No problem! I also bought a very sturdy Craftsman hand trowel for $0.99 after coupon. Unfortunately I looked over my receipt for those garden hoses and they rang up $13.59 instead of $9.99 as the shelf tag had said, but I guess $8.59 still wasn't a bad price for brand-new garden hoses. As many times as I had used this coupon since December 18th, I would feel guilty bringing the hoses back to get a price adjustment, as Sears has saved me ALOT in various hand saws, replacement blades, socket pieces, clamps, bungee chords, drill bits, screw drivers, adjustable wrenches, etc etc. I tried to use the coupon on Scott's lawn patch grass seed the other day, but it wouldn't scan. The cashier wasn't sure why either, but since it didn't work on that item, I passed on it. It appears to be good on garden tools though. I bought a Craftsman hoe that was on sale at $13.59 (normal price $18.99) for $8.59. Assuming Sears doesn't go out of business as a result of uncontrolled use of this coupon, if the hoe breaks it is guaranteed for life. I tend to break my tools easy, so in-all.. money well spent! I broke a how 5 minutes after getting it from Wal-Mart. Granted that hoe was cheap, but still one shouldn't expect it to crack at the handle a couple chops into a relatively soft soil garden. Hope others enjoy this coupon as well. Your order total needs to be at least $5 for the coupon to scan. If you fall short add in carpenter pencils for 59-cents each to get the total up to $5 before applying the coupon. I hope others will post their combinations of deals on garden supplies. You may have found better deals than I. :)

My DH gave me a Coach bag in 1994. It was a Willis which is one of their 'classic' styles. He purchased it at a regular store at the Mall and it's still offered on their web site. About 10 years ago I compared it to the Willis ones at the outlet and I couldn't detect a difference. It's possible that the leather seemed a little stiffer but that could be due to the fact that it was new and mine was well worn. I stopped buying Coach (and Dooney and Bourke) handbags for my own personal use when they changed their style and began marketing to the 'teens, pre-teens, tweens and wanna be trendys' That's just not me. I don't want to see brand names plastered all over my purse and I think it actually cheapened the brand name. However in the last 15 years I have purchased quite a few items at the Outlet and I've never been disappointed. I have 3 pairs of leather gloves, 2 or 3 leather belts, 2 wallets and checkbook cover. None of these have a visible logo which I prefer. I checked the 3 Coach bags that I still have - 2 were factory outlet purchases and neither of them have the F in the serial number but I think they were leftovers from the regular stores. When my DD was in college she bought 2 wristlets and 2 small handbags which she used extensively. She also bought knit scarves and gloves. My best deal was the briefcase which I bought in 2004 and paid $159 - it was on the clearance shelf and I had a coupon. My son is an attorney and still uses it daily. The zipper did break last year but that was because he over stuffed it. My other deal was a leather duffle - I paid $129 on clearance and with a coupon. It's like any factory outlet purchase - you have to examine the product carefully. I don't think the items sold at the Coach outlets are significantly inferior - and unless it's changed since I was there last (2 years) they had a decent return policy. It's not 'all sales final' like at some other outlets.

I have silk panels from L&T but haven't put them up yet so I can't tell you how satisfied I am, though I certainly expect to be. I did want to give you a heads up on how to save even more money, though. When I bought my panels they had two promotions that overlapped - the 25% off sale, plus they had any size panel for the lowest size price. So I bought my 84" panels for the price of 64", plus the 25" store promo, plus the 20% off coupon! I figured out I saved about 60%. It was just a fluke that I walked in the store when they were running two promotions, but maybe a friendly salesperson there can tell you what kind of sales are on the horizon... Nicole

Snookums, I found that same tactic was happening when Mervyns went out of business. Everything was brought up to the regular retail price, then marked down 20%. What was so ridiculous is that the weekly ad from 2 weeks earlier had the stuff on sale for less than half the marked down price! The store was mobbed, but no one was buying, and everyone was complaining. Eventually they marked things down a bit more, but it was mostly junky stuff...the good, brand name things never were marked down. For example, Levi's were never discounted. I don't know what they did with the extra stock, probably sold it to a liquidator or even donated it to charity. Whatever they did, the going out of business 'clearance' was a joke. Only one Oregon LnT...and that mall has had a lot of closures lately. The one by me is business as usual.