AuburnChick's Adventures

I figured I better post a shopping picture lest you think I’ve won the lottery and don’t need to use coupons anymore.

It’s taken me a couple of weeks to get back on track after the whirlwind ending to Chicky’s high school soccer season and the Olympics.  But, I trudged on, determined that I would get caught up.

I stayed up until 12am the night of the Olympic Closing Ceremonies, cut out coupons, and filed them away.

The next day, I raced through the Publix sales on Southern Savers, quickly making a list and pulling coupons.  There were quite a few I could not locate thanks (or should I say NO thanks) to Podunk Paper which refused to put ANY inserts in last week’s newsstand copies.

:::AuburnChick slaps her hand…bad girl…:::

Anyhoo…

I got my stuff together, figuring it wouldn’t be that great of a trip.

Doggone it, but I was in that store for two hours!  Obviously, I was rusty.

I was, however, rewarded at the register.  I won’t spill the beans quite yet, though.

First, look what I came home with…

Please take a moment to appreciate my skill at getting everything to stay put, balanced precariously on top of each other.  Yeah, I made quite a few houses out of cards when the kids were little.

Intermission is over.  Getting back on topic now…

I bought 20 cans of corn (they are somewhat hidden in the next picture)…

I won’t have to buy corn for a year!  LOL

I also picked up 12 cans of soup, also somewhat hidden…

Among the other items were eight bags of frozen veggies, six bags of pasta sides, and three whole chickens…

Getting my stuff from the grocery aisles to my buggy is not as easy as plop, plop, plop.  Much planning, re-doing, and thinking (the most difficult part) go into each trip.

Here’s what a typical grocery list looks like when I get home with it…messy notes and all…

My receipt was LONG…

All that mattered in the end was that final number…

Yep.  My jaw dropped at the register, and my smile was HUGE as the savings added up.  Over $142 saved.  Out-of-pocket (oop) was only $33.10.

And this was after a quick list-making session.

Folks, I HIGHLY encourage you to take the time to do it.  If you live in a bigger city with better (cough) newspapers, DO IT!  It only takes a little bit of effort to reap HUGE rewards!

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