some crazy shopping deals this past month !!

i have had the luck to run into some crazy shopping deals this past month !!
While i am frugal i am not anti credit cards when used in certain ways - ( ie for the most part my belief is that if u dont hae the cash to pay it off right away - dont use one - although if it came between putting brakes on my car and feeding my family - paying for medical things i would use one even if i didnt have the cash )
many - especially store cards can reap you many benefits with what you get in mailers etc

J C Penneys is one that i easily get 100$ worth of free things with - they send me a 15$ off 15$ coupon for my birthday month and then quite afew times a yera i get a 10$ off 10$ etc and then i hit the clearance racks - go gift hunting etc .

This month being my birthday month i recieved quite a few coupons fron JCP , kohls and Victorias secret .

I took a 10 off 10 kohls coupon i was sent for my birthday and i had a 30% off coupon i got in my flyer hit the clearance racks and got myself 2 pairs of jeans basically free after coupon and 30% off - also picked up a few summer tops for dds trip to DW for senior class trip for 3$ each .
RV for this trip was over 175$ and i spent about 15$ out of pocket .

used my 15$ of 15$ coupon i got for my b-day at JCP and got 2 things for the bathroom decor 1.97 each from 17.99 each originally - ( next on my needs some work list is the bathroom )

2 sweatshirts that say grandpop and something else on them for fil for his b-day ( oct ) and for cmas for 4.97 each and a dress shirt for dh for 4.97 and used the coupon and i paid like 3.xx overage for all of it !!

.then i went downstairs to shoes- kids - woman's etc and got17 yo dd a cmas gift for next year - it was a 280$ leather jacket in a nicer dressier style ( kind of buttoned like a pea coat ) that was on sale for 49.99 minus 15% off coupon i had so ~ 42$ then i had the 2 10$ gift cards from mypoints so it was 22.xx$ saved more than 90% off retail value .

went to victorias secret i had 2 10$ cards they had sent me for my B-day month - i got 2 clearance mini make up bags with those spray scents they have -( has three mini's in there a spray a lotion - not sure what the 3rd is ) and a hand lotion that was 75% offRV all together was 36$ -after coupons i paid 2.00 . one was a V-day gift for17 yo - one will be stuck in her Easter basket . will save the lotion for a gift for later in case she needs something small for a friend .


i come home and i find a 10$ off 10$ or more JCP coupon in my mail !!

so next day i check out another JCP .
they were having a huge clearance in the mens dept they were remodeling !! i got my dh's valentines gift - not very romantic but practical - mens nice solid medium khaki / brownish suit / sports coat - by IZOD orig $$275 said 29.99 and i thought that was a deal because he uses them for work -but it rang up 9.99 and i used a 15% off coupon on it and the rest of the things ( shirts / sweatshirts for older 2 boys and dh for next cmas that i got for 1.97 each ) in the end his suit jacket was just 8.49 and i only paid 24.xx
i got 8 items all together and the receipt says i paid 24.43 and saved 557.59 !!

a few things are Cmas gifts for next year for dh and the boys -!!
then i checked out the home decor got a 3 things for my kitchen or bathroom 4.97 each minus 2.xx for 15% off minus the 10$ coupon from mail - i paid under 4$ cash and according to the receipt i saved 95$ !!!

in shoe dept i got one son vans style shoes in a size away on clearance and younger dd school shoes on clearance next size up - paid 11.94 saved 66.06$

My favorite kind of shopping !!!!

so all together i paid 40.34 out of pocket
and saved 718.65 !!