Fair warning: I have been gone for awhile and this is not like any previous posts. This is a RANT. My RANTs are not made for anyone but myself, just so that I can get some shit off my chest. Sometimes, I need that release, and this is one of those times. Not to worry, I will be back to my usual posts now that I remembered that I do have a blog (lol). If you are easily offended, wait for the next post, as I am almost certain that it will be docile. You are reading at your own risk. (Usually, this is where you would sign a waiver, but I don't have a lawyer on retainer, so I will just have to trust you.)
So I am thinking about some stuff that was said to me a couple of weeks ago. The shit is still bothering me. Here is the basic story:
My friends and I called a chick tiny and this saditty broad replies, "Hey, I have curves and I am in shape. Don't hate." I jokingly responded with "I am in shape too. It may be round but I do have a shape." Don't get me wrong, I am over what the height-weght index says that I should be, but only by 3-5 lbs depending on the day. I am far from fat. Bitch, we called you tiny because you are the shortest one in our group, not because you are the most in shape or the thinnest. The curve comment doesn't bother me as much as her next comment, because anyone that I allow to see understands that I have curves that would force the makers of the Aston Martin rethink their test drive course.
Then, after a few drinks more have been introduced into my system, I am trying to explain to her the different tastes of pink moscato versus regular moscato. This chick says "Well, I have other things going on in my life, so I can't just sit around my house drinking wine." Chick, REALLY?!?! Who does? We all have kids, and husbands and lives. Oh wait, you aren't in that club, are you? You have a kid and ummm, what else? (I didn't say it but I did think it for a long time.) So I am biting my tongue and hoping that I am just being sensitive since I have had a few. So I just looked at her like she was stupid and had a few more. Now, some time has passed, and this shit is still in the back of my head when I hear her name. No, I don't wanna hang out with you guys as a group. Subtract her and then I will add myself. No, I don't wanna be bothered enough to talk it out. She isn't really my friend. She is just an acquaintance of a friend. But while she is thinking that I got it like that to be able to sit around and drink all day, I am making sure my family has anything that they need. While she is in bed, I am making muffins from scratch to go with breakfast so that my daughter has a great start to her day. While she is in school, I am being an involved parent at my daughter's school. While she is in some fitness class, I am carrying groceries, that I bought with coupons to make my family's money stretch, up to the third floor. While she is watching TV, I am making sure that my family is on has a healthy homemade meal at least 5 nights a week and clipping more coupons to save money.
Yeah, I have what averages to about a glass of wine a week, but all you see is that I know the differences in wines and all of a sudden, I get the label of "Resident Wino." I don't carry myself as an alcoholic. I worked in a bar too long for me to allow anyone to see me get sloppy at my age, let alone my kid. But for people to make assumptions about someone else's life that they only see once every 4-6 months really pisses me off. Who are you to judge anyone?
I guess that I could take it as a compliment. I have a friend that says "If you think that my pussy is so good that I can be taken care of, thank you for believing in me." So I guess that mine must be good enough to not only be taken care of, but to make a man willing to put up with me when the only thing in the kitchen is wine bottles. I don't know about you, but for me that is unheard of, so I think that I might be able to get into the Guinness World Records.
Oh, by the way, pink moscato is sweeter than the regular moscato, just in case you were wondering. lol
I am A Conqueror
Me on Top of the World
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Face Plant Sunday
I went to the store this morning to get a refund for 2 items that I had purchased and they cost waaay too much. When I went to the back of the store to grab the bacon I needed for dinner, my stomach started to hurt really bad. I checked out and headed out to the car. I stopped and leaned over one of the pillars outside of the store to take a few deep breaths before I attempted to get to the car to sit down before getting back to the house so Skip could go to work. I stepped out into the parking lot and that is the last thing that I remember before realizing that I was falling. Apparently, I got to the dividers where there was a grassy area, and tripped. Needless to say, I landed smack dab on my face. A good Samaritan came over and asked if I was OK. He went and asked a lady that saw me come out of the store to call the paramedics. When he got back over to me, I was trying to sit up and he asked if I needed to call someone. I called Skip and told him that I had fallen down and let the man speak to him. While I was lying there, I realized that I needed to hit the bathroom, so I got up and walked back into the store. While inside the bathroom, a store employee knocked and was on the phone with dispatch. She kept telling them that I was disoriented. I told her that I wasn't. I was just embarrassed. I mean, come on, wouldn't you be after face planting? I went and talked to the paramedics and got the all clear. I came home and laid on the couch. The neighbors looked out for me and gave me some peppermint tea, which I have to say I will be buying! They also made me some mini homemade blueberry muffins. I am good now, besides having pains which indicate bruised ribs and knees. Hey, I am alive and I am OK. Don't know what made me fall like that, or what made me blackout or faint, whichever it may have been. What I do know is that I made it home and I am glad that I didn't have to run up an ambulance or hospital bill. Oh, and just an FYI, dinner turned out very well, thanks to the bacon! lol
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy New Year!
Prospero ano y felicidad! It is great to be here in the year 2011! I am so excited to see what God has in store for my family and myself!
I went shopping today, and you know I don't leave home without my coupons, so I was out for a deal!
First stop was Randalls, where I bought 5 boxes of fruit snacks for Daizia at 99cents each. After my coupons, I paid $2.95 cash. I got back a $3.50 Catalina coupon to use on my next trip there, for ANYTHING! And I made a valuable discovery! Randalls is doubling coupons, up to $1! When you take my Catalina coupon into consideration, I actually MADE 55 cents profit since I have that much extra to spend on my next visit. THEy paid ME to shop!
Next, we went to Walgreens. There, I bought Electrasol, which was $3.49 this week. I used a $2.50 coupon from the paper (I have another one to use after seeing this deal work so darn well), bringing the total down to 99cents! I got 3 packs of 5 mechanical pencils for 19cents each, and 4 chocolate bars, bringing the total to $4.13. I had to get the chocolate because I had to bring my total over $3.50 because I was using a coupon for that amount. But you already know that I used the coupon in the Walgreens ad to make them 49cents! lol I had a coupon from last week's trip for $3.50 (after buying Chex Mix for the exact same amount), so I paid all of 63cents out of pocket. AND I got a $1.50 coupon for another trip to Walgreens!
Then we made a stop at Target. I hadn't planned on stopping there, so I just got a jog of Simply Lemonade that was on sale for $2. I used a $1 coupon and made the deal work for me.
My last stop was just about an hour ago. I went to CVS. I had printed out buy one get one coupons for Special K cereal and they had it on sale 3 for $10, AND you get a $4 coupon (called Extra Care Bucks here) for another purchase. After the coupons, my total was $6.58 but I used a ECB coupon that I had from last week for $2, bringing my total down to $4.58 for 4 boxes of Special K! And not only did I get my $4 ECB, I got an extra $3.50 for the Fall Spending total from the store clerks using the card that I got on people that didn't want to fill out the paper to get a card.
So do you want to know about my plans for these coupons? I am honestly not sure what to do with the Catalina from Randalls. The coupon for $1.50 for Walgreens I will be using for more Electrasol. You can't beat it being pretty much free after the newspaper coupon, and totally free after the coupon that I got from this last trip. CVS is a little more complicated. They have the 20-32 load liquid Wisk for $5, and when you spend $25 (before coupons) you get $10 in ECB. You know I have worked this out to a T! The newspaper has $2 off any size Wisk coupons this Sunday. I do need to find 3 more things of coupons to make this work, which I can do if I go to the recycling center. When I get these coupons from the paper (already have 2!) my total for 5 bottles of liquid Wisk will be ONLY $15! Take away the $7.50 in ECBs that I got tonight, and it brings my out of pocket total to only $7.50, AND I get $10 to use next time! JACKPOT!!!! That means that they are paying ME to buy their items!
I now have 6 boxes of Oreos, a box of Ritz, 6 boxes of Special K (2 of those w/strawberries), 3 boxes of Rice Krispies, 4 boxes of Crispix, and 5 boxes of Fruit by the Foot in my extra storage. Add that to 11 bottles of shampoo, 7 bottles of lotion, 2-20 packs of Purex washer/fabric softener sheets, 2 bottles of Lysol Air Refresher, 2 boxes of Glad Force Flex garbage bags, 8-8oz cream cheese, 4 bottles of coffee creamer, and plenty of frozen veggies in my stockpile (that I can think of). It may sound a little excessive, but like the Krazy Coupon lady says, if you buy it when you don't need it and the price is very low, you have it when you do need it and the price is high.
I hope that your New Year has started off with a bang, and that being a good thing! Follow your dreams and love yourself!
Love and peace!
Juilia
I went shopping today, and you know I don't leave home without my coupons, so I was out for a deal!
First stop was Randalls, where I bought 5 boxes of fruit snacks for Daizia at 99cents each. After my coupons, I paid $2.95 cash. I got back a $3.50 Catalina coupon to use on my next trip there, for ANYTHING! And I made a valuable discovery! Randalls is doubling coupons, up to $1! When you take my Catalina coupon into consideration, I actually MADE 55 cents profit since I have that much extra to spend on my next visit. THEy paid ME to shop!
Next, we went to Walgreens. There, I bought Electrasol, which was $3.49 this week. I used a $2.50 coupon from the paper (I have another one to use after seeing this deal work so darn well), bringing the total down to 99cents! I got 3 packs of 5 mechanical pencils for 19cents each, and 4 chocolate bars, bringing the total to $4.13. I had to get the chocolate because I had to bring my total over $3.50 because I was using a coupon for that amount. But you already know that I used the coupon in the Walgreens ad to make them 49cents! lol I had a coupon from last week's trip for $3.50 (after buying Chex Mix for the exact same amount), so I paid all of 63cents out of pocket. AND I got a $1.50 coupon for another trip to Walgreens!
Then we made a stop at Target. I hadn't planned on stopping there, so I just got a jog of Simply Lemonade that was on sale for $2. I used a $1 coupon and made the deal work for me.
My last stop was just about an hour ago. I went to CVS. I had printed out buy one get one coupons for Special K cereal and they had it on sale 3 for $10, AND you get a $4 coupon (called Extra Care Bucks here) for another purchase. After the coupons, my total was $6.58 but I used a ECB coupon that I had from last week for $2, bringing my total down to $4.58 for 4 boxes of Special K! And not only did I get my $4 ECB, I got an extra $3.50 for the Fall Spending total from the store clerks using the card that I got on people that didn't want to fill out the paper to get a card.
So do you want to know about my plans for these coupons? I am honestly not sure what to do with the Catalina from Randalls. The coupon for $1.50 for Walgreens I will be using for more Electrasol. You can't beat it being pretty much free after the newspaper coupon, and totally free after the coupon that I got from this last trip. CVS is a little more complicated. They have the 20-32 load liquid Wisk for $5, and when you spend $25 (before coupons) you get $10 in ECB. You know I have worked this out to a T! The newspaper has $2 off any size Wisk coupons this Sunday. I do need to find 3 more things of coupons to make this work, which I can do if I go to the recycling center. When I get these coupons from the paper (already have 2!) my total for 5 bottles of liquid Wisk will be ONLY $15! Take away the $7.50 in ECBs that I got tonight, and it brings my out of pocket total to only $7.50, AND I get $10 to use next time! JACKPOT!!!! That means that they are paying ME to buy their items!
I now have 6 boxes of Oreos, a box of Ritz, 6 boxes of Special K (2 of those w/strawberries), 3 boxes of Rice Krispies, 4 boxes of Crispix, and 5 boxes of Fruit by the Foot in my extra storage. Add that to 11 bottles of shampoo, 7 bottles of lotion, 2-20 packs of Purex washer/fabric softener sheets, 2 bottles of Lysol Air Refresher, 2 boxes of Glad Force Flex garbage bags, 8-8oz cream cheese, 4 bottles of coffee creamer, and plenty of frozen veggies in my stockpile (that I can think of). It may sound a little excessive, but like the Krazy Coupon lady says, if you buy it when you don't need it and the price is very low, you have it when you do need it and the price is high.
I hope that your New Year has started off with a bang, and that being a good thing! Follow your dreams and love yourself!
Love and peace!
Juilia
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Savings this week
So here is a list of what I saved on this week. Check it out!
- 4 boxes Rice Krispies $1.99 each, used 4 coupons to make them 99 cents
- 4 boxes of Crispex $2.36 each, used 2 coupons to make them $1.36 each
- 3 Reach toothbrushes and 1 floss $0.99 each, used 4 coupons to make them FREE
- 2 Suave shampoos 22.5 oz $1.97 each, used in-store offer to get 2 22.5 oz Suave lotions for free
- 2 ThermaCare heat wraps $2.79, used 2 coupons to get them for free, plus CVS gave us 2 Extra Care bucks worth $2.79 each! It's like getting paid to shop. I will tell you how I am going to use those in a minute.
- 8 Vitamin Waters $1.25 each, used 4 buy 1 get 1 free coupons from their Facebook page to make them $5
- 4 Zhu Zhu Pets $9.99 each at buy 1 get 1, used a buy 2 get one free coupon to get 4 for $10.70
- Dulcolax $7.99 each, used a free coupon, got it for FREE
- 16 Wonka chocolate bars $2 each, used (4)buy one get one free coupons added to (4)$1 off one bar added to (1)$1 coupon out of the Dec Walgreens coupon book for these, and got them for FREE
- Lysol Fabric Refresh $2.50, used $1.50 off coupon added to a Target $1 off coupon to get it for 50cents!
- 5 Whataburgers $13.70 plus tax, used 5 coupons to get them for FREE
- 2 Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion $2.99 each, used 2 of each $1 off and $1.50 off to make them 49cents each
Busy Week
So this week has been packed full of last minute things. I got to show Daizia exactly how the coupons work when she went with me to WalMart and I busted out my coupons for $5 off Monopoly UBuild, which was $5. It was great to see the look of wonder on her face. But then she started to use my bargain shopping spirit against me! She was like "Mom, this Lego set is ONLY $40 here. At Target it is like $100! So this is a great deal." First, I highly doubt that There is that much of a price difference between the two stores. Second, there is no way that I am paying $40 for something that will be digging into the bottom of my foot when I step on it!
And Daizia officially has a boyfriend. YAY for my nerves! He is actually a VERY nice young man who has great manners. He wants to be a lawyer and moved to the United States when he was 3 with his family from Africa. He lives in Houston now and came to Austin to visit his family that lives in our apartments. I have my reservations about his family after he and Daizia were coming back from the store (he had bought her some candy) and his older brother beat him up and stole his QUARTER last night and all that was said when his mom was told was "Give him his quarter back." Now when I say he got beat up, I mean it! His brother had knocked him down and was kicking him and punching him. Of course, Daizia was freaking the hell out because she has never seen anything like that unless she was on the giving end, and she stopped doing that about 2 years ago. And I noticed that he and his brother and cousins were outside all day yesterday and never went home for food. When Daizia wanted some chips and Skip told her that she couldn't just eat in front of them, Daizia's rude self says to them "Aren't yall hungry? Don't yall wanna go home and eat?" They just went outside to play. I was wondering if they HAD food to eat lunch, so today, Skip and I had coupons for Whataburger's 12 days of Christmas good for a free burger. So we took Daizia, her boyfriend, and his cousin for burgers, fries and sodas. Yeah, we only spent $15 on the whole shebang and left there full as ticks, but at least my mind is resting easy tonight not having to wonder if they ate lunch. (Sidebar: Daizia chose a table with only 2 chairs at it, and guess who sat with her while his cousin sat with me and Skip?)
This year has gone by so fast! Christmas shopping is done except for the fact that I want to buy Daizia a set of Kinex to make up for the missing Lego set. Making cornish hens for Christmas dinner, and looking forward to the Christmas Eve church service are all that is left on my agenda.
And Daizia officially has a boyfriend. YAY for my nerves! He is actually a VERY nice young man who has great manners. He wants to be a lawyer and moved to the United States when he was 3 with his family from Africa. He lives in Houston now and came to Austin to visit his family that lives in our apartments. I have my reservations about his family after he and Daizia were coming back from the store (he had bought her some candy) and his older brother beat him up and stole his QUARTER last night and all that was said when his mom was told was "Give him his quarter back." Now when I say he got beat up, I mean it! His brother had knocked him down and was kicking him and punching him. Of course, Daizia was freaking the hell out because she has never seen anything like that unless she was on the giving end, and she stopped doing that about 2 years ago. And I noticed that he and his brother and cousins were outside all day yesterday and never went home for food. When Daizia wanted some chips and Skip told her that she couldn't just eat in front of them, Daizia's rude self says to them "Aren't yall hungry? Don't yall wanna go home and eat?" They just went outside to play. I was wondering if they HAD food to eat lunch, so today, Skip and I had coupons for Whataburger's 12 days of Christmas good for a free burger. So we took Daizia, her boyfriend, and his cousin for burgers, fries and sodas. Yeah, we only spent $15 on the whole shebang and left there full as ticks, but at least my mind is resting easy tonight not having to wonder if they ate lunch. (Sidebar: Daizia chose a table with only 2 chairs at it, and guess who sat with her while his cousin sat with me and Skip?)
This year has gone by so fast! Christmas shopping is done except for the fact that I want to buy Daizia a set of Kinex to make up for the missing Lego set. Making cornish hens for Christmas dinner, and looking forward to the Christmas Eve church service are all that is left on my agenda.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Ok, can I vent for a minute?
Ok, since you have kept reading, I guess that means yes.
So yesterday, I called in and ordered a chest freezer from Lowe's. They said that someone would call me within 24 hours. Well, guess what? NOBODY FREAKIN CALLED! So I spend 20 more of my valuable minutes waiting on hold to be connected to someone at the call center (btw, Lowe's you should REALLY hire more seasonal workers for the holidays. Your wait time is ridiculous). After being connected and explaining the problem, The lady connects me with the store that they sent my order to. Before I go any further, let me state that I understand that the ball sometimes gets dropped and sometimes it isn't by you. At the same time, I really don't want to hear your excuses when I need the freezer tomorrow morning! The manager that i was connected to, Michelle, I think her name is, kept telling me how this has never happened before and that she isn't sure what happened and gee, your delivery address didn't come through and we don't have you down for a delivery today even though we are supposed to get it to you today. Then she asks if she can call me back in 10 minutes to make sure that they HAVE the freezer. ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???? I stayed calm, for the most part, until she called me back and said that while she has one, she can't get it to me today, no matter what happened or who screwed up (I am cutting to the chase, because I don't have time to type the line of bologna that she gave me), and it will be tough to get it to me tomorrow! By now, I am losing my cool. I ask her about the service where you can rent a truck to bring your items home, and she tells me that her store doesn't do it, but she can try to make a call to see if another store can rent me one, and maybe they will do is as a courtesy, although they will still have to put a hold on the credit card for the deposit. Seriously, YOUR company messed up and you want me to let you hold more of my money to get something to me that was your responsibility to do in the first place? Really? No, where is Ashton Kutcher because I KNOW that I am getting Punk'd! So now, 3 hours after the 24 hours has passed, we are waiting on her to call with some kind of solution. I had to finally let her talk to my husband because I didn't want to start screaming at her because of something that happened between her store and corporate. What am I supposed to do with 100 pounds of food that need a freezer?
Oh, did I mention that of course my husband is all, "There is nothing that we can do about it the past, honey." Wrong answer, buddy! The reply he got was "This is happening now, so don't give me that $#*@!!!!" Thanks a lot Lowe's. Not only do I NOT have a freezer, I have cursed at my husband, on his birthday. Yeah. Here I am waiting on my wife of the year award. Just send it to the address that is supposedly floating in cyberspace because the store never got it!
They finally called Hubs back and said that she found someone at another store to come and do the delivery. I am not happy about the experience, but we are getting our freezer. I will be complaining to corporate about the lack of communication between them and the store and my experience as a whole. Please pray that they don't send out someone with a bad attitude, because the house might blow up if I lose my cool.
And all this after my post about holiday spirit, too. I guess my Scrooge was just waiting to come out!
So yesterday, I called in and ordered a chest freezer from Lowe's. They said that someone would call me within 24 hours. Well, guess what? NOBODY FREAKIN CALLED! So I spend 20 more of my valuable minutes waiting on hold to be connected to someone at the call center (btw, Lowe's you should REALLY hire more seasonal workers for the holidays. Your wait time is ridiculous). After being connected and explaining the problem, The lady connects me with the store that they sent my order to. Before I go any further, let me state that I understand that the ball sometimes gets dropped and sometimes it isn't by you. At the same time, I really don't want to hear your excuses when I need the freezer tomorrow morning! The manager that i was connected to, Michelle, I think her name is, kept telling me how this has never happened before and that she isn't sure what happened and gee, your delivery address didn't come through and we don't have you down for a delivery today even though we are supposed to get it to you today. Then she asks if she can call me back in 10 minutes to make sure that they HAVE the freezer. ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW???? I stayed calm, for the most part, until she called me back and said that while she has one, she can't get it to me today, no matter what happened or who screwed up (I am cutting to the chase, because I don't have time to type the line of bologna that she gave me), and it will be tough to get it to me tomorrow! By now, I am losing my cool. I ask her about the service where you can rent a truck to bring your items home, and she tells me that her store doesn't do it, but she can try to make a call to see if another store can rent me one, and maybe they will do is as a courtesy, although they will still have to put a hold on the credit card for the deposit. Seriously, YOUR company messed up and you want me to let you hold more of my money to get something to me that was your responsibility to do in the first place? Really? No, where is Ashton Kutcher because I KNOW that I am getting Punk'd! So now, 3 hours after the 24 hours has passed, we are waiting on her to call with some kind of solution. I had to finally let her talk to my husband because I didn't want to start screaming at her because of something that happened between her store and corporate. What am I supposed to do with 100 pounds of food that need a freezer?
Oh, did I mention that of course my husband is all, "There is nothing that we can do about it the past, honey." Wrong answer, buddy! The reply he got was "This is happening now, so don't give me that $#*@!!!!" Thanks a lot Lowe's. Not only do I NOT have a freezer, I have cursed at my husband, on his birthday. Yeah. Here I am waiting on my wife of the year award. Just send it to the address that is supposedly floating in cyberspace because the store never got it!
They finally called Hubs back and said that she found someone at another store to come and do the delivery. I am not happy about the experience, but we are getting our freezer. I will be complaining to corporate about the lack of communication between them and the store and my experience as a whole. Please pray that they don't send out someone with a bad attitude, because the house might blow up if I lose my cool.
And all this after my post about holiday spirit, too. I guess my Scrooge was just waiting to come out!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Grabbing deals when other things fall through
Missed out on the movie preview of How Do You Know tonight, because Hubs had to work later than we expected. So instead, we did some "bargain" shopping.
At Randalls, I spent $32.96 but I saved $48.94. Out of my total spent, I don't think that $20 should count, because I earned the splurge. They had Coca Cola on special, 4 for $10.
My BIG savings of the day came at Target, where I went coupon STOOPID! First stop, NYC In A New York Minute nail color, which run $1.74. I grabbed 2 because I had 2 sets of manufacturer coupons and store coupons (which can be combined), each one worth $1. That took $4 off the total, even though the polish onnly came to $3.58. Then on to candles. I grabbed an Airwick candle, which was on clearance for $2.54 and used a $3 coupon (all overages are taken off my total. Hey, I don't know how it works, but it does, so I am going to use it!). Then I grabbed my frozen veggies, 2 BirdsEye and 2 Green Giant, each supposed to be $1, and I had coupons for 50 cents off each item. (The Green Giant rang up for $1.34, and I am going to get my 64 cents back tomorrow. It's the PRINCIPALITY of the matter!) Then CoffeeMate for $1.48, minus a $1 coupon. Then we grabbed three 79 cent Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes, minus 55 cents off each one. Our last stop before the checkout was Planters dried, shelled sunflower seeds. Two jars of them for $2.74 each. But you know I used coupons for those too, right? I used 2 Planters coupons for $1 each, and a Target coupon that was buy 2 get $2 off Planters. So can you guess my total? Give up? I initally spent $2.09 for all of my purchases. But remember that I said that they owe me 68 cents? That brings my total down to $1.41!!!!
I consider this to be a major victory, since this is not only the trip that I used the most coupons, but also the one that I spent the least and got the most.
Did you know that you can print out manufacturer's coupons and add them to the discount that store coupons give you? Print out a coupon from Target, WalGreens, or CVS, and then find a coupon that is for the same brand form the manufacturer (try http://www.coupons.com/). Then go use them! Target, Walgreens, and CVS all let you do this, but Walgreens and CVS have their coupons in the sales ad, so it makes it easier on you.
Hope that you have learned something tonight, and that you now want to try your hand at some bargain shopping.
At Randalls, I spent $32.96 but I saved $48.94. Out of my total spent, I don't think that $20 should count, because I earned the splurge. They had Coca Cola on special, 4 for $10.
My BIG savings of the day came at Target, where I went coupon STOOPID! First stop, NYC In A New York Minute nail color, which run $1.74. I grabbed 2 because I had 2 sets of manufacturer coupons and store coupons (which can be combined), each one worth $1. That took $4 off the total, even though the polish onnly came to $3.58. Then on to candles. I grabbed an Airwick candle, which was on clearance for $2.54 and used a $3 coupon (all overages are taken off my total. Hey, I don't know how it works, but it does, so I am going to use it!). Then I grabbed my frozen veggies, 2 BirdsEye and 2 Green Giant, each supposed to be $1, and I had coupons for 50 cents off each item. (The Green Giant rang up for $1.34, and I am going to get my 64 cents back tomorrow. It's the PRINCIPALITY of the matter!) Then CoffeeMate for $1.48, minus a $1 coupon. Then we grabbed three 79 cent Betty Crocker Au Gratin potatoes, minus 55 cents off each one. Our last stop before the checkout was Planters dried, shelled sunflower seeds. Two jars of them for $2.74 each. But you know I used coupons for those too, right? I used 2 Planters coupons for $1 each, and a Target coupon that was buy 2 get $2 off Planters. So can you guess my total? Give up? I initally spent $2.09 for all of my purchases. But remember that I said that they owe me 68 cents? That brings my total down to $1.41!!!!
I consider this to be a major victory, since this is not only the trip that I used the most coupons, but also the one that I spent the least and got the most.
Did you know that you can print out manufacturer's coupons and add them to the discount that store coupons give you? Print out a coupon from Target, WalGreens, or CVS, and then find a coupon that is for the same brand form the manufacturer (try http://www.coupons.com/). Then go use them! Target, Walgreens, and CVS all let you do this, but Walgreens and CVS have their coupons in the sales ad, so it makes it easier on you.
Hope that you have learned something tonight, and that you now want to try your hand at some bargain shopping.
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