Never Underestimate the Value of Rain checks or Gift Cards

You can really save money by getting a rain check! Whenever there's an awesome sale price on an item we use all the time I get a rain check on the last day of the sale so I can come back later and buy more.

Here are 2 examples of how I've used rain checks to score some major savings!

1. I got a rain check for Lays 20 Variety pack on sale for $3.97. These normally retail for $6.99-$8.99 each. My rain check was for limit 2. I waited until we were out of chips and I had a coupon for $1 off 2 Lays chips. I was able to get 2 packs of 20 chips for $6.94 so basically the cost of 1.
2. I got a rain check for Huggies Slip On diapers at CVS. The rain check sale price was for $8.99 each, limit 4 and get a $10 gas gift card when you buy 4. I got the rain check because every CVS I went to was sold out the week they were on sale. It was such a great deal I got a rain check. I waited until I had 4 coupons to get 4 packs. With 4, $3 off manufacture coupons and $5 in CVS coupons, I was able to get 4 packs of diapers for $21.25 and I got back $10 in Extra Care Bucks since they were no longer doing the gas gift cards. So with getting $10 back in basically store credit, you can look at it as paying $11.25 for 4 packs of diapers! I saved $14.71 by using coupons!

The point of me sharing these examples is to encourage you to get a rain check the next time you see an item at an awesome price. That way you can buy it again when you need it.

Now here's an example of how gift cards can pay off -

Target is running a special where you get a $5 Target gift card when you buy 5 Glade Christmas fragrance items - candles or sprays. So I bought 4 candles and 1 spray - all of which smell really good! Each item is on sale for $2.50 each, but I used coupons for each item to save even more money. With my coupons I spent $9.40 and I got back a $5 gift card. I used my $5 gift card to buy Huggies Little Mover diapers for only 96 cents!!! The diapers are on sale this week for $9.49, I used a $2 off manufacture coupon and a $2 off Target Huggies coupon, and then my $5 gift card, making it 49 cents with another 47 cents in tax. Gotta love sales tax! So basically I got 6 things for $10.36 which averages out to be $1.73 per item. Not bad considering the Glade items were $2.50 each and the diapers alone were $9.49!