Target Shopping Trip 5/18/2015

I wanted to stop into Target today to pick up sunscreen before the Ibotta offers expired and the shelves are cleared.  With the Ibotta offer and SavingStar offer it makes the sunscreen a moneymaker!  One of the better deals on sunscreen I have gotten and we needed some.  Lily is enjoying playing outside and she got my fairer skin so she burns fairly easily and quickly.  I might go back later this week to pick up some more if I can make up another good scenario.

I found one of me favorite Target cashiers and waited in her line.  She coupons as well and we normally have a good chat about deals while I am checking out.  Just as I was up to checkout another associate came over and told her that she could go on break.  Sadness!

The new cashier rushed through scanning my coupons and the Target $1 Banana Boat coupons stuck together but she just put them all in the drawer.  I asked her to please check the coupons that there should have been two Target coupons and she found them stuck together so scanned the second one and it told her no matching item.  She read the coupon and wondered why it was doing that because I bought the right item so she put it through for me no problem I paid $10.09 for transaction #1.

Transaction #2 should have cost exactly the same, I got all the same items, all the same coupons but this time Lily distracted me so I missed watching the cashier scan the coupons.  She told me my total was $9.09 and I was a bit confused but paid, thanked her and then stepped out of the way so the people behind me could checkout.  It looks like when she was scanning my coupons for transaction #2 that she missed the $1.00 off of Hidden Valley mix and realizing she missed a coupon scanned one of the $2.00 manufacturer coupons for the Banana Boat again.  So the deal ended up being a bit better for me than I had planned.

Transaction #1

 
1 Hidden Valley Greek Yogurt Dip Mix 0.74oz ~ sale price $1.33 (shelf price $1.49)
  -  (1) $1.00 printable coupon from here

Cost: $0.33

1 Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59
1 Banana Boat Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59
  -  (1) $5 gift card wyb $15 Target coupon
  -  (2) $1.00 Target printable coupons
  -  (2) $2.00 hang tag coupons

Cost: $9.18

Total Retail Cost: $16.67

Sale Savings: $0.16

Target Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $5.00

  Gift Cards Used: $10.09

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.58 tax)

(I got a $5 gift card from $15 of sunscreen.)

(I will get back $3.50 from Ibotta; $1.25 for Banana Boat Kids, $1.25 for Banana Boat Sport, and $1.00 bonus for buying 2 different Banana Boat products.  I will get $0.50 back from CheckOut 51 for buying a Hidden Valley mix.)

Transaction #2 

1 Hidden Valley Greek Yogurt Dip Mix 0.74oz ~ sale price $1.33 (shelf price $1.49)

  -  (1) $1.00 printable coupon from here

Cost: $0.33

1 Banana Boat Kids SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59

1 Banana Boat Sport SPF 50 Sunscreen 8oz ~ shelf price $7.59

  -  (1) $5 gift card wyb $15 Target coupon

  -  (2) $1.00 Target printable coupons

  -  (2) $2.00 hang tag coupons

Cost: $9.18

Extra $1.00 off from cashier scanning an extra $2.00 instead of $1.00

Total Retail Cost: $16.67

Sale Savings: $0.16

Target Coupons: $2.00

Manufacturer Coupons: $6.00

  Gift Cards Used: $9.09

Total Out of Pocket Cost: $0.00 (+$0.58 tax)

(I got a $5 gift card from $15 of sunscreen.)

(I will get back $3.50 from Ibotta; $1.25 for Banana Boat Kids, $1.25 for Banana Boat Sport, and $1.00 bonus for buying 2 different Banana Boat products.  I will also get back $5.00 from SavingStar for purchasing $25.00 of Banana Boat products.  I will get $0.50 back from CheckOut 51 for buying a Hidden Valley mix.)