Last night I stayed up super late to get all of my deals in order, my extensive shopping list together, my transactions separated, and my coupons divided up.
I woke up at 7am ready to tackle the day.
My first stop Walgreens. OOP (out of pocket) was $16.42. But, I saved $20.23. A 55% savings! WOOT!!
Next stop was Publix. I am in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, with Publix. Their Buy One Get One Free deals are outstanding and I absolutely adore (as Fancy Nancy would say, adore is fancy for really liking something), pairing those deals with coupons. So, OOP there was $69.52. I wasn't planning on spending that much and I stuck to my list, however, I made a fatal error and forgot a few coupons at home. My reaction was as follows, "Aww, Poopstick!" This outburst was then followed up with a few strange looks from other shoppers. I gave a big smile and a slight nod and kept walking. Anyways, as I was saying... I saved $33.84. A 32% savings. I know I would have done better had I not forgotten the blasted creamer coupons. Blarg. Oh well. On to the next store.
Last but not least, Kroger. I love Kroger when they have their awesome Mega Events. This week it was buy 10 participating items and get $3 off instantly at checkout and save $2 on your next purchase. So of course I made my list out to where I would have 4 transactions and get to use 3 $2 coupons off my purchase.
I started off with my 10 Totinos Party Pizzas. They were on sale for $1.29 and I had coupons for $1 off 5. So I rang all of my pizzas up so I would have my 10 items and $2 coupon. After I paid I noticed that I didn't get my $2 Catalina coupon. "Uh... excuse me? Oh no you didn't!", is what I said to the self check out machine. I spoke with the self checkout register assistant came over and asked if I needed help. I said, "Yes sir. I scanned my items for the buy 10 item get $2 back deal and I did not receive my coupon." He looked into my bags and said, "Ma'am, you only have 9 items in here." OH MY GAH! How embarrassing? I was so mad at myself for not double checking to make sure that transaction was complete before paying for it.
After kicking myself in the ass, which is hard to do and looks silly when you are doing it in the middle of the self check out lane, I sorted out my remaining items and placed them neatly together so I knew what went with which transaction and this debacle would not happen again. The rest of my orders turned out like I had planned. My OOP for Kroger came out to $72.20. I saved $35.67. Drum roll please.... My savings was 33%.
It wasn't too bad of a day. I got a good amount of groceries, though I wish I had spent a little less. I still came out on top. I love when things go right.
Next week I will make sure to have every coupon with me before I leave and I will double and triple check every transaction before paying. I still can't believe I did that. Grr.
Now time to spend a little cuddle time with the babies before we head off to the basketball court.
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