas Decorating?

I thought about it.. and then decided that I need to actually clean my house before I bring something else in!

But, I thought I would share this link with you just in case you are thinking of decorating today. I know I'm not the only one that stores their Christmas tree lights (or outdoor lights) year to year only to find out that they burn out or don't work one strand at a time. Well now you can get a deal at Home Depot of all places by turning in your busted light strands to get a coupon for $3 off another strand.

Home Depot also takes competitors coupons if you didn't know... check out this post from Freebies 4 Mom who went above and beyond letting you know where to get those competitors coupons!

Who wants something free? I do I do!

So I pretty much suck. I've forgotten to update my blog - or didn't really have anything interesting to say for a whole week. I've also slacked on my blogrolling posts for some time... FORGIVE ME. Today... a two for one plus a deal...

So Amy over at MomAdvice.com tipped me off on a tripod. Now I know what you're thinking... what on earth is Kim doing buying a tripod.... well... I hope to use it on my camera for taking excellent shots of Tinker and perhaps I'll use it at PST's wedding next summer (bomb dropping there... I'll post more about this soon!) for taking video with my camera. And it's FREE.

My note on how to get it completely free is included in both Amy's post and Heather's over at Freebies 4 Mom. Just take note that you need to not have ordered thru Google Checkout (if you have... sign up your hubby!) and change the shipping date to the 7-9 day delivery, resulting in free shipping. ENJOY! I will in 7-9 days :)