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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 10 years to my best friend. I am head over heels in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together.

I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet.

I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

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Toy deals at ShopKo

shopkoI found out some exciting news about Shopko yesterday (at least it is exciting to me). They accept competitor’s coupons. They however do not accept Internet printable ones. I called and asked a manager there (Nampa location) and that is what he said. So I decided to go and try it out.
This is what I did:

2 Barbi Three Musketeers Dolls 9.99 (4 day sale price)
- 2 Target 5.00/1 coupons (from 11/8 toy ad)
Total: 10.50 ish (lost my receipt so I am estimating)

I have look at the price of these dolls and they normally retail for around 14.99- 20.00 so I think that I picked them up for a good price. Also I just wanted to note that using these coupons was so easy. Although the cashier didn’t know about them taking the competitor’s coupons he just got a manager to help him do it. There also were no nasty looks or mean comments (like some other big chain stores that we know) because I wanted to use a coupon. Just very friendly. Also it is great because Shopko has a lot of sales that are just one day or two day and I was informed by Target (in Nampa) that they will not price match those kinds of ads. Well I hope this helps someone.
Thanks Amanda for this great deal

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2 comments to Toy deals at ShopKo

  • laceylady

    Thanks for the tip, I have a ShopKo close to where I live (in WA), but always kinda forget about them. I’ll have to call them and see if my store will take comp. Q’s.

  • Ginger

    Thanks! I’ve been wondering about Shopko, since I’ve never seen it mentioned in any of the couponing blogs I follow. I’ll have to go do some “window” shopping.