Mission MARATHON!

Bare with me this will be long...

I am the shopping queen!  I never pay retail which allows me to stay home...or so I tell Mr. E :)  Last year at the end of July, Target had a TON of toys 75% off.  I bought all of Little Lion's Xmas, birthday presents as well as for our nieces and nephew.  I bought $300 worth of toys for $66 dollars :)  I know Target is in the process of getting ready for this big markdown again this year and I plan to do the same buying as last year.  So I've been frequenting Target on a weekly basis as well as reading slickdeals.com. 

 I found that Target also marked down their Britax carseats.  If you don't know anything about Britax, they are the best in safety ratings for carseats and run in the $200 range.  Little Lion rides in a Roundabout Britax which I got at 75% off at Target the year before he was born ;)  Yes I like to shop ahead...hey I save big bucks this way ;)  However, that deal was before the craziness of everyone reading deals online and getting them quick.  So I knew I didn't have much time to waste in my search for a Britax deal.  

You are probably wondering why I would need another carseat when we have one for Little Lion.  Well we will probably have another baby sometime in the future....no I'm not pregnant, I'm going to Hawaii before any of that talk ;)  Anyway, the Roundabout is the smaller version of the carseat.  It goes to 40lbs which will last Little Lion for another year or so.  But by then maybe #2 will be on the way.  So I wanted to get the Britax Marathon which is the next size up.  It goes to 60lbs.  I check online to see what is available instore.  My Target states that they have NONE....Grrrrr Someone got there before me!!!!  I call anyway to double check.  Yup NONE.  However they have the roundabout for $153 from $229....30% off.  Still a great deal, but I have one.  So the good friend that I am I call my PG friends, R and T.  I only get ahold of T.  She says thanks and she'll talk it over with hubby.  

However, this doesn't help me!!!!  I proceed to call every Target within a 15 mile radius of my house.  I found 2 stores that have the Marathon.  One hasn't marked down any Britax yet....no deal.  The other was only marked down 15% $229...not a good enough deal for me.  GRRRR

I call my Mom and tell her that they are marking them down, but after checking her closest Target, they don't have any Marathons either.  GRRR  She says she is going to Target anyway and will look.  I tell her that I don't want anything unless it's under $200 mind you it's $279.  She calls 30 mins later and informs me she has a Marathon in her cart....FOR $139!!!!!!!!!!  SCORE!!!!!!  She tells me that the they are 50% which is the cheapest I've seen/heard for now.  The Roundabout is $109.  

I call R and T again.  I only talk to T.  She said WOW great deal.  Mr. T didn't want to get one yet, but for 50%.  Heck yeah ;)  I also decided to call Mr. E to let him know I'm spending $$$.  He says we should get one for the lady at his work who is PG as a group gift.  So I have to call my Mom and send her back to Target.

Guess what....NONE were left!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OH NO I call T and she tells me she talked to them and they put one on hold for her...yeah for someone getting the deal....and they were on their way out there.  I call Mom back to tell her way they were gone and she tells me there was another Marathon there....WHAT and you didn't get it???  So I call T back to tell her to get that one and get the roundabout for the gift.  OK great....she gets there...NOT there!!!!  However there was 2 Roundabouts which she got :)  

WHEW what an exciting bargain day!  I love the thrill of it and of course sharing the wealth!!!