Target Tuesday

Ok, so this is a total cop-out - but my cold is still raging strong, so this is all the energy I have for today!  I told you last week I was wanting to do more coupon-ing.  Well, the problem I have had in the past is the "stock-up" principle -- I am no good at it.  Well this week was snack food week at Super Target and I decided to try and take advantage!  The thing I love about Target is they have sales, take manufacturer coupons AND Target coupons for the same item, allowing you to double up your savings!  So here was my haul this week (minus three non-coupon items that we just needed):

2 boxes Chex cereal

2 boxes Quaker Chewy granola bars

3 boxes Nature Valley granola bars

1 bag Nature Valley nut clusters

1 box Market Pantry fruit snacks

1 box Archer Farms Pesto crackers

1 small jar Skippy Natural peanut butter

1 small bag Chex mix

1 4-pack Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches

1 tube Sensodyne Isoactive foaming toothpaste

1 bottle Tylenol quik releasing tablets

1 bag Peppridge Farm Brussels cookies

3 bags M&M/Twix Fun size candies

2 mini-loaves Artesian bread

Total = 21 items

With tax I paid $29.69, making each item $1.41!

The only item I would not have normally purchased was the bag of cookies, which is why I only used one of my four coupons at this time.  I should mention as well that the Tylenol retails for $4 and the toothpaste (which is a kind my dentist has urged me to buy repeatedly to no avail) is $6!

While this is not the best deal I have ever heard of, it made me feel progress in my coupon shopping to have so many items that I know we will use (especially during snack-time for the girls) cost so little!  I am hoping to have even better results on a grocery run and Walgreens trip this week, so we will see!

**For any of you who eat granola bars - the Nature Valley deal was awesome this week!  You buy three boxes of granola bars (on sale for $2.50 from $2.99) and get the nut clusters for free!!!  So, I used $0.75/2, $0.40/1 for the bars AND a $1/1 for the nut clusters bring my total for the four items to $1.50 each.  A smoking deal on what is usually a pretty pricey snack!  (Nevermind that the crunchy honey kind are my all-time favorite!)