Thrifty Thursday: Awesome Target trip – I got paid to shop!

I had a great Target trip today! My total out of pocket for all of this was $2.84 and I got 2 $5 gift cards back! After I get my rebate back, I basically made $7.16 buying these items ($5 cash for the rebate and $5 from the gift card) My total savings was $75.68.

Here’s what I bought:

6 bags Chef Michael’s dog food – $4.26/each
used 6 $3/1 Chef Michael’s manufacturer’s coupons
used 6 $1/1 Chef Michael’s Target coupons

5 Glade scented oil Holiday candles – $2.50/each
5 Glade scented oil refills – $2.50/each

used 5 $1.50/1 Glade scented oil candles coupons (these were in tins from candles I bought previously)
used 5 Buy 1 scented oil candle, get a free refill (there are blinkies for these in my local grocery stores and there is a printable here)
used $5 Target gift card

**Target has a deal that is valid through 12/26 – buy 5 Glade holiday products (candles, warmers, etc.), get a $5 Target gift card, so I earned 2 $5 Target gift card for doing this deal. I will also submit my receipt for the SC Johnson rebate here and get $5 back.

2 Skippy peanut butter – $2.04/each
Used 2 $1/1 Target coupons
Use 2 .40/1 manufacturer’s coupons

Save 15% off your next purchase at The Children’s Place

Children's Place

The Children’s Place has some great sales going on right now including 50% off on fall markdowns and 50% off on Halloween costumes. You can also get 25% off their holiday dress collection! Get an additional 15% off your entire purchase when you download the coupon here. If you are shopping online, don’t forget to shop through Ebates to get an additional 3% cash back (and a $5 bonus if you are signing up for the first time!)

Save 30% at Bass, Calvin Klein, Izod, and Van Heusen during the Friends & Family sale

I love Van Heusen and my husband loves Bass. I especially love both stores when they have big sales and we get even bigger savings with printable coupons! Click here for a printable coupon for an additional 30% off at Bass, Calvin Klein, Izod, and Van Heusen during their Friends and Family sale. The sale lasts October 22-25 only.

Don’t forget to sign up to become a rewards member here (it’s free).

Members receive exclusive sales and discounts not available to the general public at Bass, IZOD, and Van Heusen stores.

*Free Membership
*Receive a $10 coupon just for joining (new members only)
*All members receive 500 bonus points upon registration
*Earn Valuable Rewards Certificates
*Members Only Events
*Email Advance Notice of Sales
*Birthday Bonus

How it works: earn 10 points for every dollar spent (example: spend $50, earn 500 points). Once you’ve earned 1,000 points or more you’ll receive your Reward Certificate via email, which you can redeem at any of our Bass, IZOD or Van Heusen Company outlet stores. There is no limit to the number of points you can earn!

Sunday coupon preview

I love being able to look at the Sunday coupon preview in advance so I know what “hot” coupons are coming out. The Sunday coupon preview for 10-25 is up now. You can access it by clicking here or on the banner above.

The two hot coupons I see so far are:

$1/1 Pampers Sensitive wipes

Save up to $30 off a Breeze 2 or Contour meter from Bayer (there are often ECB deals are CVS and RR dealsat Walgreens where you end up with free money if you have these coupons!)

Join Pinecone Research! – Dead already?

People often ask me about “legit” survey sites and Pinecone Research is probably my FAVORITE one, but they only have open referrals during certain time periods and usually they hit their limit pretty quickly. If you haven’t joined Pinecone Research already, you’ll definitely want to jump on this offer by clicking here! They pay $3/survey (by Paypal or check) and payment is usually pretty quick!

UPDATE: It looks like the links for this offer are no longer working, so I’m guessing they have met their “cap” already.