Insane Target Deals

Total cost: $79.10. My total after coupons: $26.32. Total Target Gift Cards that they gave me for the Wisp Candles: $20. Real cost: $6.32 (if you want to calculate it that way...but I usually count gift cards and things on the back end, when I use them)
*I promise not to get anymore wipes until the shelves are fully restocked.

I really am trying to control myself. It is SO HARD! So, now that the Huggies Target coupon of my dreams has been validated by multiple sources, I've lost my mind. I haven't even gotten the 34 manufacturer coupons that I ordered yet, and I still found another way to work the deal for free. I did spread myself to 2 Targets today and only got a few packages at each one. I did not clear the shelves.

So, I forgot to pick up a teacher gift for B's teacher while I was out yesterday. Tomorrow is her last day of school for the year, so I needed to get something today. Since Target has been so good to me lately, I decided to buy her a gift card from there (I try to support the stores that give me great bargains by actually buying regular things there...like filling my prescriptions at CVS).

But I digress. So, I realized that pairing a regular box of wipes ($2.39) with a travel pack of wipes (.97) would also be a valid deal with the coupon. Even if you don't have any manufacturer coupons to pair with (I blew mine out yesterday and it will be a few days until my ordered ones arrive) In order to make them totally free...you can also use this $3 off the purchase of 2 post-its coupon. If you use it on the $1.19 pack of post-its, it generates .60 cents of overage. So, each set of 2 post-its and 2 packs of wipes purchased will be free. I did not fully take advantage of this. I only got 4 packs of post-its instead of 8. I was trying to show restraint.

This worked beautifully at the first Target I stopped at today. The second Target, I got a grouchy cashier who somehow screwed up the whole overage business, so I just didn't get the post-its there. It's hit or miss with coupons. No guts, no glory. By the way, the friendly cashier at that Target, which is a few minutes down the road from my regular Target, said that they have no limit on the Target printables (my close Target limits to 4 identical, which is fine with me, but still good to know).

The other bargain I worked today. Glade Wisp Flameless Candles. Target is giving away a $5 Target gift card with every one you buy. Well, you can print out a buy one get one free coupon here. They are on sale for $9.78. You see what I'm getting at here...free. Both Target's I went to had plenty left.

Misc. items pictured that I had good coupons for: Purell, Scented Oil Candle, Wisp Refill, Archer Farms Snack Mix

Also, as a final note. Somehow the super friendly cashier at the 1st Target didn't get my buy one get one free coupon scanned in. So, I called Target customer service when I got home. The woman was SUPER nice. Like, above and beyond the standard of phone customer service requirements. I told her what happened, gave her my receipt ID number. Also told her, I'm sure there was probably nothing she could do, but I just wanted to check. It's not like I could prove that I had a B1G1F coupon, and she stuck it in her drawer for reimbursement without crediting me. She happily mailed me right out a $10 gift card with no problem. So, I'm loving Target's phone customer service. I made sure to tell her that.