Last August, Kohl’s ran a fantastic promotion where every purchase of a buck and over earned you $10 in Kohls Kash.  People were running out and buying tissue paper and greeting cards for a buck and then amassing Kohls Kash war chests.  I wasn’t that bad; I realized that we desperately needed bath towels, so decided to pick up a few wash cloths for $1.99 each.  How few?  16, or $34.24 OOP (with tax), earning $160 in KK, which I then turned around into bath towels, hand towels, bath rugs, lots of clothes for the PITA…a lot.

Flash forward to present date.  The towels, Vera Wang, so you know they weren’t cheap, are in horrible condition.  The threads have completely separated and the worst of the towels looks like a cat’s scratch pad – nasty.  I returned to Kohls without a receipt (well, who keeps towel receipts for six months!?) and received a store credit of roughly $120, which I used tonight to pick up the following items:  8 bath towels; 3 hand towels and 4 wash cloths.  This time I chose the Chaps brand (Rachel had good luck with them).  I had 10 of those Spend $20 Get $10 off coupons they were distributing in the hispanic suburbs up north.  I handed one to a guy in line who was just buying a couple of pairs of jean.  He thanked me and when he paid, handed me the $10 Kohls Kash he got for spending $50 or more.  I was honestly shocked, since I was only trying to be nice.

How much did I spend?  $70.11 and I still have four more coupons, $10 Kohls Kash and $63 left on the gift card.  I must say here that anyone with whom I have ever had contact, either in the Woodridge or Downers Grove location, has always been exceptionally considerate, polite and helpful.   can’t imagine why I never shopped there all these years…