US Shopping Brag: WM, Target, Rite Aid, JCPenney OOP=$24 Savings=$167 for 37 items!

[thetonester521]

Today, I had to go down to Northern New York to do some errands. So fellow SCer Silk and I ventured down to do some shopping as well We had a very productive day.

Here is my haul for today - 37 items for $24.77 OOP!!

Rite Aid (Champlain, NY, USA) - Shopping Trip #1

2 - Hunts Diced Tomatoes - Reg. $1.59 Sale $1.25 = $2.50
2 - Hunts Traditional Pasta Suace - Reg. $1.99 Sale $1.25 = $2.50 + Earned $1 in +Up Rewards
2 - Morton Sea Salt Shaker - Reg. $.99 = $1.98
2 - Barilla Penne Pasta - Reg. $1.79 Sale $1.25 = $2.50
2 - Barilla Spaghetti - Reg. $1.79 Sale $1.25 = $2.50 + Earned $1 in +Up Rewards
2 - 40ct Thumbtacks - Reg. $1.29 Sale $1.16 = $2.32 + Earned $4 in +Up Rewards
1 - Morton Salt - Reg. $.89 = $.89
2 - Kelloggs Smart Start Cereal - Reg. $4.99 Sale B1G1 = $4.99 + MIR for $4.99 = 2 for FREE!

Total Before Sales, MIRs & +Up Rewards = $29.75
Minus $20 in +Up Reward Savings Coupon
OOP = $.18 + $4.99 MIR for Cereal = $4.81 Made for 15 Items!
Total Savings = $34.56

Rite Aid (Plattsburgh, NY, USA) - Shopping Trip #2

2 - Quaker Instant Oatmeal 10 Count Variety Pack - Reg. $4.79 Sale $2.50 = $5 + Earned $2 in +Up Rewards
2 - Kelloggs Smart Start Cereal - Reg. $4.99 Sale B1G1 = $4.99 + MIR for $4.99 = 2 for FREE!

Total Before Sales, MIRs & +Up Rewards = $19.56
Minus $6 in +Up Rewards Savings Coupons
OOP = $3.99 + $4.99 MIR for Cereal + $2 in +Up Rewards for Next Purchase = $3 Made for 4 Items!
Total Savings = $22.56

In the end, I will have made $7.81 for purchasing these 19 Items from Rite Aid

IGA (Verdun, QC)

2 - Fibre 1 Cereal Bars - Sale 2/$5 - 2 x $1 coupons = 2/$3
1 - General Mills Multigrain Cheerios - Sale $2.49 - B2 Fibre 1 Get 1 Cereal Free = FREE!

Total Before Sales & Coupons = $7.49
OOP = $3 + $.70 Tax = $3.70 for 3 items
Savings = $4.49

Walmart (Plattsburgh, NY, USA)

1 - Kosher Coarse Salt - $1.88
1 - Powder Sugar - $1.36
1 - Coarse Sea Salt - $2
1 - Garlic Powder - $1.54
1 - McCormick Basil Leaves - $1.88
1 - McCormick Red Ground Pepper - $2.08
1 - McCormick Chili Powder - $1.92

Total = $12.66
Used GC from XMas Gift - Yay!
OOP = 7 Items Free
Savings = $12.66

JCPenney (Plattsburgh, NY, USA)

1 - Arizona Long Sleeve V Neck Tee - Reg. $19.99 Clearance $3.97
1 - Okie Dokie Pink Pants - Reg. $12.99 Clearance $3.89
1 - Okie Dokie Brown Pants - Reg. $12.99 Clearance $3.89
1 - Total Girl Pink with Heart Long Sleeve Tee - Reg. $16.99 Clearance $2.97
1 - Total Girl Dark Pink Bow Lon Sleeve Tee - Reg. $16.99 Clearance $2.97
1 - Okie Dokie Brown Corduroy Pants - Reg. $12.99 Clearance $3.89

Total Before Sales/Clearance & Coupons = $92.94
Used 15% off Total Purchase Coupons (On Clearance Prices) = $3.24 - Thank you Silk!!
OOP = $18.34 + $1.13 Tax = $19.47 for 6 Items for my DD!
Savings = $74.60

Target (Plattsburgh, NY, USA)

1 - Littlest Pet Shop 5 Welcome Pets Set - Reg. $19.99 Clearance $4.98 - For my DD's birthday in April
1 - Master Lock Bike Combo Lock - Reg. $7.59 Clearance $3.78 - I lost the key to our lock so I needed a new one when biking weather returns in Spring

Total Before Sales/Clearance = $27.58
Used Reusable Bag = $.05 off
OOP = $8.71 + $.70 Tax = $9.41
Savings = $18.87

Grand Total Spent = $24.77 for 37 items!! And a grand total saved of $167.74

[gracesmommy]

super cute girls stuff. dontcha just love shopping for them?! great haul. one day i'd love to go to the states for some retail therapy.

[thetonester521]

super cute girls stuff. dontcha just love shopping for them?! great haul. one day i'd love to go to the states for some retail therapy.

I really do Girls clothes are so cute - I have to resist buying too much. My favorite place to go is Once Upon a Child. I always get great clothes for extremely reasonable prices there. The closest one to me though is in Burlington, VT though.

[AryanasMommy]

WTG!!! What an awesome haul!!

[xox2010]

Great haul! Wish I lived closer to the US to take in their deals!

[Lattelady]

nice

[banana03]

wtg!

[free*is*best]

Awesome shopping

[Patty Smyth]

LOVE the clothes. WTG great shopping day. Better today than tomorrow with the snow coming too.

[KK7]

Great deals!!!!!

[lexie7]

great deal on the fibre 1, made me recheck the IGA flyer, I will go grab some as it's an in-store special, I didn't notice before!! thanks for posting

[loveblue]

how cheap is that Target store?is it really good deal there?
wow great deal,u sure u can mail in since u got them at usa?it is only usa address to mail in?

[MelanieG]

Do you have to pay duty when you comeback across? If you do is it on what you actually paid or the original value? Just wondering. I'm thinking of venturing down to Montana

[mamasavesmoola]

Great shop!

[thetonester521]

LOVE the clothes. WTG great shopping day. Better today than tomorrow with the snow coming too.

Definitely lucked out with the weather I was thrilled with the clothes - and shocked at how discounted they were. I'm happy there were still some left in DD's size

great deal on the fibre 1, made me recheck the IGA flyer, I will go grab some as it's an in-store special, I didn't notice before!! thanks for posting

The deal is on page 17 of the IGA flyer, in the bottom right corner of the page. It's a great deal especially with the coupons

how cheap is that Target store?is it really good deal there?
wow great deal,u sure u can mail in since u got them at usa?it is only usa address to mail in?

The Target is ok - I only look for the items with the clearance tags though - otherwise it's not cheap enough

And as for the MIR, it is a USA only one, but I actually only moved to Canada a little over a year ago and have a PO Box in the states - hence my trips down to Champlain, NY - plus LOTS of family - so I'm very lucky in that respect to be able to do the MIRs using the PO Box or family members addresses My sister-in-law is always getting mail for me at her address LOL She jokes about it - says I get more mail than her.

Do you have to pay duty when you comeback across? If you do is it on what you actually paid or the original value? Just wondering. I'm thinking of venturing down to Montana

I'm not 100% sure on this actually. We didn't have to pay duty - but we didn't buy much. I believe you can buy groceries duty free in the US and bring them back to Canada.

And for other items, if they were made in Mexico, Canada, or the US - then they woudl be duty free to bring back because of NAFTA. Otherwise, you'd typically have to pay some sort of duty depending on how long you were in gone for - and pay the sales tax too. I believe this is how it works. And when you do pay duty, it's on the actually paid value - not original value. I don't know for certain though.

The only thing I do know - is I always have to make sure I don't spend too much (never a problem for me LOL) and that I am always 100% honest at the border with telling them how much and what I bought.