Target Shopping Trip
1 Market Pantry Lunchmeat – $2, used $1/$2 Target Mobile coupon (Text FRESH to 827438) – $1 after coupon
1 Green Onions – $1.29 – used $1/1 Target Mobile coupon (Text FRESH to 827438) – $0.29 after coupon
4 Market Pantry Canned Green Beans – $0.64 each, used 2 $0.75/2 Target printable – $0.26 each after coupons
4 Pringles @ $1.49 each – On Sale Buy 3 Get 1 Free, used $1/4 coupon from the 9/8 RedPlum insert – $0.87 each after coupon
1 Monopoly Game – $7.79, used $3/1 printable – $4.79 after coupon (I was so excited about this! We love to play board games but I hate paying full price for them so we hardly have any board games at our house. Now Monopoly has been added to our very small collection.) 🙂
Total before coupons and sales: $25.53
Total with tax ($1.04) after coupons and sales: $11.65
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Laureen E. says
Did anyone ever have trouble downloading the coupon installer/printer? I have done that on 2 occasions now only to have a virus added to my computer along with it. So bummed as the $$ saved would be so helpful, but can’t not have a computer to use either.
Alisha @ The Savvy Bump says
We love board games too! Around Christmas you can get them brand new for $5 at Target and Amazon – maybe Walmart too. Totally worth it!
Karen says
Gretchen, we buy a lot of our board games at Goodwill or garage sales for a dollar or two each. Often, there’s a piece missing, but we either buy two sets and end up with everything we need, or we borrow pieces from other games since you can use anything to move around a Sorry board or a Parcheesi board. You can use online templates to print Monopoly money or extra clue sheets, and use regular playing cards altered with sharpies to sub in for Clue cards or Monopoly properties. In a worst case scenario, we order spare parts from the manufacturer’s website, or if those are out of our price range, we simply change the rules.
Leah says
Exactly what I was going to say! 🙂 I’ve had wonderful luck buying board games from thrift stores and used book stores. I’ve gotten a lot of classic games for 1-2 dollars this way.
Jessica says
Me too! Every time I stop at a garage sale or thrift store and see board games that I think might interest my big time board gaming husband, I call him. It’s about the only type of call I use my cell phone for (other than to let him know I’m running late coming home from said sale or the grocery store). He’s into old games, games from Germany, etc. He’s got our almost 7 year old into games also. Popular (and $$$) games like Ticket to Ride and lesser known ones also. As for me, I prefer yahtzee 🙂 My DH also has a monthly D&D date with the guys, and he has Magic cards and he goes to one of those gaming conventions every year. Origins I think it is. Anyway. Yes. Scope out the secondhand sales and stores to get a nice selection of games on the cheap. And for replacement parts! 🙂
Kim N says
Almost my thoughts exactly! We have a ton of games, and got most of them for $3 or less from Goodwill or occasionally Half Price Books. Oftentimes, the games have not even been used (cards still in the wrap!) I like to hang out at home with my family on Saturdays, but garage sales would also be a good source of inexpensive games. I told 3 at our garage sale last week for $1-2 each!