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Just wanted to share with you guys the two transactions that I did this evening at Kmart. I wanted to do the double dipping Holiday/Spend $50 catalina promotions. I also wanted to turn around and get some cheap toilet paper while there was a promotion for it. This is what I did:
$12 six boxes of 15 ct Gallon size Ziploc Holiday Bags
$9.98 two Glade Holiday Reed infusers
$4.49 one Tide Stain release 10 ct
$19.99 one box of Huggies diapers
$10 four 2 oz Glade candle
$5 two Pledge wipes packs
=$61.46 subtotal before taxes
-$5 when I used $5/50 kmart coupon
-$6 two $1.50/2 Ziploc printable coupons doubled
-$4 two B2G1 Ziploc tearpad coupons
-$8 two $2/1 Glade Reed infuser coupons from Kmart coupon booklet doubled
-$10 four free glade candle coupons
-$4 two Pledge printable coupons doubled
-$2 Tide release coupon doubled
-$2 Tide Stain release discount at register
-$19.99 FREE box of Huggies diaper coupon I had
= -$0.47 plus tax out of pocket and got one $12 and one $5 catalinas.
THEN I had to get some Charmin while it’s cheap and I had good coupons for it:
$26.97 when I bought three big packs of Charmin
$4.49 Tide Stain release
= $31.46 subtotal before taxes
-$6 three $1/1 Any Charmin homemailer coupons (from samples)
-$2 Tide release coupon doubled
-$2 Tide Stain release discount at register
-$12 coupon from previous transaction
=$9.96 plus tax out of pocket and got another $5 catalina off my next purchase.
So, I spent $10.43 plus tax out of pocket and still have $10 in catalinas to use. The best part is that I bought our favorite toilet paper (54 big rolls!) for pretty much FREE! Sorry for the lack of photo with all of my goodies, but did I mention I am 39 weeks pregnant? I am sure you understand!
October 1st, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Great JOB!! I wish I could get to where you are someday. I am saving some $$ but not like that!
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:23 PM
The KMart in Hartford, WI does double BOGO coupons, and there is not a limit to 10 coupons doubled either. I saved $82.00 in coupons today when I shopped there. My total for everything was $14.85, and I got a catalina for $5.00 off your next, a @ for $2.50 off holiday candy, and a .50 cent off coffee mate coupon.
I went to go use my rewards that I got from this transaction. I picked out a birthday card for my Mom, the coffee Mate (free after dbld), and a bag of candy. The candy didn’t work. She thought that I might have had to wait for Christmas, or something. I just held onto the Q. I don’t really care if I used it right away or not. It doesn’t expire until the end of November anyway. Anyway, after she rang these few items up. She asked me for .49 cents. I gave it to her, and she seemed a lil puzzled. she said it won’t take it. She found out that they actually owed me .49 cents. I just bought a bottle of water, and then paid the difference. I have never had that happen before, though. I am so excited! I am finally a true couponer! I just started doing this a few mos ago.
The cashiers were really nice. They were laughing, and watching the total go down, and asking ME for tips. Thank you K Mart for making my day, and thank you to the cashiers that were really nice, and didn’t treat me like I was robbing the store. I have left stores crying before.
Really good day!!!!!
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Hi! Hope your getting along well! Your getting so close! I wish you the very best delivery and recovery.
Hey … what would work instead of the Huggies?
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Mercedes Reply:
October 1st, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Hi Pam,
If you have any of the Kmart coupon booklets you could replace the huggies with more of the reed infusers. $0.99 each after doubled coupon. if you have access to enough computers get more ziploc? Some glade candle tins are $1.50 and they have coupons inside them. Also, some nature’s source bottles have coupons for $1/1 and they are $2.99 each. Your OOP will be a little more depending on the coupons but the $17 in cats should help offset that.
Mercedes
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:46 PM
I am going to try, and leave some of the things that I was able to get for free in order to help others. I do not keep track of dates of when the coupons came out, or where I get them all from, though.
I got free:
Nescafe Taster’s Choice single serve packets.
Nestle Coffee Mate packets.
Ziploc bags, on sale 2 for $4.00 (any)
glade refillables 3+1 bonus pack, Clean Linen ones on sale 2 for $5.
reeses peanut butter cups
Dry Idea roll on deodorant (I have had $2. printables for a while now. I do not think they are still available).
Kotex Pantiliners (charity)
Things I saw that you can get for free, or really cheap with coupons:
Suave Professionals 2 for $3.
Halls cough drops, can’t remember price. They would have been free with the .75 cents off MC, though.
Pert Plus small 3.49 (-$1.50MC), big 4.99 (-$2MC)
Rimmell Mascara (-$2. MC). They were all gone when I got there,
though.
Tag Deo, or spray $3.89 (-$2 off Q in 8/30 P&G). P&G pulled there insert from the Milwaukee Journal for the 8/30 insert, so I never got one. I got this last weeks one in the mail, though.
I also did this deal:
All 2X $5.65 x 2=$11.30/2-$1, so $4. off=$7.30
Snuggle liquid softener $3.25/1-$1, so $2. off=$2.50
All 2X big bottle $11.00/1-$2, so $4. off=$7.00
Spent $16.80 on, and got back a $5.00 catalina. $11.80 on 2 bottles of All, 1 bottle of Snuggle, and 1 of the really big bottle of All is not bad!
I also did the Special K deal too.
Sorry for writing a book on your site. I would just really like to be able to help people know what is all out there. I wish that I had the know how, or the time to have my own blog. Maybe someday! I just started couponing maybe 3 to 4 mos ago.
Thank you so much!!!
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October 1st, 2009 at 10:21 PM
GREAT WORK!..YOU NEED TO STOCK UP FOR WHEN THE LITTLE ONE COMES!I BET MOMMY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSSINES FOR A WHILE TILL YOU RECOVER..WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK AND A SPEEDY RECOVERY..NOT TO BE SELFISH BUT WE NEED YOU ! LOL..J/K TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU WANT AND ENJOY!..BY THE WAY I WISH WE HAD A KMART IN MMADISON..WHI WE DONT?HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
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October 1st, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Is it bad that I’m just drooling over double couponing tomorrow?
hehe…I’ll post what I find when I get back, but…
I thought the ALL was on sale!
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October 1st, 2009 at 10:31 PM
I agree with Lisette we need you but I understand on the pregnancy. My little boy is now 9 weeks old and they need alot of our attention. Congrats!!!!
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Mercedes Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Thanks guys!
I don’t plan on taking too long! This is something that I love doing so I can’t leave w/o. I just may be walking around very sleep deprived, lol.
Mercedes
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October 2nd, 2009 at 12:19 AM
Very disappointed our Kmarts near us don’t do double coupons. I thought about driving up to my sister’s to go to her Kmart because they double but I didn’t see a post with enough good coupons that I had to make it worth it.
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October 2nd, 2009 at 7:00 AM
What is this?
-$2 Tide Stain release discount at register
Coupon, automatic discount, etc? I wanted to try this product and with the coupon and discount, it makes for a fantastic deal!
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Mercedes Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Hi Kara,
This is an offer advertised in the monthly sales ad. I also mentioned it on my coupon match up post earlier this week. Automatic $2 off any Tide Stain release (limit one per transaction). I have been buying the cheapest which is the 10 ct packs.
Mercedes
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October 2nd, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Any idea if the $12 coupon will roll if your purchase another $50 of the qualifying products?
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October 3rd, 2009 at 11:11 AM
WOW, that is awesome! It makes me wish we had a KMart nearby!
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