I wish I had some fun pictures for this post, but I don't. While I'm still beyond excited about coupon shopping, it's A LOT of work to neatly arrange items that I've purchased in order to get a fun photo. And THEN, I still have to put it all away. Oye....there's just no time. BUT, after taking a break from coupon shopping over the busy holiday season, I'm thrilled to be back in the saddle! I don't know how I ever shopped without it! I admit, I'm a total dork, but this is how I get my thrill. I love watching how, in just one short month, I'm already running out of room in storage again. I love that I can spend a fraction at the store, get four times as much for my money, and that 90% (or more) of what I buy can go straight downstairs into the storage room. It makes me feel good to have all that stuff in there. Warning: it's a boring list from here on out, so stop reading if you wish! : )
Last night, I went to Albertsons, Smiths and Walgreens. Between the three stores, here is what I purchased:
2 boxes Raisin Bran
8 cans Hormel Chili
3 can Hormel White Chicken Chili
12 cans Ro-Tel
15 cans Hunt's diced tomatoes
2 packs Extra gum
8 Philadelphia Cream Cheese
2 gallons of milk
6 Skippy peanut butter
6 jars of Ragu
14 boxes (3-pack) Pop Secret popcorn
10 Snickers candy bars
8 packs of Skittles
2 Minute Maid orange juice
4 Diet Pepsi 12-packs
6 packs of Stayfree Maxis
2 Pedia Care children's cold relief
12 boxes of Kleenex
1 package of paper plates
Whew....there you go. If I had paid retail for all of these items, I would have spent close to $300. I spent $84 for everything, and saved almost five dollars on gas as well. That's a 70% savings, and I'll take that any day!
As I hand over my stack of coupons at Smiths, the cocky young (male) checker says, "Someone has a lot of time on their hands." Yep....he nailed it. I'm a stay at home mom of three kids who also runs a business from home. Uh huh...just sitting around......looking for ways to fill my time! That's what we do as moms...right? As I watched the total at Smiths go from $114 all the way down to $34, I said, "That was worth every second I spent on it." In the one hour (tops) that I spent gathering coupons for that sale, I basically made $80. Not a bad hourly wage!
I'm hooked again, and it's fun to have an outlet that is doing so much good for the family as well!
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2 comments:
Oooh, that checker needs a punch in the face. Seriously, I'd love to see people like him survive one day of motherhood!
Yay for saving $$$!
I agree with Katie- what was he thinking?! He obviously doesn't have a family. Kudos to you for saving some serious dough, think I'll have to check into that....
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