Tuesday, March 24

Humor Me, Okay?

I never thought I would do a post about my coupon craziness. I try to keep my deals and frugal shopping to myself since number 1 - its not the hottest topic of conversation and number 2 - I'm sure no one really cares. But after what happened on my shopping trip to Albertson's today, I can't keep it to myself. This is proof that using coupons and being a smart shopper is definitely worth it.



This is what I bought - a measly 11 items that totaled a little over 51 bucks. After swiping my store loyalty card and handing over my stash of coupons, guess how much I paid..........

C'mon guess...........



Would you believe that I paid absolutely NOTHING!!! The cashier scanned all my coupons, and lo and behold the screen showed a total balance of -0.65 cents. That's gotta be some kind of weird grocery shopping record, right?? It took the cashier completely off guard when she realized she needed to pay me. I even offered to throw in a candy bar or a pack of gum to bring it back to the positive side, but she said not to worry about it.

I walked into my friendly neighborhood Albertsons today, shopped about 10 minutes, and walked out with 50 bucks of free food and an extra 65 cents in my pocket. Not too shabby!!!

18 comments:

Gary and Michelle said...

Where do you find your coupons? Today I heard about promotionalcodes.com, it was o.k. but nothing special.

Score for you!

clm said...

Please let us know where you find your coupons and deals!! That is amazing!

*DeMeLo HaPpEnInGs* said...

wow....totally impressed. That is awesome. And it is a GREAT topic of conversation!!

Shalae said...

That's amazing! I didn't even get out to the grocery store this week. It is SOOOO much fun to get great deals like this. This is one for the record books though. Great job!!!!

Ashley and Matt Marx said...

That is awesome.

Alec and Tiffany said...

You aren't doing anything illegal, are you, Heidi?

ACR

teamZ said...

Way to go Coupon Queen!

Castiel Moyes said...

I care! That is awesome! I love that topic of conversation! Post more!

Darcie said...

That is seriously amazing. Where do you get coupons that good? I would be braggin too.

Heidi said...

Heidi, you owe me at least 1/2 of the change. --Andrew

The John Hollingshaus Family said...

So is this coupon thing you follow a blog or something? I want the secrets of free shopping:)

The land of Vegas said...

See, people want to hear about your savings because they want to save. When you do good you just can keep it to yourself. I did good once but not that good. I can't seem to break my 45% off total. I'll have to get tips from you. WoW!

Keith A. Runyon said...

What are coupons and where does one get them?

Belinda said...

Do tell your secret Heidi!

steph j. said...

You're so smart, I've tried, and I'm not doing it right.

Jana said...

Grocery Smarts?! Love it.

Alec and Tiffany said...

YOUR KIDDING!!! Give us all the details women, this is amazing! I want to know!

Erin+Marc = Ethan&Aidan said...

What's even MORE amazing to me then getting those 11 items for free, is that they were going to be $51 clams!!! Crazy Albertsons! It does happen to be my favorite place to shop but it is pricey.