There are more sales for school supplies this week. Each store seems to be in full swing and doing what they can to attract your dollar. Here are some great buys for Office Depot, Staples, Walgreens, and Wal-Mart.
Office Depot is continuing their school supply sale with promotions on the following items:
Freebies for this week include:Sharp Scientific Calculator. It’s free after a $7.00 mail-in rebate. The limit is one per customer.
When you purchase $15 of dated goods, you will receive a free journal. I am thinking this is for date planners and calendars.
Purchase a Texas Instruments graphing calculator and receive a free calculator skin.
Other school supplies on sale include:
Translucent 2-Pocket Poly Portfolio (plastic kind) are .01 each. Limit is 10.
Wide Ruled Notebook Filler Paper is .15 each. The limit is 5.
Scholastic Crayons 16 pack is .25 each. The limit is 5.
The 1” Vinyl Binder is .50 each. The limit is 5.
Backpacks start at $4.99.
Staples is continuing to bring people in with the big discounts and sales. Here’s a coupon for $25 off a $75 purchase. It excludes laptops and computers and it expires July 26, 2008.
They have several items on sale to help you finish up your school supply shopping.
Cadoozles, fun mechanical pencils, are free this week with a $1.99 mail-in rebate.
The ½” and 1” plastic binders are on sale for .25 each. They are limited to 4 per customer.
Pentel RSVP ballpoint pen 5 packs are .99 each. These are limited to 2 per customer.
Their teacher appreciation day is Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 9am-1pm. The first 200 teachers to arrive will receive a free gift.
Target has joined the back to school shopping craziness.
They have supplies for .20 that include Elmer’s glue stick 2packs, wooden rulers, pink eraser 2packs, and one hole pencil sharpeners.
Crayola 12 count colored pencils are .88 each. Kids folders with designs and characters are on sale for .50 each. Character designed 70 sheet 1 subject notebooks are 2 for $3.00
The circular has a coupon for $5 off $20. This coupon is not valid towards electronics, calculators, or backpacks. This coupon expires July 26, 2008.
Walgreens has a coupon sale going on. If you don’t want to drive to a Walgreens, check out their online sale. Use coupon code: school.
They have several .05 deals going on right now. These deals need a coupon from this week’s circular. If you don’t have one, you can print the coupon from the website.
The 5 cent school supplies include:
2 pocket Penway folders. The limit is 5.
Papermate Mechanical Pencils – 5 packs. The limit is 3.
Mini composition books. The limit is 4.
Penway highlighters. The limit is 3.
The free after mail-in rebate items are the Pilot G2 Gel Ink Pen 2 packs ($1) and Crayola Washable Markers, 3 different types ($2).
Other hot specials include:
Wooden Rulers for .19 each. The limit is 3.
No. 2 pencil 10 packs for .19 each. The limit is 3.
Penway 2 pack erasers for .19 each.
Penway 15 pack pencil top erasers for .19 each.
Paper clips, 100 pack box, for .19 each. The limit is 2.
Bic Brite highlighter 5 pack for .39 each. The limit is 3.
Clear pencil boxes for .50 each.
Expo Dry Erase Markers, 4 packs, for $1.99 each.
Wal-Mart is still having an ongoing sale. Check out my last blog on school supplies, More Office Supplies for a Penny, to get the latest deals at Wal-Mart.
Remember when you are shopping to pick up a few extras for replacements during the school year. Consider, paying it forward by buying some extras to donate to charities.
Your freebie for today is for the homeschool moms or for parents who are interested in learning more. It’s a free guide to the Introduction to Homeschooling and a free issue of Home Education Magazine.