Savvy

Okay. This maybe the lamest post ever, but I have to share my latest triumph.

One of my most hated Mommy Chores is grocery shopping. I can't stand it. I usually have all three girls with me who hate grocery shopping as much as I do, so it's always a fantastic experience. Maybe the worst part about it is when I go up to the register to check out and am blown away by how much food costs! Not Okay.

So just a few days ago, I got the "Penny Pincher" coupon book in the mail. I sat down and cut out every single coupon in that book and made it my mission to use them all. So, I packed up the littles and headed to Coborns. The girls were delighted to sit in the "car" cart, which kept them occupied throughout our entire trip. The M&M cookie and Pop Tart samples helped too. :)

I bought only the items that I had coupons for (except for toilet paper . . . it was just a necessity). I "maxed out" on everything I could. For example, I could get a bag of frozen chicken breasts for $3.28, and the limit you could buy was two . . . so I bought two. I marched up to the register and waited for my total. $80.38. BUT WAIT, Ms. check-out girl! I have a huge stack of coupons for you!

I watched in amazement as she scanned each one of my little paper miracles. My total plummeted down to $51.77. That is a $28.61 savings, which tabulates out to a savings of 36%.

I walked out of that store with my nose in the air, confident in all of my purchases.

Take that, Mr. Coborns! You owe me for all those times I walked out of your store dumb-founded by how much I spent and how little a bought.

Today, I owned that store.