No this is not mine! :D Just an example...but when do you have too much? |
I'm hoping to be able to use a variety of brands but so far I've stocked up on Honest Diapers and Pampers. For wipes I have Huggies and Up & Up so far.
Today I picked up this wipe deal at Target and attempted a deal scenario to take advantage of their spend $50 on food/drinks, get a $10 gift card. I typed up a thorough break down of my whole deal, but here are my highlights.
My Target trip |
1 Pillsbury cake mix at .04
2 Buitoni refrigerated ravioli at $1.61 each (reg $3.99)
4 Simply Balanced fruit strips at $1.4 a box (reg $2.99)
2 Ocean Spray juices at $1.02 each
1 V8 infused water at .01 (after Ibotta deal)
Orbit gum at .38/each
Spaghetti that fits in the pot...brilliant! |
Oh and I got this little box of spaghetti for .57. I used to get pasta for free all the time, but seriously how cute is that box?
I admit I'm not good at planning trips yet and end up staying FOREVER in the store. We don't have Super Targets around here either so I'm never sure what the store will actually carry. I picked up a few items that I needed at regular prices so there's that. I calculated the final prices by dividing the $10 offer by the number of items I had and evenly subtracting that amount from each price.
I also stopped at Walgreens where I scored some money-making makeup deals. Granted, it's Wet & Wild, but I'm not picky and think the lip products go great in gifts. In my area, Walgreens offers a 15% military discount on Thursdays on top of all sales.
(P.S. Speaking of Wet & Wild makeup, I have to give a little shout to this lovely makeup channel on YouTube that I watch all the time. She has done some great videos about cheap drugstore makeup including Wet & Wild, ELF, etc.)
As a simple breakdown, I got 2 boxes of Kellogg's cereal, 2 dispensers of Scotch tape, 1 Christmas gift bag, 2 Wet N Wild mascaras, 2 eye pencils, and 4 lip products for $4.82 after submitting a .50 cent Ibotta rebate.
My Walgreen's trip |
Oh, oh...do YOU have diaper and wipe price points you aim for? I'd love to hear.
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Walgreens
2 Kellogg's cereal: On sale for $2 - 15% military discount - 2 .50/1 Kellogg's coupons = $2.38 or $1.19 each
2 Scotch tape: On sale for $1.29 - BOGO free - 15% discount = $1.10 or .55 each
1 gift bag: Priced at .29 + 25% discount (I don't know why this was more) = .22 and submitted for .50 Ibotta = .28 = rebate MONEY MAKER
2 Wet N Wild matte lip color: On clearance for $1.79 - BOGO 1/2 off - 15% discount - 2 .75/1 WNW lip product = .78 or .39 each
2 Wet N Wild mascara: On clearance for $1.29 - BOGO 1/2 off - 15% discount - 2 .50/1 WNW products = .65 or .33 each
2 Wet N Wild lip gloss: On clearance for $1.09 - BOGO 1/2 off - 15% discount - 2 .75/1 WNW lip product = -.11 = MONEY MAKER (of course this just came off my total)
2 Wet N Wild eye pencils: On clearance for .59 - BOGO 1/2 off - 15% discount - 2 .50/1 WNW products = -.25 = MONEY MAKER
Tax = .55 (rounding numbers made my receipt .06 cents off the total)
Target
To figure out my final product prices, I grouped the Tic Tacs as 1 item and then divided the $10 gift card by the number of items I purchased (21) and evenly subtracted that additional .476 from each item.
My total before ANY coupons came to 55.28. I had one set of items that were buy 3 get 1 free and that free item (2.99) seemed to not count toward the total automatically so I had to add a little more.
FYI:
CW = Target Cartwheel offer
TC = Target coupon
1 Orbit gum value eight pack: $5.49 - .75/1 TC - 25% CW = 3.55 - .476 = $3.07 or .38/pack of gum (Jake's favorite + Christmas stockings)
4 Tic Tacs: $1.14 (4) = $4.56 - 20% CW - BOGO FREE (-2.28) = 1.36 - .476 = .884 or .22/each
1 V8 Infused Water: $1.66 - 40% CW = .99 - .50 Ibotta rebate = .49 - .476 = .014
1 Market Pantry spaghetti: $1.11 - 5% CW = $1.05 - .476 = .57
1 Market Pantry parmesan cheese: $2.97 - $5 CW = $2.82 - .476 = $2.34
2 Chex cereal: $2.50 each - $1/2 coupon = $2 - .476 = $1.52 each ($3.05 all)
1 loaf bread: $1.97 -.50 Ibotta offer - .476 = .99
3 Betty Crocker cake mixes: $1 each - 10% CW - .75/3 coupon = .65 - .476 = .17 each (.52 all)
1 Pillsbury cake mix: $1.09 - 20% CW - .35/1 coupon = .52 - .476 = .044
2 Ocean Spray juices: $2 each - $1/2 TC = $1.5 - .476 = $1.02 each ($2.05 all)
2 Buitoni pasta: $3.99 each - 40% CW - $1/2 TC = $2.09 - .476 = $1.61 each ($3.23 all)
4 Simply balance fruit strips: $2.99 each - B3G1 Free - 5% CW - $1/$5 TC = $1.88 - .476 = 1.4 each ($5.62 all)
Pop Secret: $4.49 - 50% CW = $2.24 - .476 = $1.76 (This was my filler items so I kinda threw it on but wish I had picked something else.)