Birthday presents without spending lots of $$!

There are a lot of birthdays this time of year and I do not have extra money for birthday presents. I scored today with some really good finds. I did not want to spend more than $20.00. I needed to buy my 2 nieces (who are twins) birthday presents, a present for little missie's little friend and I needed to get cards and frosting for little man's cupcakes for school and a cake. I also bought ice cream, but it was in the freezer (too hot to let it sit out). Was I able to buy all of this for under $20.00?

YES!
All of this for $18.22!





This is how I saved. First off, I had a coupon for Kohl's for $10 off a purchase of $20 or more. I knew I was going to buy the b-day presents at Kohl's and figured they would have some good deals. So off I went with kids in toe. While I was looking around I notice the 90% off shelf and found some Zhu Zhu accessories for little man's b-day coming up too! This is how I saved $73.65!

Zhu Zhu Pet armor $1.19 saved $10.80 (bought 2)

My Little Pony set $7.64 saved $9.35

Zhu Zhu ninja jet $2.29 saved $20.70

Set of 2 flip flops $4.00 saved $6.00 (bought 2 sets)

With my coupon and savings I paid $11.24!

Then I went to Vons. They have a $5.00 catalina coupon when you purchase 3 greeting cards (excludes .99 cards). I looked for the $1.29 cards but the lowest cards they had were $1.99 each. I bought 3 cards for a total of $6.00 and received a $5.00 catalina coupon. I then got 4 large frosting that are on sale 4/$5.00 and Kraft dressing is on sale for .99 each and I had 2/$1.00 coupon, so they came to .50 each. I paid a total of .98 for the frosting and dressing. I went to CVS after I dropped off little man at school since it is across the street. I bought the ice cream for his ice cream cake. I paid $0.00 since I had extra bucks. To celebrate I bought a coffee and the kids got chocolate milks. All and all a good day of bargain shopping!