Deal #!:
If you live in Louisville and haven't checked out Margaret's Consignment Store, you need to. They are an upscale consignment store on Frankfort Avenue. They can be somewhat pricey for a used clothes store ($20 for a shirt is typical), but I can sometimes find the most amazing deals when they mark things half-off. Here's what I bought this evening:
- a pair of Banana Republic jeans just my size (in petite, too, which is very hard to find!)
- a pair of Ann Taylor jeans also my size (brought in by the same seller)
Total cost with tax: $17.18- They were only $8.10 each!!! If I had bought them new, they would have been probably $60 a pair.
You see, the trick to shopping at Margaret's is to look for markdowns. After the clothes have been on the floor for 30 days, they mark them half-off. I always check the date on the back of the tag if I am interested in an item because sometimes they miss a few tags when they are marking things down.
Deal #2:
I stopped by Walgreens on my way home to see if they had any diapers on sale.Well, one thing I've learned about Walgreens is that you need to grab their sale paper and their monthly coupon book as soon as you walk in the store. Oftentimes they have a sale that isn't labeled on the shelf or they will have a coupon in their weekly ad or their monthly coupon book. This is especially true for diapers. When I got to the diaper aisle, Huggies were marked up more than $10 a pack, which I consider way too expensive even with a coupon. I almost just left, but I thought I would check the ad just in case. It's a good thing I did because they were having a really good sale on Huggies. Here's how I worked the sale:
Huggies jumbo packs were on sale for $8.99
less $1.50 manufacturers coupon for Snug and Dry (I also have a $2 off Little Movers coupon, which I will probably use tomorrow. You can only do one pack of diapers per transaction)
= about $8 after tax, which isn't a bad deal for Huggies, BUT WAIT
They printed me off a $2 Register Rewards, which is like free money to use on your next purchase. So that makes the diapers about $6 a pack (or $5.50 if you get Little Movers). PRETTY GOOD DEAL!
*** Since I don't go to Walgreens that much, I decided to go ahead and use my register rewards right then.(They usually are only good for about a week before they expire.)
-So, I did a second transaction and purchased 3 boxes of Kleenex, which were on sale for .89 cents a box. I used a .50/3 coupon and paid only .17 after using my Register Reward.
BOTTOM LINE: I paid $8.20 for a pack of Huggies and 3 boxes of name brand Kleenex.
If you need diapers and have any Huggies coupons, head to Walgreens tomorrow! It's the last day for this great deal.
