Friday night shopping

Well, I finally got all the "school shopping" done. I hate calling it that, but tis the season right? Kids are all set, except that I have to find some jeans for Alex. . .he is so tall, we can't find his size anywhere! But we have time because they won't wear jeans for a while yet.

Tara and I had fun skimming all the clearance racks. . .some stuff 50-70% off or more!! :) I love that kind of sale. Funny thing is, we were at Old Navy, and I had a $10 off $50 coupon. Tara tried some stuff on, but only found one pair of cute white jeans that she wanted, the were labeled $14.99 (clearance price, reduced from $36). . .well low and behold, we got to the register and she asked for $7.50!! :) How cool is that!! Since that was the only thing we could find, before I checked out, I found a lady with a cart full of stuff and asked her if she wanted the coupon. she looked at me funny at first (like I was stalking her) LOL I told her the coupon expires today and I could only find one thing - then she seemed very appreciative and acted like she would use it.
Hehehe u know me, can't let a good coupon go to waste. . .I mean after all, she had that amount in her cart anyways!! I just saved her $10!

Tara is like me in that fact that she refuses to pay full price for anything. . .and unlike me, she is skinny and can find lots of stuff on clearance racks in her size. We were buying her shirts at $3.60 - $5.00! It was awesome. Kohls was the big saver for me. . .in there, my total was $116, but get this. . .I saved $166!!! :) Now that is what I call a bargain!! And we found some stuff for Alex too. . .him and his funny t-shirts. . .(yes, that is where he is like me, sense of humor!!) He got one that said "security wouldn't let me pass with these guns" then there is a pic of a muscle guy lifting weights. :) ahahahaha He is something else. . .he always gets me on that silly joke too. He will say "mom, did u get ur tix yet?" and of course, because of all the concerts I attend, I say "which tickets" and then he replies with "tickets to the gun show" and flexes and KISSES his muscles. . .gets me every time!! lol Crazy kids!!
Also at kohls we found a cute little Batman hat and sunglasses for kids (vincent loves Batman!) for under $10. (later at Kmart, we found a Batman beach towel for $5 . . . I am so done buying Batman stuff. . .LOL)

We got a few deals at Target too. . .including some AC/DC stuff (not really needed, but at $1, I couldn't tell him no) for Alex, a wristband, notepad, and sticker. (bummer he was with or this would have been xmas stuff!)
we got 2 FREE packs of pens. . .I had two coupons for $1 off any bic item, so I sent Alex to the school supplies and told him to get two Bic items for $1 or less. That equals FREE! :) Love it! Also managed to get some .37 Dove Deoderant for Tara, two bottles of Glade spray (like febreeze) for $1 each (B1G1 coupon and they were on sale for 2.99, plus $1 off coupon on one), and I grabbed some Axe liquid soap for Alex at 1.99 a bottle. The Harrisburg Target didn't have the big toy sale like the Selinsgrove one did last week (got some good xmas presents cheap!) but I did find a cool Batman gift bag -for the cheapies from Sels. and the rest of his gifts. the bag was only $1! :) Vincent is going to LOVE me!!! (more than he already does of course) ;)

We went to 3 different McDonalds to find those damn $1 coupon books and not one of them had them. . .now I love McD's new Mochas (that are not very good for me) but by the third one, we just drove through after we asked if they had any. No one seems to have heard of what I am talking about, but I know I heard it from a reliable source. . .so I think I am going to go visit McD's.com to see what I can find out about them.
I will also try to find the link that told me about them (that way my readers can save too - If i ever find them) and then figure out how to post it here! LOL Hey, I changed my background here. . .can't get rid of that silly orange banner at the top, but I gave up!! :)

Oh, yeah and Alex's hand is NOT broken!!! Woooohoooo! :)