Tax Free Friday!

Today and tomorrow my state does not charge taxes on clothing. My son and I got up early to hit some stores. We left about 8:00 a.m. only to find that most the stores we wanted to shop at were not open until 9:00 a.m.
We never waited in any lines and parking was even close.We were actually surprised that there was no "mad rush" at any of the stores. I expect that will happen this evening when people have their checks and are off work. Tomorrow will probably be the worst.

First stop - Kohl's! Before leaving the house I checked my e-mail and "sure enough" there was one from Kohl's with a coupon for 15% off my entire purchase!

Tek Gear athletic shorts (orig price $20.00)> $8.00

 Atari shorts (orig $14.00) >$2.80 

 Apt 9 shirt (orig. $24.00)>  $4.80

Black shirt (orig $10.00) > $3.00

 and Tony Hawk shirt red (orig 30.00) > $17.99

Total value $98.00 > I paid $31.10 (my coupon was worth $5.49 and no sales tax which would have been $2.18)

All were on the clearance racks except the Tony Hawk shirt - it was "on sale".

On to "gordmans". Here is where we bought the most stuff and saved the most.

Black athletic shorts (orig $20.00) > $7.00

 Mecca Black shorts w/belt (orig $40.00) >$16.00

 Mecca Denim shorts w/belt (orig) 40.00 > $14.00

 Mecca jeans (orig $44.00) >$18.00

  purple shirt  (orig $28.00) >$11.00

 green shirt (orig 24.00) > $12.00

 Tap out shirt (orig $24.00) > $7.00

 Tap out shirt (orig $24.00) > $7.00

All were on the clearance racks!

                 Total worth $244.00 > I paid  $92.00 and no sales tax which would have been $6.44

They also gave me a card for 15% off any single item AND a $10.00 gift card!

That was it for clearance racks but we hit some great sales.

At K-mart we bought:

 a pack of Hanes t-shirts (reg $9.99) > $8.50

Rte 66 denim shorts (reg $22.99) > $11.49

Total worth $32.98 > I paid $19.99 no sales tax which would have been $1.40

To Shopko:

Airwalk shoes (reg $25.99) > $19.99 no sales tax which would have been $1.40

Target :

Hanes socks (reg $7.98) $5.00 but I paid $4.00 since I printed off the coupon from their website!

no sales tax which would have been a whopping 28¢! LOL

Hot Topic:

Buy one shirt get 2nd 1/2 off

Total worth $$35.00 > I paid $27.50

no sales tax which would have been $1.93

The total sales tax I saved today was $13.63

It may not seem like much but I'd say it paid for my gas and part of our lunch.

New Design

Yes I have changed the design again. I have just not been able to find something that fits me, other than the black. I think the black made it to hard for people to read so I changed to this. Let me know your thoughts.

It's Blog Hop Friday

I am checking out some new blogs today. It's fun to find new blogs. Try it just - click on a button.

                                                                I'm going to read some new blogs now. Have a good evening!

Curbside & Kmart

My son has been fixing the basement up like a rec room for him and his friends to hang out. Recently he informed me he "needed" an entertainment center to put the T.V. and game consoles, etc on. He has been watching on "craigslist" for a free one, because I said I was not buying one. So as we are traveling home today I saw this computor desk on the curb. It wasn't bad looking at all. ( I was hoping he didn't want it so I could put our other PC on it). So we went home got the truck and went back for it.

It is really rather heavy so we waited til his dad got home to get it into the house and basement.

I just went down and checked it out and it works perfectly.

I think I will have him remove the keyboard tray and I will attach it to a table my Aunt gave me that I have been contemplating making into a PC desk. (Something for a future blog).

Later I was on "freecycle" and saw a post that someone was giving away some 2x4's. I contacted her and she said she has had 3 people "not show up" for them. So Dave and I ran down to see if they were of use.

We got 10 2x4x6's and a few other pieces of wood. We are wanting to build a shed on the back of the garage to house my gardening things. So that is just 10 less 2x4's I now have to buy!

My mom asked me to run her out to Kmart today. They are having quite a clearance sale on their winter things most $1.99, I did not find any clothes but, I did find me a new bag to carry all my "other" stuff to work in . The  BONUS besides it being only 99¢ (orig $14.99) , it has crows on it!! Anyone who knows me, knows that I love crows.

I only buy a new purse when something goes wrong with the one I use. I don't even like carrying the darn things. When I do buy a new one I just go to the thrift store and I usually find something suitable for $2.00 or less.

I found this purse at Kmart ($19.99 orig price) for 99¢! I picked it up so now I have another on hand when my current one wears out. LOL.

No super coupon deals today. I only bought a few things we needed for the week. I am trying to use up our stockpile of food in our freezer.

 Back to work tomorrow so I will end. Have a good evening!