ThriftyGuy and I went out and about yesterday. Since many of you are curious as to what we do in our spare time (and how we get stuff so cheap), I thought I would share. Honestly, I think this was one of the best trips EVER!
I will start by telling you that I have been wanting a beach cruiser bike FOREVER. They are usually around $120 - $190 each and since there are two of us, I have held off buying them (since that's a lot of money!) I have been saving up all of our rebate gift cards that we get back from deals we do and have been contemplating how to get my bike for as cheap as possible. I kept telling ThriftyGuy that I would get one for free and he just laughed in disbelief. Well, I didn't get mine for free (it was $84.74), but I certainly did get his
without spending a penny! Here's how our shopping trips went last night:
Our first stop was Kmart. A few weeks back I happened to notice that in their ad was a coupon for up to $100 in Kmart giftcards when you transferred 4 prescriptions. Since I have been on some medication after my recent hospital stay, I decided to take advantage of this offer. (*
ThriftyGrl tip: This is available again in today's Kmart ad for all of you who are interested!) Three of my prescriptions transferred and were worth the $25 gift cards, but the fourth was only eligible for $19.20 (not a big deal). I got this Schwinn Beach Cruiser Bike:
Regular price: $189.99
- in store sale of $10 off
- 4 gift cards worth $94.20
- $5 gift card found in cereal box
- $10 gift certificate from Kellogg's good toward a sporting item at Kmart
Total spent after all discounts = $84.74!! (after tax)
*AND we got a FREE 2 liter of Pepsi (
because they didn't ask us about the March of Dimes!) Also, I made sure to give them my Kmart rewards card, which allows you to earn rewards on your purchases! (Click
here for more info!)
I was pretty stoked to get my bike for less than $85 (brand new)!
After that, we headed on over to Target, where we found ThriftyGuy's bike:
(He got the bike above, only in this color of blue)
The deal at Target was even better...
For Target, I had 4 gift cards (from rebates we received in the mail for various deals) worth $100 to spend. Also, there is a Target coupon for $10 off any Schwinn bike (on their website). When we got to the store, we found that the bike that ThriftyGuy wanted (pictured above) was normally $119.99, but was on sale for $109.99. Meaning it was $110. Meaning we had $100 in gift cards + a $10 coupon to apply, making it absolutely FREE. FREE! Seriously!! Best deal EVER!!!
Also, when you buy a Schwinn bike, you can take 10% off any Schwinn accessory (so we got a bike tire pump). We also bought a tire patch kit for $4.29 (gotta be prepared)!
Another great deal? Sobe drinks are on sale 10 for $10; Buy 10, get a $5 Target gift card (good toward your next purchase). I wasn't able to get any of the Sobe coupons from Target.com (as they were all gone), but I did get 2 Buy One Get FREE coupons. So we ended up getting 10 bottles of Sobe for essentially $3!
Also, they had a mini Bop It game for $9.99. There was a Target coupon for $3 off select games (including Bop It) and a Bop It printable coupon for $5 off, making this game $1.99 after coupons!
So all in all at Target, we got the following:
Bike
Tire Pump
Tire patch kit
10 Sobe drinks
Mini Bop It Game
We ended up getting over $154 worth of items for just $32 out of pocket (or $28 if you consider the Target gift card we got from the Sobe)!!
If any of you remember, I had listed "2 Beach Cruiser Bikes" on my wish list (click
here for the post). Looks like we can cross those off the list! : ) Now to work on rocking chairs for the front porch and a blender (not currently posted on my wish list - ours broke awhile back and I am desperate to make smoothies and margaritas once again)!!
How are you doing on YOUR wish list?? Leave me a comment and let me know!! : )