Hello! My name is Meridith and I am a friend of Mrs. Geek. I have a blog called Diary of a Nerdy Wife where I chronicle the myriad events in my life. I'm a coffee chugging, cloth diapering, table top game playing, binge reading wife and stay-at-home mother. Today I’m going to share my Target and Dollar Tree haul. We’re an enlisted military family, so to say that we’re on a budget is an understatement. So, even when I splurge and spend money on something that isn’t a necessity I tend to use coupons and stalk the clearance shelves. Today the only concrete goal I had was to get supplies to make flower pens for a fundraiser at my son’s preschool, other than that I was just looking for a good deal. Here’s what I ended up with:
Target: I stuck with clearance and the 1-3$ Spot only. I spent $7.99 and I ended up with-
- a Princess Sophia toy to give as a Christmas gift for a friend’s daughter
- some Minion themed Crayola crayons
- 2 small spray bottles (I’m going to use them to hold the solution I use to sanitize my makeup pallets
- a pack of 2 gift bags
I was particularly happy about the Princess Sophia toy. Christmas is always a difficult time of year for us financially, so I like to bargain shop a few months out and store gifts away like a squirrel stores nuts. That way, when the holiday rolls around I’m not scrambling to find something for everyone.
Dollar Tree: I started getting a few decorations for the Autumnal holidays and got most of what I needed to make flower pens for the fundraiser. I spent $9.77 and ended up with-
- 4 sheets of Halloween/Thanksgiving themed window clings
- a pack of ball point pens
- 3 bunches of flowers
- a pack of sparkly fall leaves
All in all I was very happy with what I got for the money (I only spent $17.76 without using any coupons). A frugal mom is a happy mom!
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