Coupon Target Haul

OK I have a new friend that is showing me the ropes as a savings queen, I would say a coupon queen but its more than just clipping coupons.  Let me show you why.

At Target today I purchased 2 bags of Iams Original cat food, 1 Arm and Hammer Clump & Seal cat litter, 1 Party Mix cat treats and 14 cans for Iams wet cat food. My total before coupons $42.64. 

With manufacturer coupons
Store coupons
$10.00 off if I spend $40.00 or more in the pet department
Free with purchase items (2 cans of wet cat food and cat treat were free).

My total came to $15.96 
Awesome right...but it didn't end there, E-bates sent me a $10.00 Target gift card when I made my first purchase through them.

My end total

 $5.69

I want to stress something here, saving money like this is a part time job.  And I don't buy items I do not use.  I have certain stores that I shop at and I carry around a three ring binder and take it with me every time I leave the house.
I have allergies to all the garbage they put in food so I am very restricted to where I grocery shop at and what I buy.  So most of my food savings is few and far between, but I do find some. 
This savings at Target is a normal shopping trip for me.  The trick is to shop sales only.
My coupons came from the news paper, coupons.com and Target.com (target has there own coupons)  At certain stores like Target you can use a store coupon and a manufacturer for one item.  This is where the extra savings comes in.
If your family likes a certain brand and you buy it often check out that company on the web, if they don't have coupons listed write them a letter explain why you like it so much and could they send you coupons.  You wont believe what you might get.  I recently contacted one of the very few restaurants that I could eat at.  Not only did they UPS me $50.00 in gift cards, but they invited me and my children to the grand opening kick off party that is invite only.  WOO HOO!

I will share my other hauls as I do them, so you can get an idea's of how to do this for yourself. 
Good Luck and happy savings.

Nutmeg Our New Family Member

In Loving Memory of Sophia

We have been looking for a new member of our family for quite some time.  We kept the carrier in the car just in case.   The unexpected loss of Sophia crushed us, I couldn't talk about it for months.  A big hole was left that could only be filled by a very special pet.

This is us on adoption day, the people with us were her foster parents, they took really good care of her and gave her lots of love.  Now we get to spoil her rotten. My eyes are puffy, I kept crying I'm such a big baby...Oh well.

Nutmeg playing

Nutmeg Sleeping on my bed while I work at my computer

She took all of her toys out of her basket then took a nap in it

Hanging out in her pink girl cave

enjoying her scratching board

 

Nutmeg has filled a space in our lives with her own unique personality.  She likes to play allot and has her toys strewn from one end of the house to the other, for some reason I can get her to put them back in the basket.  Nutmeg is a snuggler  the first week she stayed on or next to me.  To wake me up she will start at my foot and walk up my body to my face and nip my nose, she is lucky she's so cute.  Alex cant seem to put her down, he is always petting, holding or playing with her and Trinity can get her to do things that our older cat would defiantly give us the displeased down the nose look at us.

As you can see we enjoy and love our new kitten

Silet Saturday and Sunday

Shhh...we are cat napping this weekend...sweet Lucky in his boys lap.