Summer Clearance, Target toy clearance and an Osh Kosh coupon

One way that I save on kids’ clothing is to buy things on clearance at the end of the season. My kids are still pretty young, and so far I’ve done well at predicting their sizes a year out. The retailers are starting to clearance out their summer merchandise–maybe you want to get some things for next year. Also, check each store’s return policy. In some cases there is no time limit as long as you have your receipt. I remember it was the first year K was born, so he was just an infant, but I found very nice fleece separates  at The Children’s Place for $0.75 each! Of course I bought a whole bunch, even though they were all 3T and 4T. But, he’s still wearing them and I think he’ll be able to still wear the 4Ts this year too.

I got an email from Osh Kosh. The item they are advertising is the Buy 1 Get 2 t-shirts. There’s also a coupon though for 20% off a $40 purchase and you should be able to stack the deals. I bought K some swim stuff there this season and was really pleased with it. They had really cute swim shirts and matching trunks. I love those swim shirts–less sunscreen to apply! I hope to find some of those marked down.

Also, remember earlier in the week I told you that Kmart had their stuff on clearance–keep your eye on it for further markdowns.

I also got a mailer and 20% off coupon for Peebles today. They are advertising their summer clearance merchandise as “50-75% off.” I’ve gotten great clearance deals at Peebles, which also will allow you to stack a coupon on top of a sale. I got a boys winter coat for $3 last year, and it’s really nice. I’ll post a Peebles printable if I see one, but remember the 25% off one item one is on coupons.com.

I’ve also been reading online that Target has begun their toy clearance a bit early. Usually it doesn’t happen until the end of July, but it seems that some moms are finding toys marked down 30-50%. It happens every year in July, they mark down the stuff to move it out to make room for Christmas stuff. If you’re in a Target, you may want to check out the toy department to buy some things for Christmas, birthdays or other events you have coming up.

Moneymaker Viva at Target

Last Sunday, there was a $0.85 off one Viva in the paper. If you go to Target’s website, scroll to the bottom and click on “coupons.” Scroll through the coupons and you’ll find a $1 off any one Viva multi pack. The twin pack of Viva at the Concordville Target was $1.48. So a $0.40 mm, and Viva is my favorite brand!

Target and Chick-Fil-A–redeemed!

I just got back from both Target and Chick Fil A, and definitely will think about checking out more Target deals, as I got all my deals with NO hassles. That seriously has not happened to me in YEARS. Then again, I haven’t been there in years. I went to the Concordville store, so maybe it’s better staff, come to think of it, all my terrible experiences were at the stupid Lancaster store.

Anyway-

Target.com has lots of Target store coupons that you can pair up with mfr coupons for cheapies, freebies and MMs.

Cheap-
Hydro 4-pack of blades is 0.99 after both coupons. This is an awesome price for blade refills.
Aveeno has one variety of body wash on sale for $1.25, and there are $2/2 mfr coupons out for this. Makes is $0.50 for two bottles of Aveeno body wash. Concordville store was cleaned out, no pun intended.
Clearanced food-Tabasco sauce was clearanced to 0.91 and I had $0.50/1 mfr coupons.
The Archer Farms applesauce 6-packs were clearanced to 0.98, which is a fantastic price for this. I can rarely find it for less than $1.67 each. Don’t bother going to Concordville for this, I took them all;).
If you need ziplocs, and I hate paying for them, rarely do–but there’s a $1 target printable and lots of either $0.55 or $1.00 mfr coupons out for these. They were on sale for 2.50. Also eligible for the $5 rebate wyb 3, so technically a mm.

Free-
Clean & Clear has $2 printables online and Target has several items on sale for $2. The Concordville store was completely cleaned out of them, but it’s not like I needed those items, and at least it tells me that the deal must be good and that others are doing it. Still, it would have been nice to have more to add to the pile that we’re donating at hubby’s work.

MM-
Use the $1 Target printable and the $0.85 mfr coupon for Viva, on the twin packs which are 1.48. About a $0.40 mm per pack. Even a good deal if all you have is the printables and like Viva.

Scrubbing Bubbles sprayer–$5 mfr coupon combined with Target $3 printable, item is only 6.99. So a 1.01 mm on each that you buy. Don’t forget to google the SC Johnson rebate, you’ll get $5 back for every 3 SCJ items you buy, so basically I’m getting paid $8 for every three that I purchase.

Except–I did use my overage today for diapers. Of course the only double-dip coupon deal is the Huggies, and they were the only brand not on sale. Still, with all the Target and MFR printables out there, combined with overage from other items, makes for free/cheap diapers.

Chick Fil A–Ok, truth be told, I really don’t see what is so fabulous about their food. It’s fine, but not crave worthy like many of my friends post. Still, the 3 of us ate for $11, which is ok. Very nice, very clean play area, like my friend C said it would be. Free ice cream for the kids–they knew how to win my heart! FREE! And when we left, the one employee saw me struggling with two kiddos who did NOT want to leave the play area and held K’s hand and walked him out to the car. I don’t see any other fast food joint offering that type of service. I’m definitely sold! And now off to plan our cow costumes for July 9 so we can eat for free.

More free/cheap Huggies!

The $3 Huggies IP has reset–you can print two.

Use it either at CVS, regarding what I posted yesterday, or at Target if you don’t do the ECB thing.

Target deal:

Buy two of the 8.99 packs of Huggies and two of the 216 ct wipes for 5.99.
Use:
two $3 diaper IPs
two of the $3.50 wyb Huggies diapers and wipes Target printable
one $2/2 Huggies wipes IP

Pay roughly $15 for all 4 items.
Check coupons.com for all the IPs.
Not free, but not bad either.