WOW! Busy Day! Target Shopping Trip & Updates at the bottom!

So I am still getting over this flu bug thing and I of course can't stop my life because I'm sick. My Sinful Savings started out as a passion and it gave me a better excuse to sit and coupon while I wasn't working...make my "fun" work for me a little :) Well, it takes up a LOT of time and I only realize this when I come home to 108 new tweets on my Twitter!!!

This morning I had to go to the airport to report my damaged bag, did you know they will repair it if possible? And also I reported several items stolen/missing which ended up being a lot more than I thought it would be.

On my way back from the airport I stopped at Target (the airport is like 20 min from me) and "did my Target trip" which looked something like the receipt to the right....
Here is what happened:
$1.67 Dawn
-$.75/1 Target (mailer)
-$.50/1 Mfr.
= $.42
$2.00 Crackerfuls
$1/1 Mfr.
= $1.00
$2.99 Neutrogena Lip
$1/1 Target Print
$1/1 Mfr.
= $.99
$2.99 Neutrogena Lip
-$2.99 B1G1 Mfr.
-$1/1

= -$1.01 *MONEY MAKER!*

$2.99 Revlon Beauty Tool
-$2/1 Target
= $.99
$2.89 Revlon Beauty Tool
-$5/2 Target Mfr. Cat.

= -$2.11 *MONEY MAKER!*

$2.96 Pedigree Treats
-$2/1 Mfr.
= $.96
$9.89 Gillette Fusion (A++ For my Marine!!!)
-$4/1 Mfr
= $5.89
$9.89 Gillette Fusion (B2G$5GC)
-$5/1 Mfr.
= $4.89
-$.05 Bag Credit
$12.48 SUB TOTAL
$2.32 TAX
-$1.37 GC
TOTAL = $13.43, $33.86 SAVINGS!!!

Let's not forget what I got back!
$5 GC, $5/2 & $2/1 Target Mfr. Cat. for Revlon Beauty Tools, and $2/1 Target Cat. Revlon Nail Polish! All of which I will use and spend "less than the max value" and at the end of this trip I will have spent $0!

On a funny note, I live in kind of a ritzy area, nothing crazy, but a lot of nice cars and well dressed folks and I don't see many people using coupons, in fact, I get "the glare" when I use them usually. When I was checking out, I saw a lady who had a stack of coupons bigger than most I carry, all of the $.01 Carefree (I couldn't get mine :-p ) and all of the clearance Listerine and a few other really good clearance buys. I was impressed, she saved about $100 on $140! I love seeing other save, the "game" of it makes me love all of the hard work involved!

Check my twitter for earlier posts from Groupon ($8 Large Domino's Pizza!) and a few other odds and ends...don't forget to snag your $20 credit from Rue La La here (for new members).

I have a few errands I need to run including a trip to the grocery store and Rite Aid and also I need to send out some expired and unneeded coupons to families stationed overseas, but I will stay a while and catch up on some of today's "lack-of" blogging ;-)

Lastly, so I can get everyone happily earning points...Recyclebank has more points available to earn in their Green Home Challenge, 25 to be exact! So head over to Recyclebank and grab your points.