A few words on shopping at Target

Everyone likes to find great deals. Sometimes, you can find good deal in places you'd least expect. Today while at Target, I saw this super cute little Easter hat for Kinsley in the "cheap" isles at the front of the store. I got her one because it looked cute and it was only a buck so I also got her little white gloves too, not that it will be easy to get them on her. The shocking thing to me was that over in the little girls section, they had an almost identical hat (it was brand name and the ribbon was a different color) for $7! That's just crazy. I'm glad I circle the cheap isles like a frenzied shark before I get further into the store. Another great place at Target is the clearance section. I buy alot of my clothes there for cheaps in the off season and sometimes the current one. Today I was cruising those isles when I saw this adorable sweater. When I looked at the tag, it of course said "maternity". That didn't surprise me because that happens to me all the time. Out of everything on those clearance racks, I more times than not pick up something that I loove only to realize that it's maternity. I of course buy the item anyway, but it's the principle of the thing. To be honest, the XS maternity (which might be a maternity size if you wear like 00 in normal clothes, in which case you'd most likely be either uber skinny or 12, neither of which should be having a baby) fits like a normal small. I am not ashamed to say that I buy as many maternity clothes now as I did when I was actually pregnant. The ones I buy are always on clearance which is good for the budget, they are super cute and don't look like maternity clothes at all (though today's maternity clothes keep up with the current fashion and don't look like the frumpy mumus our moms wore), and they're stretchy so that when you're having an off time in the month you can still fit into something without sporting a muffin top or looking like a beached whale. Target also clearances things on Tuesdays (I think I'm right about the day), and anything already clearanced gets clearanced again! WOOT! Sometimes waiting and thinking about it really does pay off. You may not $15 like it, but for $10 you could live with it and for $5 you could love it. It also works for "thrifty" people like me who like to stretch a dollar as far as possible and squeeze a nickle so hard the buffalo loses his lunch.  I am not really that cheap or thrifty, but I do like to get things for a cheap price. I also love something else about Target, and that is their coupons. You can stack a manufacturers coupon with a Target coupon to get a slammin' good deal on stuff. They also have coupons for stuff other than cleaning supplies and depends. I got a coupon for $1 off any kids clothing item, and there were others for $2 off ladies dresses and $4 off swimsuits, not to mention that I also printed one for BOGO on Reese's cups. Heck yeah, sign me up! Perhaps what I like best of all about Target coupons is that when you buy something with a coupon, and sometimes without, they often print you another coupon for it or something like it. Today, I used a $2.50 off a case of diapers coupon, and when I checked out they gave me a $3 off a case of diapers coupon, AND a $3 off maternity clothes coupon which I am likely to use not because I deliberately shop in that section, but for $3 off I will now! They have done the same for me in the past with formula too. Hey, $5 off a can of formula is no crummy coupon. They don't even ask about the coupon, they just assume that if you are buying it now you might be buying it again in the future so here's an easy, hassle free coupon for ya. You don't even have to clip it out. It just doesn't get any sweeter than that.