12 M&M plastic eggs
18 Dove Chocolate Bunnies
34 Snickers Eggs
I, of course, cannot just give the kiddos candy for Easter. I need to throw some other good stuff in those baskets but you know I don't want to have to pay retail for it.
I always clip the "Get a free $10 gift card when you fill a new prescription at Target" coupons. You never know when you will get sick or need to fill a prescription. I also love that Target has a ton of $4 prescriptions, which turn these coupons into money makers.
It just happened that Gary had to get his deviated septum fixed, and wouldn't you know I profited off his surgery?!?!?! (Does that sound a little harsh? No worries, he got the painkillers and I got the gift cards) I filled $10 worth of prescriptions and got back $30 worth of gift cards...a $20 moneymaker!! I took this $20 in free money and bought the following to fill my kiddos baskets:
4 travel Crayola Color Wonder kits
2 Disney Easter boxes
2 Sponge Bob note books
2 chocolate covered Peeps
6 Matchbox cars
2 packages Easter grass
2 Hershey's Solid milk Chocolate Bunnies
1 set Crayola Pip Squeaks Colored Pencils
1 set Crayola Pip Squeaks Color Wonder markers
I used 5 $1/1 Crayola Color Wonder Product and $1/2 Chocolate Peeps. I also went over to Michaels and bought the Crayola colored pencils so I could use one of their 40% one item coupons to cut the cost of those in almost half.
My total OOP was about $13.00 with tax...not to bad for some cool Easter baskets brimming with the three C's: candy, coloring and cars! If you include the tax I had to pay on all of the chocolate I bought, I still came in under $20.00...I think that is pretty good for two awesome Easter baskets.
But you know next year I am totally going to have to beat that!!
