Wash, Rinse, Repeat, in Coupon Lingo

In the coupon world, there will be some offers you will just want to do over and over.  Yesterday's Target offer was one of those. Last week's Target ad included Olay body wash on sale for $5. That is already a decent price on the big bottles, but still more than I like to pay for body wash. Body wash is a luxury, not a neccessity, but my entire family prefers a body puff and body wash to bar soap. I like to put body washes in my adult children's Christmas baskets, as well, so the fact that Target was offering a $5 gift card for each set of three Olay body washes purchased ignited my interest.  For the math impaired, $5 X 3 body washes=$15. Last week's Olay $2 coupon drops the price down to $9, not bad for three large bottles. The $5 gift card makes it a super deal. But to really get the most out of this sale, the trick is to turn around and do the deal all over again, this time using your initial gift card to help pay for the three Olay body washes. I've heard this strategy termed "Wash, Rinse, and Repeat" in coupon lingo.  I was near a Target yesterday afternoon and tried this deal, and it worked great.  First time through the checkout, I used three $2 coupons and paid $9 (plus tax) and got my $5 gift card. The second time through, I used three $2 coupons AND the $5 gift card to pay for my transaction, and paid only $4 (plus tax) for my order, netting me another $5 gift card. See where this is going? I could have done the deal as many times as I had coupons for, and as long as my husband would wait for me to go through the line. Most cashiers would allow me to do seperate orders, and this one had no problem. Unfortunately, I had to stop at 5 transactions because it was a Saturday, and the shelves weren't well stocked, but I am now have 15 body washes to add to my dwindling stockpile. This was definitely a deal worth repeating, and if I lived closer to a Target, I would have done it several times during the week.