Decided to go back to Target for the rest of the corn dogs – $1.48 a box on clearance covers a whole lot of junk food guilt.  Saw a bag of the free Starbucks coffee grounds, so grabbed that, too!  Fantastic for my plants, but if coffee prices jump the way they’re predicting, I’ll be squeezing a few more cups out of those grounds…

The Guy Fieri Porcelain Cast Iron 7qt Dutch Oven is crafted to Guy’s specifications. This durable cast iron cookware allows for superior distribution and retention of heat and allows for slow-cooking and even heating. The gradient color porcelain enamel exterior and the cream enameled exterior allows for trouble-free cleanup. Stainless Steel Knob and Cast Loop handle for trouble free lifing. Condensation bumps in the interior of the lid allow for self basting. Oven and Broiler Safe. Oven Safe to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (260 degrees Celsius). Dishwasher Safe, Handwash Recommended.

I just had to take a picture of these “almost a health food” corn dogs on clearance at Target – $1.48! I actually bought 3 boxes of the Classic ones – FirstBorn just asked how many they had left because they’re really good…better than Speedway. Do I know how to show my family a good time or what?

By buying two of the Glad trash bags (various types) and using the $5/$25 Target coupon from 3/2 SS, stacked with the $1.50 Target Glad coupons from 4/13 S and a 10% discount courtesy of Cartwheel – well, it gets mighty cheap, considering you are also getting a $5 Target gift card with every purchase of two.  The Target on 63rd was pretty much wiped out or I would have grabbed the bonus boxes other people are finding.

The Dr. Scholl’s Dreamwalk gel soles is a sweet deal when all the stars are aligned:  There’s a 20% discount on Cartwheel, so grab the $4.94 arch or ball of foot inserts and use the $2.50 Target coupon from 4/27 S, with this $2 mfr coupon from the Dr. Scholl’s site (under Savings and Offers…see more).  I used REDcard for overage towards the Glad.

If you weren’t blessed with a multitude of P&G coupons and lots of those 10 oz Tide bottles a couple of months ago, head over to Target and work some Tide magic like this:

Two varieties of 50 oz Tide are on sale for $5.99:  HE and Clean Breeze.  Buy four ($23.96) and pay using four of this $1 off Tide printable (two print per computer), hand over the $5/$20 laundry products coupon from Sunday’s ad, plus a $1 Target mobile coupon (text CLEAN to 827-438) and you’ll spend $3.49 per bottle…which is a pretty damned good price!  Use your REDcard and pay 5% less.

How can this be, you might ask?  I shall tell you.  This week Target has the Litter Genie on sale for $9.99.  There is a $3 Target coupon that can be stacked with the $5 mfr coupon in the 4/27 SS, giving you a net cost of $1.99 with no gift cards to muck up the deal.  Only thing better would be a Cartwheel offer, right?  Use your REDcard and pay 35¢ less for each!   I got two SS inserts – this coupon is not in the Starbucks one, but the one that says Paw if Forward or something similar…

Important Note:  The Target coupon page has been glitchy as heck the past couple of days – says select a coupon to print when you already have or you haven’t installed the software… I ended up using two different browsers (and opened another tab) before I was able to print my limit two per computer.  but i’m stubborn that way…

First off, I assure you I don’t plan for this stuff to happen…it just does. I picked up three packs of the Bounty DuraTowels that were on the shelf in the spot with $9.99 shelf tags and had printed out $1.00/1 Bounty DuraTowel six roll pack+ (change zip to 77477 then hit refresh).  Since I’d already texted BATH ($10/$25), PAPER5 ($5/$20), SPRING ($1 paper towels) and THANKS ($1/2 paper towels) to 827-438, there was a good chance I’d get all the discounts – hope springs eternal.

So what happened?  My total was $40, which I found odd since I only had the three items for $9.99 BEFORE coupon AND there was no $10 gift card.  But someone had stocked the 12 roll packs in the 8 roll section, and I hadn’t paid attention, just grabbed.  The cashier suspended the transaction and sent someone for the right product.  Girl came back with the green package shown, not the DuraTowels I wanted. Soooo, they were kind enough to give me the larger size packages ($18.99 shelf price) for $9.99, but the discounts dropped the price too low to qualify for both the $10 and $5 discount, so I tossed in the $9.99 pack to bump it over the threshold, then they gave me $`10 credit since they weren’t able to generate the gift card for these sizes… Note that my $1 mobile coupons disappeared after the transaction was suspended and transferred to another register or it would have been even lower.

Final OOP was $11.45 after REDcard (which isn’t all that when your subtotals are always low).  While the 8-pack stacked with the mfr, mobile and $10/$25 coupons would have been a few cents cheaper per roll, it’s worth it ’cause I just don’t need any more gift cards!

Okay, bad pun, but sometimes it’s hard to be clever…much more clever to be hard! Here’s the deal on the photo (which I ran two times due to Cartwheel limitations).  The eggs are on sale this week for 99¢.  Text both SPRING and THANKS (separately) to 827438.  You should get two separate mobile coupons for 50¢ off a ½ dozen or more eggs.  FirstBorn says there’s no difference between the cheap eggs and the more expensive vegetarian-fed chicken eggs we normally buy – – so these are for him!  Triscuits are $2 (check the scanner because they all came up as $2, even though shelf tags were missing); use the $1 mfr coupon from 4/13 S1 to get them for a buck.  There’s also a $1 off Target mobile coupon, but that’s a one limit – wheeh!

Now for the pricey bulb:  $17.99!  Yep, that’s a scorcher for sure, but I’m not really thrilled with CFL bulbs and especially hate the way those coiled ones look and have heard good things about LED lights.  This GE LED light is 50% off on Cartwheel, there’s a $1 mfr coupon in 4/13 S2 and a $2 Target coupon.  Using my REDcard and my own bags brought the total for everything in the picture down to $11.08.

The 4/6 Smart Source has a $3 coupon for children’s Claritin syrup 4 oz or larger, valid for one week.  Use it today at Target where it’s the last day of the sale, Cartwheel and gift card promotion.  Worked in sets of four, you’ll pay 36¢ after gift cards.

My receipt shows four bottles x $8.99 = $35.96  – 10% Cartwheel discount – $12 in coupons = $20.364.  Get back two $10 gift cards!  Use them to pay for subsequent transactions if you want!  I didn’t bother with REDcard because 5% isn’t that great an amount to save after all the other discounts and I really need to use up the gift cards!

I’m doing this on the fly, so if my math is faulty, let me know, but you can see by the receipt that I paid $20.36 plus low tax and got back two $10 gift cards.