Friday, August 14, 2009

School Shopping

The whole family went school shopping on Wednesday. We're shopping for two kids now, since Raina will be in kindergarten. We always stock up on fun stuff this time of year.
Office Max has $0.01 notebooks, with a limit of 3 per customer, so Raina, Jackson and I each got 3. Can't beat 9 notebooks for $0.09!
Shopko had folders for $0.10 each, notebooks for $0.19 each, markers for $0.99 or $1.29, crayons for $0.20, glue for $0.20. They also had Scotch glue stick 2 packs for $0.59 each, I used a $0.50/2 coupon, making each 2-pack $0.34. And Bic pens were $0.89 each. I bought 4 packs and used 2 $1/2 coupons, making each pack $0.39.
At Target (which was way busier than Shopko) we got lunch boxes for both kids (Raina picked one with princesses on it, Jackson's is blue with a water bottle included), 2 boxes of 64 crayons at $1.70 each, 3 little calculators at $1 each, and more crayons and markers.
We also stocked up on socks and underwear for the family--even Diego and Sesame Street for Remy. I plan to work on potty training once school starts. $50 on socks/underwear doesn't sound like a great deal, but it was 5 packs of underwear total and 4 packs of socks.
Some non-school deals:
Cover Girl blush was $3.79-$1 Target coupon-$1 mfg. coupon=$1.79.
Kotex Lightdays were $2.70-$2 Target coupon-$1 mfg. coupon=$0.05 money maker.
Twix/Snickers/3 Musketeers candy bars are $0.52 each; I bought 6=$3.12-buy one get one free Target coupon=$2.60-3 $1/2 mfg. coupons=$0.40 money maker.
We also got some clothes and shoes for the kids. Raina likes sparkly, stars, butterflies on her clothes. Jackson likes jeans and tees.
Overall, not exactly a bargain shopping day, but there were some bargains here and there. They're mostly ready now, except I need to figure out where to get a nap mat for Raina (who hasn't napped since she was 2 years old, but I guess she'll be able to use the down time in the middle of a long day at school.)

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