Thanks Old Navy! Super C-A-S-H Extended!

Yep.  I'm guilty.  I didn't use my Super C-A-S-H I earned at Old Navy (I was away on vacation and then Hurricane Irene hit). 

But guess what?  Old Navy extended redemption of this coupon until WEDNESDAY!  Many thanks to Old Navy!  You guys rock!  Here's some of the email copied:

Now Extended—Through 8/31


Old Navy SUPER C-A-S-H



Redeem $10 in Super C-A-S-H for every

$20 you spend—In Stores Only!



To our SUPER customers:



We heard you couldn't get to Old Navy stores due to the extreme

weather. We're giving you extra time to redeem your Super

C-A-S-H. We wish the best for our customers and their families

who may have been impacted by the storm.

$20 Plum District Credit for $10! (& a code for 20% off your PD purchases!)

Pretty good steal at Plum District now - Get $20 in Plum Dollars (Plum District credit) for only $10! 

Also - use code "Plumeverywhere" from now until the end of August to score 20% off all your Plum District purchases!  Sorry bargain savvy folks - you can't use this code on this $10 for $20 deal!  This code expires August 31. 

CVS: $111.11 becomes $31.74

Total Before Savings:  $111.11

Coupons Used:  $6.00

Cash OOP:  $31.74

ECBs Earned:  $7.00

Regular CVS Run

2 Scope - $3.99 ea.  2 $1/1 MFCs from paper, making these $2.99 each.  Earned $2 ECBs on each one

2 Oral B Flosses - $1.99 ea.  2 $1/1 MFCs from paper, making these $.99 each.  Earned $1 ECB on each of these.

1 Crest Toothpaste - $2.99.  $1/1 MFC from paper, making this $1.99.  Earned $1 ECB.

1 Oral B Kid's Toothbrush - Reg. $5.49, Clearanced for $1.37.  $1/1 MFC from paper, so .37 cents

Total Before Savings:  $29.34

Total after sales & coupons:  $10.32

ECBs earned:  $7.00

SURPRISE Clearance Finds

1 Playmate Cooler - Reg. $17.99, Sale $4.49

1 Igloo 1/2 gallon jug - Reg. $9.99, Sale $2.50

1 200- pack of straws (not pictured) - Reg. $2.49, Sale .62 cents

2 packs of 2 Food Covers - Reg. $2.49, Sale .62 cents

2 reusable Iced Coffee cups - Reg. $5.99, Sale $1.49

1 Kid's Flip Flops - Reg. $2.99, Sale .75 cents

2 Kids' fake crocs (not pictured) - Reg. $9.99, Sale $2.50

1 Fancy Flip Flops for ME! - Reg. $9.99, Sale $2.50

Total Pre-Sale Clearance Finds:  $80.39

Total after sale:  $20.04

Can You Dress Your Child For $40?

About a week and a half ago, the Patriot Ledger contacted me with an assignment.  To give you a little background, in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick and the lawmakers reduced the clothing allowance for needy children from $150 to $40 over the summer.  Obviously, I don't think anyone thinks this $40 could actually buy all the clothing needed for a child for the entire year - remember, here in Massachusetts - a child would need a coat, boots, mittens, hats, pants, shirts, shorts, PJs, and of course socks & underwear. 

So two Thursdays ago, the Patriot Ledger gave me $40 and gave me the assignment to see how much I can get for a 5 year-old boy for back-to-school clothing.  Since I was leaving Saturday morning for vacation, I was in a serious time crunch.  I didn't want to say I couldn't do it - I love this kind of stuff. 

I tried a couple of my "go-to" places for cheap clothes:  Marshalls, Old Navy, Macy's, Children's Place, etc.  Even with all the "back-to-school sales" - there really isn't any good cheap finds right now though.  Throughout the year, I've been able to find pieces of clothing under $2 at these places.  It's not unusual - but at this particular season, with everyone shopping, you aren't going to find the "great steals".  Now granted, the paper didn't say I had to find great steals - they just wanted to see how much one can get with $40.  I, unfortunately, didn't have the luxury of time.  I checked Craig's List - "free" or "cheap" clothing isn't so easy to find when you are actually looking for it.  So I had to broaden my horizons.  Here is how I did:

Total for all:  $40.67



Walmart in Weymouth

1 pair of sneakers - Clearanced for $5.00

1 6 pack of underwear - $5.27

1 new polo shirt - Clearanced for $3.00

Total:  $13.27

Goodwill in Quincy 

1 pair of jeans (The Children's Place) - $3.99

2 khakis (The Children's Place) - $1.99 ea

1 sweatshirt (Gap) - $1.99

1 button down shirt (American Eagle) - $1.99

2 long sleeve shirts - $1.99 ea

Total:  $15.93

Dollar Tree in Quincy (next to Kamman)

2 3-pair packs of socks - $1 ea

1 pair of gloves - $1

1 winter hat - $1

1 scarf - $1

4 t-shirts - $1 ea

Total:  $9.00

This brought my total to $38.20.  About two months ago, I scored a winter coat at Old Navy.  I added this in put me just over $40 (I'm not sure if the paper will feature this article of clothing since I don't have the receipt and it wasn't purchased in the time frame they gave me.)

Old Navy

1 winter coat - Reg. $29.99, Clearanced for $2.47

Total of all four purchases:  $40.67

Things I learned:

-  August is NOT a good time to go clothes shopping.  All the clearance is picked over or is non-existent. 

-  When you are on a budget, the best thing to do is make a list of essential items (kind of like a grocery list!).  That is what I first did with this assignment.  I wanted to score at least 5 pairs of socks, 5 underwear, 1 pair of sneakers, 3 pants, 3 shorts, 5 t-shirts, 5 long sleeve t-shirts, 1 sweatshirt, 1 sweater, 3 pairs of PJs, 1 coat, 1 pair of boots, 1 hat, 1 pair of gloves & 1 scarf.  To me, this just seemed like a good starting point of "essentials" for a kid.  That way, even if I found a killer deal on shirts, if I used too much of my money on shirts, I wouldn't have enough left to cover other items. 

-  Goodwill can be a good place to find some decent pieces.  For kids clothing, all jeans are $3.99 but all other pieces are $1.99.  You have to pick through the racks though as the clothing is not separated by sizes.  Some stuff is good, some stuff is gross.  Unfortunately, the pickings are slim.  I got the only three pair of pants that would fit a 5 year-old boy.  If another person went there that day or next, they probably wouldn't find any pants for a little boy.  It's really hit or miss and I got lucky. 

-  The Dollar Tree is a great place for winter garb.  It really isn't out yet.  I lucked out finding some pieces tucked away in the woman's underwear at the Quincy store.  Start looking for hats, gloves and scarves at your local Dollar Tree in October. 

-  When you want (or need) cheap/free clothes, you really can't find them.  Like most things in life - when you actually need something - it's much harder to find it when just browsing and whatnot. 

-  If you are on a budget for clothing, and have the room, I highly recommend what I do.  I have 3 big Rubbermaid containers in my attic.  Throughout the year as I find great deals, I just buy them and throw them in the bins.  Then with the change of seasons, I go through my stash (which feels like Christmas to me).  Why this works for me:  a.  Boy #1 (he's 5 now) has always been true to size.  At 6 months, he was wearing 6 month clothing, at 2 years old, he was wearing 2T.  Now at 5, he's wearing 5T and a straight 5.  Also, I have Boy #2 (who is almost 4).  He reuses all the clothes.  Although he's a year and a half younger, he's a little beefier so he's always been about 1 size below Boy #1.  b.  I have the room for this.  If you are tight on space, this might not be an option for you and that's okay.  c.  I have boys.  They don't care as much about what goes on their bodies as girls do.  As they get a little older, I'm sure they'll start developing their own opinions and whatnot and my method won't work anymore.  Why this doesn't work for me:  Since I love scooping up bargains, I find that I usually have "too much" stuff when the time comes.  As of now, I am pretty stocked up through size 6 clothing and am working on finding size 7 bargains now.  My first son won't wear these clothes for another 2 years.  A little odd, yes, but that's me. 

-  While at the Walmart in Weymouth (which is one of the smallest Walmarts I have ever seen), I noticed there was a bunch of clearance.  Kids sneakers, TONS of girl clothing, some boy clothing, a TON of baby clothing.  Then I hit up the Walmart in Quincy the next day.  The clearance rack was a joke.  It was practically non-existent.  Kids shoes:  NONE on clearance.  These two stores are maybe 3 miles apart.  I've also noticed in life - the clearance racks at all stores - in more affluent/less busy towns are much more stocked than those in the city or more middle-class towns.  For instance, when Old Navy goes clearance crazy, the store at the Hingham Shipyard is packed nicely with great finds.  I'm never disappointed there.  But if I hit up the Old Navy in Hanover - which is much more busy with mall traffic, I never find anything there. 

Well anyways, I'm done writing for now.  The paper gave 5 women all $40 to see how much kids' clothing they could get for that amount.  They gave us a set age & gender.  The story should appear in this weekend's edition.  I'll share a link when it comes out - I'm interested in seeing what the other women scored.  Oh - and all this clothing is being donated to charity.  Thanks Patriot Ledger!

So what do you think?  Can you dress your child for $40 a year?  Is this a reasonable amount set by the state to help needy children? 

CVS - $26.66 becomes $0

I was gone all week on vacation - so I came home and had to do a quick CVS run because it's in my blood.  It just wasn't a good week for me in terms of rolling ECBs.  I'm now out of them and essentially have to "start over" with my ECBs.  In case you aren't into CVS or want to be:  The key to really saving is to just "roll your ECBs" - or what this means, is use your ECBs to buy things that generate more ECBs. 

Total Before Savings:  $26.66

Coupons & ECBs Used:  $19.63

Cash OOP:  $0.00

ECBs Earned:  $0

1 Kleenex box (184 ct) - Clearanced at $1.77 ($1 off any Kleenex CVS coupon spit out at me at the Coupon Center) .77 cents

1 Fabric Bandages - $3.69 (Used "Free Bandages" coupon that spit out 2 weeks ago.  Even though it expired, my store took it since they've been out of stock forever).  FREE!

1 Dove Chocolate thing - Clearanced at .38 cents

1 1.5L CVS Mouth Wash - Reg. $5.49, Clearanced at $1.37 (exp. is 3/2013)

3 Hershey's Air Delight Bars - B2G1 Free sale, had BOGO Free MFC - so all three for $1.19 or about .40 cents each

1 woman's Dove Deodorant - $4.99  & 1 men's Dove Deodorant (found a special 2-for-1 pack) - $4.99 (used a "Buy a Dove woman's deodorant, get a men's deodorant for free" MFC - exp. 8/28)  So three things of deodorant for $4.99 or $1.66 each. 

So in the past 5 weeks, I've gotten $218.38 worth of stuff for $37.37 (or $42.92 if you count my "free" money gift card - also known as a $50 gift card I got for CVS from cashing in some of my Discover Card points).

Great Deal at Radio Coffeehouse in Milton, MA

Today on Plum District, you can nab yourself a $14 voucher for Radio Coffeehouse in Milton, MA for only $7!  Use this voucher to buy Ice Ccream, Italian Ice and Iced Coffee!  But wait!  It gets sweeter! 

Use code BostonPlumMom to snag 20% off - making this only $5.60!  You can't use your $5 Plum Dollar referral bonus on this one - but it's still a great deal! 

If you want $5 added to your Plum District account, sign up through THIS REFERRAL LINK. 

Deal can be used at two locations:


24 Central Avenue
Milton, MA

OR

Milton Hospital
199 Reedsdale Road
Milton, MA

20% off code for Plum District Boston - All Week Long!

Plum District is offering 20% off any Plum Deal from now through August 21st!  Just use code BostonPlumMom.

Remember too:  If you sign up through THIS REFERRAL LINK, you get $5 off your first purchase!  Combine this with the code and you could nab yourself a pretty sweet deal from now until Sunday!

For instance, there is a deal for $20 for $40 worth of organic baby clothing at Funkoos.  With the code, you save $4.  With the referral link, you save another $5.  So you get $40 worth of clothes for only $11!

There is also a deal for $20 for $40 worth of toys at Gift Hero.  Again - you save the $4 and then the $5 - getting you $40 worth of toys for only $11!

Today's Boston deal - $150 for a $399 keratin treatment at Greg Byrne in Boston will only cost you $115 with the promo code and referral link!

Keep your eyes peeled for more great deals coming your way at Plum District! 

CVS: $22.83 becomes $5.55

Total Before Savings:  $22.83

Total Coupons & ECBs:  $13.00

Cash OOP:  $5.55

ECBs Earned:  $9.00

So I got to the store and scanned my card.  I got two coupons:  1 for a free box of CVS 20 count bandages and a free Caramello.  They were out of both.  I asked the store manager about it.  He said to just bring back the coupons next time when the products are in and they will honor them.  We'll see!  He was really nice about it.

-  4 Gatorade bite things - $1.50 each.  Earned $5 ECBs when you spend $5 or more on select Gatorade products.  These were the only ones they had left. 

-  Sally Hanson Deal

2 Sally Hanson nail polishes - $3.29 each ($1/2 MFC from paper) $2.79 each

1 Sally Hanson Nail hardener - $3.49 ($1/1 MFC from paper) $2.49

"Spent" $8.07 but earned $4 in ECBs for spending more than $10 on Sally Hanson stuff

-  1 CVS Body Wash - $2.27 (used FREE product coupon from "liking" Minute Clinic on Facebook - this coupon took $3 off)

Used my $50 gift card I got for free from my Discover Card rewards (Got to love that cashback program!)

So in the past 4 weeks, I've gotten $191.72 worth of stuff for $37.37 (or $42.92 if you don't count my "free" money from that gift card). 

Not really a great week for CVS - I'm sure next week will be a little better. 

JCPenney: $15/$20 for $50 at Plum District!

FABULOUS find at Plum District Today!  $25 for $50 at JCPenney.com! 

But wait!  Get it cheaper - with these two steps:

1.  Use code blogher at check out.  This saves you 20% (or $5 in this case).

2.  Make your first purchase after you sign up with a referral code.  You save $5 on your first order. 

So if you already signed up through me, you probably have the $5 sitting in your cart.  If you haven't signed up for Plum District, you can! 

CLICK HERE to sign up and see the hottest daily deal site that is catered solely to mothers & families. 

So if you signed up through a referral code and you use the code "blogher", you can score this for $15!

Here's the fine print for this deal (it's online only):

Voucher may be redeemed starting 8/12/2011

Limit one per customer; one additional may be purchased as a gift
Valid only at jcp.com; not valid in jcpenney stores
Voucher may not be applied toward taxes and shipping
Entire voucher amount must be used in one transaction
Purchases may be exchanged, but by mail only
Voucher may not be combined with any other offers or promotions
Expires 01/31/12

CVS: $40 becomes $1

Total Before Savings:  $39.96

Coupons Used:  $6.00

Extra Care Bucks Used:  $15.99

Cash OOP:  $1.00

Extra Care Bucks Earned:  $8.00

When I walked in, I went to get my "Mystery Beauty Coupon" - it was $1 off any Maybelline product.  BUT!  I did get $5 Extra Care Bucks for apparently hitting $50 spent in beauty items.  If you haven't already registered your card to do it, pick up one of the coupons they have around the beauty items.  Pretty much, for every $50 you log buying beauty products, you get $5 ECBs.  I think you can only do this once - as my receipt says "Offer Limit Reached" on that. 

I was going to do the Dove Deal - but my CVS was already sold out of all the shampoo and conditioners (there was a BOGO MFC in the paper recently).  No worries though.

3 Garnier Fructis Products (2 shampoos, 1 style product) - 3/$10 (Used 3 $1/1 MFCs from paper) $7 OOP, Earned $3 ECB

1 Hydro 3 Razor Refill - $8.49 ($2/1 MFC from paper today) $6.49 OOP, Earned $5 ECB

1 Treseme Blonde Shampoo - Reg. $5.49, Clearanced at $1.37 (used $1/1 MFC from paper) .37 cents.  I'm not blonde, but it's going in my donation stockpile.  For .37 cents, why not?

2 CVS brand TheraFlus (Cold season will be fast approaching here - exp. date on these was 2/13) - Reg. $4.99, Clearanced at $1.24 each.

1 Ludens Cough Drops - Reg. 2.37, Clearanced at .59 cents

Only paying $1 for $39.96 worth of stuff equals a savings of 97.5%. 

So in the past three weeks, I've gotten $168.89 worth of stuff for $37.37.  A savings of 77.87%.

Keurig: A Bargain or Not? (And recent prices of K-Cups)

I love my Keurig.  Over a year ago, I swore I wouldn't "Keurig" it up - but I did.  Mostly because my mother bought me a machine.  So I used it.  For the first three days, it was great and I was already addicted.  Around the 6 day mark, I realized that my machine was defective.  It was possessed.  If I pressed the button, it wouldn't brew my coffee although it said it was.  Then I'd try again and it would brew two cups in one.  Something was not right.  So I brought it back to Bed Bath & Beyond - they took it back, but they were out of stock.  I had to wait about a month for their next shipment.  So I went back to my traditional cheapo Mr. Coffee the next morning.  I was not amused.  It was that day, I realized that I turned into a "coffee snob" in about a week's time.  I, the lady who once prided myself on being able to drink Folgers & Maxwell House and having it taste "great" now had the attitude of "What is this crap?  Give me back my Green Mountain Coffee!"

That day I went to BJ's and bought their verson (which was great because it was about $5 cheaper than Bed Bath & Beyond's - but came with 80 K-cups or something astronomically high like that).  It is now my best friend.  Back then (last Spring) - I, of course did a price break down of K-Cups. Back then, the average K-Cup was about .42 cents.  A great deal was about .37 cents each and the "oh crap, I ran out of coffee, I just need to go buy some, NOW!" ran me about .48 cents each. 

Well coffee prices have risen.  The average K-cup is about .50 cents or a little higher.  At BJ's, you can score them for just under .50 cents each. The best way to know if you are getting a good price is to figure out the cost per K-Cup (Psst...there really isn't a significant difference in many stores).


BJ's.com - BJ's.com has 160 boxes of K-Cups for $84.99.  There is free shipping.  This equates to .531 per K-Cup.

BJ's the Store - My BJ's has boxes of 80 K-Cups.  Sometimes they are $34.99 for the box, sometimes they are $37.99 depending on variety.  At the $34.99 price, you are paying .437 per K-Cup.  At the $37.99 price, you are paying .474 per K-Cup.  With recent coffee prices going up, these 80 count boxes may be up to $39.99 a box now - making it .499 a K-Cup.

Coffeeforless.com - First, go through Ebates to get 2.5% back on your purchases here.  There is free shipping for orders $50+ here.  Grab a case of 96.  These are mostly $56.  Use code deb to score 10% off.  This brings it down to $50.60 (still qualifies for free shipping).  Cost per K-Cup is .527.

Bed Bath & Beyond - A lot of the 18 packs are sold at $11.99.  Use your 20% off coupon to nab it for $9.59.  Cost per K-Cup is .532.

Green Mountain Coffee - Coffee Express Members:  Set up a recurring order that gets automatically shipped.  Pretty much, 4 boxes of 24 (96 K-cups) will cost about $55.96.  Price per K-cup:  .58

Of course there are other outlets out there to purchase K-Cups.  But these are just the ones I have used.  So back to my question - is it a bargain or not?  I personally am going to go with "yes".  Why?  Well if you saw my picture up on top of this post - I love Iced Coffee.  So I have a few of these reusuable cups.  I just fill the cup with ice, brew my K-Cup in it, add my Splenda and cream - and voila - an Iced Coffee that costs less than .60 cents - and I personally believe it tastes better than Dunkin' Donuts (but there are new Dunkin' Donuts K-cups out there!) - which, if I stopped for a medium iced coffee, would cost me about $2.32 with tax.  And usually before my Keurig, I would stop through Dunkin' Donuts about once a day for an afternoon iced coffee.  So now, I'm saving about $1.72 by just doing it myself - and, for you tree hugging readers, saving the cup from going into the trash or recycling bin.  Could I do this with a traditional coffee maker?  Yeah, but it's more work.  And in case you don't know, I can be pretty lazy at times.  Also - it's just completely great to just roll downstairs and get that first cup of coffee in about 14 seconds after putting that K-cup in. 

So what's your take?  Is the Keurig worth the price, or is it just an overpriced fad? 

Shaw's - $42 becomes $4

Total Before Savings:  $42.24

Total Preferred Savings:  $17.80

Coupons Used:  $19.60

Cash OOP:  $3.91

First - Started out with $8 in CATs.

2 Wisks - BOGO @ $7.99 each (thought they might be $5.99)  Used 2 $2/1 MFCs from paper.  $1.99 each

6 Yoplait Yogurts - .60 ea.  Used $1/6 Shaw's coupon (printed from register last time I was there) and a .40/6 MFC printed from Coupons.com.   Became .30 cents each.

Did that Buy 6 and they become $1.99 each

2 Colby Flavored Cheez-its - $1.99 (Used 2 .70/1 MFCs which doubled from Wicked Cool Deals)  .59 cents ea.

4 Special K bars - $1.99 (Used 2 $1/2 MFCs I found from Maven of Savin) $1.49 ea.  Also had a $1 off any bar coupon - a Shaw's coupon that printed at the register last time I was there.

So after the $8 in CATs - it came to a whopping $3.91 - or a savings of 90.74%. 

Will most likely add the Cheez-Its and Special K bars to my newly formed "stockpile".  It's not really a great week at Shaw's  -  but needed to use my CATs before they expired. 



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Plum District Deals for Today!

Some great deals to be had at Plum District today!  Sweeten anyone of these days by signing up HERE to get $5 off your first purchase!

For starters - if you are already a subscriber, check your inbox for your daily email from them - there is a printable 30% off (35% off if you have a card) at Gap!  No cost - just click the print and you can save 30/35% at the GAP from August 4-7.

Dancing Crow Yoga (Hingham, MA) - Get 3 yoga classes for only $12.  This studio is convienantly located at the Derby Street Shoppes.  So you can get your shopping on afterwards. 

Well Within Wellness Center (Newton, MA) - For $125, get a 60 minute massage, a personal training assessment & 1 hour of personal training (a $245 value).  They were just voted Best of Boston 2011! 

Task Rabbit - $15 for two hours of house cleaning services!  Who can't use that?  A $36 value. 

$20 for $40 at Lot 26 for Wall Decals - Make your kids' room the envy of all the other kids (and mothers too!). 

If you don't live in the Boston area - be sure to explore your own district!  Want to know more about Plum District Boston?  Be sure to check us out at some of our upcoming media events -  Jimmy Fund Fantasy Day at Fenway on August 13 and we'll be at the Life is Good festival in September. 

My Stockpile Mission - Carepacks.org!

Okay - so I'm in this freaky "stockpile" mode lately.  Now what makes me a horrible couponer?  I don't get the whole "stockpile craze".  Seriously.  I can barely deal with my cabinets as is - I can't handle a huge warehouse in my basement.  I also refuse to do things like dumpster dive and ask friends/neighbors for coupons.  Because again - I can barely keep up with the coupons I do get weekly from The Boston Globe & Patriot Ledger.  Usually I get double of every coupon with both papers - and usually - scoring 2-4 items with these coupons is fine with me.  Buying 2 bottles of BBQ Sauce dirt cheap is doable for me - buying 67 of them - not so much. 

But anyhow I'm on this freaky coupon craze again (it comes and goes like the tides for me).  But I like to have a "goal" of sorts.  And I prefer to packrat hygiene items and not food.  But I need a mission.  Just buying razors, shaving cream and toothpaste for myself is not fun.  So to fuel this CVS craze I'm on, I thought about it - and my mission is stockpiling the next 3 months for Carepacks.org. 

What is Carepacks.org?

Carepacks was founded and is based out of Weymouth, MA.  To date, they have sent over 12,000 overseas to troops.  They were founded in 2004.  Here's their blurb:

CarePacks is a non-profit organization—staffed and managed entirely by volunteers—that is dedicated to sending care packages to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Founded in 2004, CarePacks' goal is to provide these soldiers with supplies to help improve their morale, mental health, and quality of life, and to remind soldiers that they are remembered by people “back home.”


CarePacks’ care packages contain high-calorie food products, undergarments, personal care items, books, magazines, and more. Each package also contains at least one letter or card from a child so that the soldier who receives the package has a personal connection to someone back in the United States. CarePacks coordinates its efforts with local schools, Cub Scout packs, Boy and Girl Scout troops, churches, and other organizations to involve the community in the support process and to inform them about the needs of US military personnel.

So how is this my "mission?"  Well Weymouth puts on a Veteran's Day parade and inconjunction with this, Carepacks takes over the Weymouth Elks club all morning to accept donations for holiday boxes.  I don't know if they are actually doing it again this year - but they most likely are.  That gives me just over 3 months to collect a bunch of free/cheap crap at CVS and stores.  With Veteran's Day a week or two after Halloween - it's a great time to stock up on crazy clearanced candy. 

So there.  Now I am fueled.  By the time November rolls around, I should be out of my couponing craze.  Or I'll be highly addicted. 

30% (or 35% for cardholders) Coupon to the GAP

Hey!  If you didn't check your Plum District email today - you should!  There is a coupon for 30% off (or 35% off if you have a Gap, Old Navy, etc. credit card) your entire purchase good from August 4-7th.  NOTHING to buy - just click and print. 

What!  You aren't a member of  Plum District yet?  You should be!  CLICK HERE to sign up and if you go through this referral link, you get $5 off your first Plum District purchase. 

Old Navy Cash Back Sale

Hitting up Old Navy to do some back to school shopping? 

For every $20 you spend from 8/1-8/18, you get $10 to spend the week of 8/25-8/29.  Sounds very Gymbucks like.

Remember, if you have an Old Navy credit card, wait to go on a Tuesday to save 10%. 

Also, go to their Facebook page and score a $5/$25 coupon on the Hottest Ticket tab!