How I Saved A Fortune at Target!

First of all, I would like to start off this post by apologizing to the people who were stuck behind me in line at Target. That had to suck. I had no idea that they would have so much trouble scanning all of those coupons one at a time. Also, I didn't know that they would only have one cashier on duty or that she would have to manually enter the coupons that wouldn't work. But I have a right to savings, and so do you. If you had a bunch of coupons, I would understand. You would just rather spend that money on makeup, just like me, right? Right. So, see that picture up there? That is my lovely Target haul. Before coupons it rang up at $90.67. The shirts I didn't have coupons for, but I put them up there because they were a steal, on clearance for only $2 a piece. After my coupons My total was down to only $69.62!! Then you add the redcard giving you 5% off and the total goes down to $66.14. We are talking $24.53 in savings! I am one happy little coupon girl! My favorite thing is that if you have a Target coupon you can stack it with a manufacturers coupon for double savings. I got so many awesome things! Feel free to wonder at my shopping savvy now.... And since my taste in makeup is unfortunately much more high-end then my taste in everything else, here is what I will be buying with all of the money I saved... That is right. One eyeliner. It is an awesome eyeliner though! Now you know why I need to use coupons so badly. If you have a similar makeup problem, try subscribing to some of the awesome blogs where I find my deals. My favorites are: Living Rich With Coupons and .Penny Pinchin Mom I follow them on Facebook so I can stay current on all of the savings around town!

Yay! I love Stealing (erhm...shopping!)

First of all, I get to share a picture of what I got my friend Shasta for her birthday. I really liked this item, but had to not talk about it until she got it. Luckily, that was yesterday! So yay!

I got her these super cute Robot salt and pepper shakers from Thinkgeek.com but to give her credit, she had added them to her Amazon wishlist so I already knew what sorts of awesomeness she was into. 

I went to a website much like this one Coupons

and found a coupon code for $5 off of a $30 purchase at Think Geek. The salt and pepper shakers were only $25 so I decided to get something else that was $5. After looking around and not finding much I needed I finally settled on this awesome Zombie Wrapping Paper. Since it was technically free, it was well worth the (nothing) it cost me to get the fun reaction of Shasta seeing her birthday present wrapped in it.

And speaking of things that cost nothing, as of today I am finished with all of my birthday shopping for my nieces and nephews for the rest of the year. I bought my last gift at Toys R Us. It was on clearance for $9.99 and I had $10 in cash back rewards coupons left (I have already used the rest for some of my other nieces gifts) so I got this game for nothing - they just put it in a bag for me - that is fun times!

I also got my drink at Chipotle free because they didn't hear me ask for it.That was an awesome dollar I saved. :D  So technically, you could just mumble when you ask for your drink in order to save money, but that is immoral. If the idea sounded awesome to you and not at all sketchy, please consult your nearest religious authority and ask for guidance. Or your mom. Something.