Samples and other good deals

I haven't been keeping up with posting about deals, coupons and such recently. I'm going to try harder...honest. =) Here's a quick list of some favorites I've seen going around. Enjoy!

Sears is having an online sale on women's clothing. More than 10 t-shirts are less than $2 and almost 200 items are less than $5.

I love tote bags!!! If someone is going to give me one just for signing up for an email newsletter, I'll take it! Nature's Bounty is giving away a tote bag and $1 off coupon for doing just that.

Yogi Tea is offering their tea samples again. I got this sample earlier this year and really enjoyed it. The Mexican Sweet Chili is really good...it has a little kick to it. You ought to try it!

We buy a 5 lb. package of Perdue boneless chicken breasts at Wal-mart that costs about $15 (that's $3/lb.). Publix has that same chicken on sale this week for $2.49/lb.

Wal-Mart always has the best samples. Check out their current list. Make sure you look at the "More Samples" list on the right-hand side of the page. Also, the Gain "sample" is just a scent card, so unless you want that, don't request that sample.

Jason's Sears Rake-In

Check out all this stuff Jason was able to get through the Sears Dockers/Shell gas card offer. Here's what he got:

4 pair of dress pants
6 dress shirts
6 ties
9 pair of socks (3 packs of 3 socks)
2 pair of shorts
2 knit shirts

Jason was able to do 3 transactions. The limit was two per household, so he called both of our dads to see if they needed or wanted anything. Neither one did. My dad told Jason to do another transaction and to have the gas card sent to his house, and he would give it to Jason. In order to get the gas card from Shell, the total transaction had to be $100 before tax. Since Jason receives a discount on clothing he aimed for each transaction to be around $125. Everything he picked out was discounted, and almost everything was 50% off!

Here's the math:

Total Retail value before/after tax: $768.00/$821.76
Total Sale value before/after tax: $397.24/$425.05
Sears Employee Discount (taken out before tax): $79.45
Total after discount and tax: $340.06
Gas card amount: $225.00
Total Out of Pocket: $115.06
That's an average of $5 per item!!
PLUS, He will be able to write off the work clothing on his taxes at the end of the year!