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This summer I decided to get serious about couponing and deals. I have to say that I am pretty good. My drawback is wanting to shop every week even if we don't need it--Stockpiling and the "rush" I get from the great deals. At this point we will NEVER be without cereal. We might not have the kind you like but you won't go hungry. I have had an especially profitable week.
Friday the little boys and I went to Harris Teeter b/c they had triple coupons and Perdue chicken breasts buy 1 get 2 free. (Occasionally I need a reminder why I go by myself. I remember now). We didn't need chicken but b/c of my freezer inheritance from my grandfather, I knew just the place for it. I bought 6 packets of chicken, 3 breasts per pack. I also got about 8 bags of other groceries. I only splurged on one package of hummus for me and the boys. Everything else had a coupon X3. My bill--$49+change. The chicken alone when not on sale would have run us $48 before taxes.
So tonight I ran out to Rite Aid and Walgreen's. These are not my normal places, but they did have some excellent deals.
Rite Aid:
Cottonelle tiolet paper: 2/$5.00--2 $0.50 coupons ($4.00)
10 Soy Joy bars-10/$5.00--$3.00 coupon ($2.00)
2 Soy Joy bars-BOGO coupon ($1.39)
Total:$4.48 (now that I look at this the math is wrong...looks like Rite Aid lady gave me 2 $3.00 coupons for the Soy Joy bars)
Plus there was a Rebate for the Soy Joy bars--buy 10 get $5.00. So these actually made me money. Real Cost: money maker of $0.48
Walgreen's:
#1
4 boxes of Kellogg's cereal-4/$10.00-4 $1.00 coupons ($6.00)
1 box of Quaker Instant Oatmeal-on sale $1.99- $0.70 coupon ($1.29)
Total: $7.53
got $3.00 in Walgreen's money back for next purchase
#2
Electrosol gel-$3.49-$2.50 coupon ($0.99)
2 Children's Motrin-$13.98-$2.00 of each Walgreen's coupon and $2.50 coupon ($7.48)
Quilted Northern-$4.00-$1.00 coupon ($3.00)
Minus $3.00 Walgreen's money
Total: 9.74
Plus I got a rebate for $1.50 for the Electrosol tabs (made $0.50!).
Real Cost for both transactions: $15.77
These are some of the things that make me happy.
Please listen to your mother when she tells you not to slam the toilet seat and lid down. You will get something stuck in the middle of the two and you will cry......a long time. Not to mention a lovely purple bruise in a not so nice place. If you are over 3 feet tall you shouldn't need to worry about this, but I don't have boy parts so I don't know about all the precautions one should take. Go ask your Dads.
What have you been up to the last 6 weeks?
Later the same morning--taking a nap anywhere a kid can
Zachary, Deborah, and me on Broadway and 53rd at the end of the parade. We were human popsicles by this time.
In front of Macy's Thanksgiving Eve.
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