I used my coupons

Well here is my update.  I took my coupons to Kmart yesterday because they were having a Double Coupon special this week.  Apparently the Kmart here is very small and since most of my coupons were for groceries there were only a few I found.  However I did find many of the non-grocery items on my list.  Normally it would not have been worth it to buy from Kmart but the coupons brought the price down to being comparable to what I would spend for the items at the grocery store on base, and when doubled it was a good deal.  Plus I had to drive into town to pick up an order from another store so the additional cost of the drive into town was negligible.

My items before tax came to a total of $44.00 and after coupons and taxes I paid $27.44 and received a $4.00 off coupon for my next purchase totaling $40 or more.  Something to keep in mind if they are having a sale on home goods and I am going to be in town anyway.  All said and done, it was totally worth it.

My husband, lets call him Prince Charming, had requested I bring pizza home with me.  The last thing I wanted to do was drag my tired children out of the car and into a large, noisy, grocery store in town.  I spent 10 minutes fiddling with my GPS trying to locate the Papa Murphy's take and bake pizza place I knew was somewhere very close to where I was in town.  Ultimately my GPS failed me, saying the closest Papa Murphy's in the database was 112 miles away.  Really?  Ugh.  I drove until I got to the intersection where I knew the store was, I just could not remember which one of the four corners it was on and you cannot see it from the street.  I pulled into the left hand turn lane and sitting at the red light, I called Prince Charming to ask him where the store was.  No need to fear, my car has integrated Bluetooth so I was totally hands free...and sitting at a red light.  Luckily, Prince Charming has a near photographic memory ( irritates me to no end) and I did need to turn left.  I navigated my way through the shopping maze to the Papa Murphy's storefront.  I got out, unbuckled the kids, and walked up to the door only to find a hand written sign saying that Papa Murphy's would be closed until further notice!  For crying out loud.  I took the kids back to the car, buckled them up again, and called Prince Charming.  Yes, he still wanted pizza.  Surely I could find a pizza place and get one for take-out.  At this point I am tired, the baby is tired, and I really do not feel like tracking down another pizza place, taking the kids in, placing an order and waiting for a pizza to go.  Ultimately I made the executive decision to go home and stop by the grocery store on base and pick up a pizza from the refrigerated section.  And hey, while I am there I will grab some groceries that I have coupons for.  Look at that, more multi-tasking and now I am using the coupons that I could not use at Kmart.

Not only did they have almost all of the groceries I wanted, except the fat free Horizon's milk and most of the other dairy products on my list, but they had  some in store coupons that were better than the ones I brought with me.  Yay.  My savings at the grocery store was not as impressive as at Kmart, but save I did.  Before coupons my total for groceries was $59.73, and after I scanned my coupons I paid $49.73.  It may have only been $10.00 but it was $10.00 I did not have to pay.  I consider that a victory.

Now if I can just find people interested in swapping coupons I will be very happy.  Thanks for swinging by, and have a fantastic day!
Love, Katie