The 9/28 red plum has $5/2 TRESemme coupons and a $5 Target coupon on listed items, among them TRESemme products! AND through the end of today, you get a $5 gift card when you purchase 3 TRESemme products (as noted on the shelf, not all products). You can either run this in sets of four with the $3.99 shampoos, conditioners and styling products ($15.96 less $5 Target coupon less $10 inset coupon; pay 96¢ and get back 2 $5 gift cards) or, if your cashier gives you the stink eye when you try to run multiple transactions, you can buy 9 products and use 4 TRESemme $5/2 coupons and the $10/$35 Target coupon expiring today.  You’ll pay $35.91 less $10 Target coupon, less $20 insert coupons or $5.91 but get back $15 in gift cards.  Either way you save!

I ran this with both the $10 Target coupon and the new $5 coupon, just for grins.

Get the on clearance on Target.com (not sold in stores)! Right now it’s $8.38, down from $13.99. Use your REDcard and save 5% and get free shipping.  Sadly, Christmas will be on us in no time at all…

Target sale prices are pretty universal, but items that generate gift cards or are part of a B1G1X off aren’t.  Case in point is the Olay cleanser I’ve been picking up for between $4.99 and $5.99, here selling for $6.49 and the $11.29 Claritin syrup which most stores have at $8.99 (although a few are $9.99). This store is obviously high…as in crack.

Been finding L’Oreal Extreme Platinum color on clearance (regular shelf) for only $4.48! Scans at $8.99, but hey, we follow shelf tags (and used the $2 mfr coupon from 9/14 rp & a $3/2 Target coupon from some store flyer I picked up months ago)! The Olay 6 pack (bonus) of bars is clearanced out at $4.05; use the $2 coupons from 9/14 rp and you have some mighty cheap soap. Even cheaper when you use it as part of the big Target $5 or $10 promotion (which I did!).  I will say that the Targets I visited seemed to be getting Olay stock in and they all had enough HE products.

I originally stopped at this Target for Claritin – which they had in stock – at $1 more than any other Target.  Which explains why they had stock…This transaction was $1.99 subtotal; used four of the HE BOGO coupons, one Regenerist coupon and the $10 Target coupon.

Also been picking up clearance hair color and using the applicable mfr and Target $5  coupons currently available, together with Olay products as fillers, if needed.

Here’s another Target option to consider.  I’m still using HE shampoos and conditioners, but now added Olay Regenerist facial cleansing wipes to put me over the $35 threshold:  $39.94 was subtotal, less $19.96 for HE BOGO coupons, less $8 for two Olay Regenerist coupons, less $10 Target coupon left me with $1.98 for a subtotal. The Olay wipes were NOT part of the 40% promotion, which is probably why they were still on the shelf!  But I’m okay with that, especially since I have not found any of the $5+ Olay cleanser since the first day or two of the 40% off promo…and we’re talking about five or six stores…

Also ran a second transaction using the $5 Target coupon and clearance HE body wash that were $2.48 and clearance L’Oreal hair color.  LOTS of possibilities all over the beauty department!  I’ll return with $1 body wash coupons and $2 L’Oreal hair color coupons, which will bring my subtotal down to $8.36…even better…

I picked up a few of the small inflatable pools for next year – $3.88 for the Croc Lagoon pools priced at $12.99 and $8.98 for the Intex inflatable that was originally $29.99. The smaller pools are great for the dogs in the summer, since they can just jump in, wet their paws and jump out. rinse and repeat. You know you’ll be buying this stuff next summer and it’s not like they’re gonna expire, so why not grab them on the cheap? All water toys, accessories, chemicals and pumps are also 70% off.  If the box isn’t marked, scan it to be sure.  Fructis gel was $1.74 – I used the $2 coupon from 9/07 rp2 for a slight bit of overage.  Billy Boy condoms were $6.62 – I used this $3 Smart Source printable.  Large pools are also being clearance out – here’s a couple of biggies.  The 18 foot was down to $74.64, while the 16 foot was only $60.  Considering the 18 pool was originally $499.99…

Right now Target has these Meta Health Bars (Metamucil) for $7.49(!), buy two and get a $5 gift card. Use the $2 coupon from the September P&G with the $1 coupon in 9/14 rp AND a 5% Cartwheel (Cartwheel expires 9/20) and you’ll end up paying under $2 a box!

I found two Olay Regenerist cleansers on the shelf which rung up at $4.99, and used the overage to bring down my cartload a bit.

Target has an Olay promotion running through November 18: Buy one signed item and get the second for 40% off.  Welllll, buy two of the $5.99 signed Olay Regenerist cleansers, use the $4 coupons from the single page Olay ad in the 9/7 paper, plus a 5% Cartwheel and you will pay less than $2 for both tubes (including high tax).  I ran this in sets of four and my OOP was $3.61, which I paid with my Care Free gift cards; had I used my REDcard, the total would have been 5% less.

Note that Cartwheel says excludes cleaners – – it lies, but for how long?