Where The Wild Things Are

I think I’ve finally found an almost useful new hobby…shopping! Okay, so I’ve always loved retail therapy, but now I have a cool new way to do it. I’ve discovered the love of coupons. I know, it seems like a pain, but I’m telling you…when you can get something for nothing (or close to it) it’s almost a high! Take today for instance. I went to Target and in addition to a whole lot of groceries and stuff I didn’t really need, I bought

1 Venus Embrace Razor gift pack (with a travel case, 2 extra blades,
travel can of shave gel, and small tube of lotion
1 Fusion razor (nothing fun with this one )

I could have paid:
$9.44 Venus
7.99 Fusion
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17.43

but noooooo

I had a $4.00 off coupon for the Venus and a $2.00 coupon for the Fusion, making my total 11.43. Which really wouldn’t have been bad, but Target also had a promotion where if you bought 2 of these razors, you got a $10 Target gift card instantly. Since I shop at Target a lot, this GC will definitely get used. So basically I spent 1.43 for 2 razors and a few little extras as well!

Then tonight I went to Walgreens. I bought
2 Gillette Fusion Hydragel shave gels $3.33 (x2)
4 Edge Shave gels $2.00 (x4)
2 Skintimate shave gels $2.00 (x2)
1 Gillette 2-in-1 body wash $4.00
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$22.66

Walgreens had a promotion going where if you spent $20 on these products, you got a coupon fro $5 off your next order. Again, since I shop at Walgreens a lot, this will get used. That would bring my total to $17.66. Still not a bad deal. But Walgreens also had a coupon in their June Easy Saver Catalog for $1 off each of the Edge and Skintimate shave gels. That brought my total to $11.66. Getting better I had 2 $1.50 off coupons for the Fusion Shave gels (we’re down to $8.66 if you’re following along). I also had 2 $.55 off coupons for the Skintimate making my total $7.56. Not to mention that I had a coupon for a free Gillette body wash. We’re down to 3.56 now. This alone would have rocked my world, but last time I was in Walgreens, a $3 off your next order coupon printed for reasons completely unknown to me so I used that too. My total was now at .56. After tax, I spent just under $2.50 on all that good stuff. I would have paid with the Walgreens gift card I got from doing the rebates last month, but being the oh-so-organized person I am, I left it at home

I’m sure that’s probably very confusing but I love to go to www.moneysavingmom.com and www.hotcouponworld.com and read about all the deals. I’d never know what was going on or which coupons to use if it weren’t for them!!