Cheaper by the Dozen and Get One Free

Friday, July 10, 2009

Kmart--Doubles Trip #3 and $76.00 in Free Toys

The girls and I went to Kmart and we did 4 sets of deals. One set of Kimberly Clark products and 3 sets of Unilever. We spent our 4--$14.00 catalina shopping coupons along with 4 --$5/$20 Toy Coupons and bought 4 transactions of $20+ toys. We went over $20 on a couple of the toy transactions and with tax we spent under $10 for over $85 in toys plus tax with $76 savings. These were NEW for fall toys. I had already cleaned up on the 50% off the clearance toys on Sunday and it is all picked over.

The cashiers were impressed by my totals on the doubles and shocked by the savings on the toys deal :) It feels amazing to have the cashiers impressed!!

Backpacks for Kids--Kids Can Make A Difference

Backpacks for Kids

From Left to Right, Maggie a volunteer,
Detamara Yurcek, Me, Delonzo at Office Depot of our four Drop Sites in Kalamazoo that year. August 2002

BACKPACK for KIDS-Cyber Campaign Count

BACKPACKS for KIDS--Cyber Campaign
151 Backpacks to Date 1,849 to go.

Goal: 2000 Backpacks filled with love and school supplies for children in need by you in your communities across the United States.

Read Here about our Campaign.

Help a child in need start school with a New Backpack by pledging to buy one filled with school supplies and drop it off at one of the many school supply campaigns in many communities across the country or at a local school. Principals and teachers will know how to find a child who needs a hand up for school.

Commit to buying a Backpack by leaving a comment here or emailing me privately at Anny458@aol.com and check back for our Back to School Frugal Finds.

Backpacks for Kids-- Staples 1Cent Pencils and $5/$20

Staples has Posted their Ad beginning Sunday July 12 with an amazing $5.00 off $20.00 coupon.

Combine it with these School Supply deals and begin your back to School Shopping Valid Sunday through Wednesday July 12-15

Sharpie Major Accent Highlighters, Assorted 6 Pack $1.00 Limit 2
#2 Yellow Pencils 8 per pack 1 Cent Limit 2
Fiskars Kids Scissors $1.00 Limit 2
Staples Pink Wedge Erasers, 3 Pack $1.00 Limit 2
Bic Velocity Stick Fashion Pens Assorted 5 per pack $1.00 Limit 2
Plastic School Boxes $1.00 Limit 2
Bic Wite-Out Quick Dry 2 Pack $1.00 Limit 2
Staples Mini Magnetic Stapler $1.00
Staples 8.5" x 11" Copy Paper 500 Sheets 1 Cent after $3.68 Easy Rebate Limit 2

Total the Above Items $21.30 less $5.00 coupon less $7.26 Rebate for 2 Paper = $9.04

You may save more if you have the Bic internet printables from a week or so ago.

More From Staples Worth Mentioning:

Crayola Classic Markers Buy 1 Get 1 Free
Staples also has Backpacks on sale for 25% to 50% off this week.

*Deals posted in bold are probably close to a lowest season price.

Backpacks for Kids: Cyber Campaign. Buy a Backpack and Donate it to a Child in Need in Your Community. GOAL: 2000 Backpacks

I challenge fellow Frugal Bloggers to help Becca fill backpacks and join our Backpacks for Kids Cyber Campaign to Buy Backpacks for Children in Need across America.

Over the next two months, I challenge other Bloggers to join the campaign to fill a backpack with needed school supplies and donate it to one of the many Back To School Drives in almost every community across the United States. Becca's Goal to inspire you to match the 5,000 Backpacks our family and Backpacks for Kids has given away in the past 7 years. This mom burst her dream and told her that she needed to goal more manageable. So we compromised on 2000.

Becca has worked year round for these years scouring and hunting for the the Best Deals for Backpacks and School Supplies. We are again working in our own county for Back to School through our County Services making sure every child who is referred has the supplies they need to attend school. Our Garage will be turned again into Back To School Central.

Becca and I will be scouring the Ads and will post the Best School Supplies bargains weekly on Sunday. With all of us using our bargain hunting skills we can save money for our families sending our kids back to school and together will help children in need by fulfilling the needs of the school supplies campaigns across America. Over the next couple of weeks we will be posting the deals, sharing our purchases and giving you a place to share your frugal back to school finds and most importantly give you ideas on how to get the backpacks to a child in need.

I begin with my pledge of 150 Backpacks already purchased. 1,850 to Go. Can You Help?

Add your pledge to Buy a backpack with supplies for a needy child and lets unite to reach a goal of 2000 backpacks to add to the 5000 Backpacks for Kids and our family has already raised in the last 7 years.

Sign on to the campaign and pledge to buy a backpack and school supplies by leaving a comment on the blog. I will get a formal sign up on the blog and we will watch the multiplying backpacks begin.

Back to School Deals Begin

Miss Becca in the Middle with some of our Backpack Friends (2005)

If anyone has read my story, Tiny Titan, they know that Back to School is one of my most favorite time of the year. Not because I am sending my kids back to school, because of a miracle so many years ago, that I get the gift of repaying backpacks that my kids had received when our family was in poverty from Becca's catastrophic illness and Jim losing his job to cover her million dollars in medical bills.

Where my frugalness and bargain hunting skills are best served is through school supply shopping. I have taught my kids how to stretch small change and turn them into school supplies which over the past 7 years have served over 5000 children in the communities were we have lived. The miracles of the multiplying backpacks and schools supplies and who it would inspire.

Over the next two months check back and find out the whole story and I will be posting Back to School Deals to save money with sending the kids back to school.

I will be posting Weekly Back to School hints and deals. This year I would like other frugal bloggers to join the campaign to help needy children have NEW backpacks and school supplies in your own communities.

As you are out shopping, pick up the Back to School Frugal Finds and find your own communities back to school drives and help children have a New Backpack and Supplies to Start School Ready to Learn.