Anne emailed in the following about back to school deals she got and donated recently:
My husband’s company is having a school supply drive for the YWCA. I told him I wanted to see how many supplies we could get for $5.
We paid $4.79 for the 29 items pictured. I owe it to Money Saving Mom® for teaching me how to coupon and how to find local deals through region-specific blogs.
My husband and I did separate transactions at Target (because their coupons state one coupon per guest):
For $0.90 before sales tax, we got 16 items at Target!
We went to the Friends and Family Sale at Fred Meyer, a store in the Pacific Northwest. All school supplies were 15% off with a printable coupon I found on a regional blog:
- 6 spiral notebooks (sale price of $0.19) for $0.16 each – total of $0.96
- 4 packs of Bic pens (sale price of $0.99) for $0.84 each – used 2 $1.50/2 printable coupons – total of $0.36 each
- 2 packs of pencils (sale price of $0.79) for $0.67 each – total of $1.34
- 1 pack of erasers (sale price of $0.50) for $0.42
- We used a reusable bag and got an additional $0.05 off.
For $3.03 before sales tax, we got 13 items at Fred Meyer!
I also have a 2-pack of Sharpies that aren’t pictured and are the 30th item. I got them while grocery shopping on a 10/$10 sale at QFC (a Kroger-brand store) with a $1/1 e-coupon – so they were FREE!
In case you’re keeping track, the sales tax was $0.86 total.
After 11 years of teaching fifth and then second grade, I left teaching this June to stay home with our 9-month old daughter. I’m glad we’re able to contribute during back to school time in a small way!
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