So, after the showers were over there were still several many things that we wanted or needed before the baby arrived, so we added more things to the registry (like the rest of the furniture we wanted, because we had a 10% off registry completion coupon) and went. We did buy the dresser and a chest of drawers that day, so that’s added in the total, but it started at $770, YIKES!! Luckily my math said we’d spend at least 700, so this wasn’t too shocking (the worst/best part – we didn’t have anything over $30 in our buggy, aside from the furniture – it was literally a ton of smaller stuff). Then I handed over my coupons totaling $60!!! ($42.90 for registry completion, and another $17.99 in manufactures/store coupons on specific items) Then I handed over my several gift cards (thank you friends and family!) and cash (we did some minimal grocery/other shopping while we were there and paid cash for that $40 worth of stuff) and the total came to right under $550.
The best part? That was Saturday…on Sunday, there was a lovely sale paper, as usual. The loveliest/worst part? The dresser and chest we’d just bought the day before were in it for a total of $50 less than we paid for it. I went in, while the ad was still good, and asked for a price adjustment. With just my receipt in hand, I was given a gift card for the difference (I could have gotten part back on my card and part back on a gift card, but I was already planning $30+ in purchases, and expecting to spend most, if not all, of the $50). Thank you Target for making it that easy! So, the total of the trip was only $500! AND we got a dresser and a chest of drawers, which accounts for over half of the total we paid! After that, and a minor (less than $80) amazon shopping trip (with our 10% registry completion on amazon items coupon), we were ready for the baby to come (as far as the stuff is concerned at least). We won’t discuss the process that was putting the dresser together (or that the chest of drawers is still in the box behind the door). We’ll just say that the dresser is a great size, we’re happy with it, and it’s already full (aka why we also got the chest of drawers).
Note – This does not count towards my coupon goal, but as it is related, I’m still excited about it. Also, neither target nor amazon did anything to get mentioned in post, aside from providing us registry completion coupons, just like the do everyone else with a registry.