July Challenge, Friday July 17th Kohl's

Fun trip to Kohl's today. We had some $5 Kohl's cash certificates to use and we were excited to find that they were giving out $10 coupons to use next week on kid's clothes. Maybe we will do all our back to school shopping at Kohl's. I have heard that this promotion is only in CO and a few other states. Lucky us. It almost makes up for how we get a raw deal on our drugstore ads here. Here's what we got.
2 Pairs Toddler boy shorts $2.40 ea and added a gift bag for 39 cents to get the total over $5 to use Kohl's cash. Paid 21 cents. Value $10
Bronze ice holder $5.99 less Kohl's cash total $1.07 out of pocket, $20 value
Girl's jeans $7.50 and 4 pk socks $4.80-total $7.89 after Kohl's cash and got $10 coupon, value $20 plus $10 coupon $30 less $7.89=$22.11
Girl's Candie's shorts $6 and socks $4.80 less Kohl's cash $6.27 and got a $10 off coupon
Place mats $2.39 each x 4= $4.93 after Kohl's cash and got a $10 off coupon, value $26
Girl's top $5.20 less $5 Kohl's cash 22 cents out of pocket, $10 value

I calculated the value to us to be about $121 including the $30 to use next time. I would have spent $22.50 out of pocket but had a few returns and a $10 gift card from MyPoints.com.
I was so excited about the place mats and ice bucket for my patio table as I rarely buy anything for our house lately. That is until I put them out there and they blew away.

July Challenge, Friday July 9th

My wonderful husband granted me from free time in the afternoon so I made a trip to Rite Aid and few Kohl's stores. I had found a super cute outfit for my daughter and was hoping to find it in the other colors. Since turning nine so has become so difficult to shop for. Nothing from Gymboree or Children's Place, nothing pink, with flowers or butterflies and don't even consider buying anything from Target or Ross. I have expanded my horizons a bit and have found that I can get a good deal at Gap and Limited Too if I look hard enough. I think it makes more sense to spend a little more on something she will actually wear and get use of then to have a bunch of deals sitting in the closet never used. And the higher end clothes fetch a lot more at the consignment store when she outgrows them. So here is what I was able to get at Kohl's:

Girl's:

2 pairs Shorts, reg$30, marked down to $6 less 15% off coupon and $5 Kohl's cash= 92 cents

2 T shirts $2 each,bought with shorts for boy at $2.40= $1.45
3 Candies tops marked down to $6 each, 92 cents each after discounts
1 pair of Candies shorts " "
1 pair Candies capri jeans " "

Boys:
3 sets of Carter's pajama's,3 piece sets

1 pair Carter's shorts, purchased with above t shirts for $1.45 total

shorts/t shirt set $7.20 less 15% and $5 Kohl's cash

So I am calling this about $125 in value. I had "virtually" no out of pocket. I used Kohl's cash (look on Ebay or sign up on the Kohl's website) and a gift card for about $15 from returns.