Target | 7/21/2013 - 7/27/2013

My sister is heading out to college in the fall, so we got to shop for the "fun" stuff for school! We saw that most of the dorm stuff was on sale this week, and we just got a Target flyer in the mail with great Target store coupons for dorm supplies! It looked like a great week to start stocking up!

I also recently discovered Target's mobile shopping app, Cartwheel. You click on the offers you want to use, bring your smartphone or printed Cartwheel to the store (you don't have to use the app; you can just use it from online at home), and have the cashier scan the one barcode for all the items you selected! It's a pretty easy app to maneuver and figure out. So, before our Target trip, I selected all the offers I wanted to redeem such as, 10% off dorm bedding and 10% of Schick razors. The cashier scanned the barcode from my phone, but for some reason the offers didn't come off. I took my receipt and phone over to the customer service to see if they could help me out! They were extremely friendly and helpful, and didn't know why it didn't work (I'm hoping it works in the future!!), so the Target dude from customer service graciously figured out all my Cartwheel savings manually and handed me over $8.00 in cash!! Woohoo! It's totally worth it to take the 5 min trip to customer service when you have a coupon dilemma ;)

So, enough blabbing.....here's how we did! [Note: I will calculate the Cartwheel savings after each item, although we got the cash back in a separate "transaction," and ignore my cat's ear in the photo...]

RE Comforter @ $19.99
Sale, $5 off
Cartwheel, 15% off
$12.74

(2) RE Pillows
$8.08

RE Mattress Pad @ $9.64
Sale, $2.65 off
Cartwheel, 10% off
$6.29

RE Sheet Set @ $19.99
Sale, $3.99 off
Cartwheel, 10% off
$14.40

RE Pillowcases @ $9.99
Sale, $2.00 off
$7.99

(6) RE Assorted Towels @ $21.98
Sale, $2.48 off
Cartwheel, 15% off
$16.58

RE Body Pillow @ $9.99
Sale, $1.99 off
Cartwheel, 10% off
$7.20

RE Body Pillow Cover @ $9.99
Sale, $1.99 off
$8.00

(2) Mead Pocket Folders @ $1.94
used $1/2 Mead Five Star school supplies Target store coupon 
used $1/2 Mead Five Start products [coupon not available as of 7/25]
FREE, $0.06 overage

Venus Embrace Razor @ $5.99
used $5/1 Venus razor coupon from insert
$0.99

(2) Schick Hydro Silk Razors @ $18.98
used (2) $4/1 Schick Hydro Silk razor coupons from Target flyer and Target website [expired?]
used (2) $4/1 Schick Hydro Silk razor
Cartwheel, 10% off
$1.08

(4) Suave Professionals Shampoo/Conditioner @ $7.96
Used (2) $1.10/2 Suave Professionals products
$5.76
Received $5 Target gift card for purchasing 4 select Suave products

Value = $134.53
Total OOP [before tax] = $84.70
That's roughly $50 in savings!!!!