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Disappointing grocery trip

// April 3rd, 2010 // Couponing, Money Matters

I am well aware that you will think I’m crazy when I say this (unless you are one of my super-couponer readers), but I am really disappointed in today’s grocery trip.  Here is what I got for approximately $5.50:

Two six-packs of water, 4 cans of frosting, 2 boxes of cake mix, 12 cans of vegetables, 3 packages of rolls, 4 bags of frozen veggies, 2 packages of napkins, and a bottle of shampoo for $5.50.  How could I be disappointed in that?  Because when I checked my receipts, there was $1.95 in errors!  That means I SHOULD have paid about $3.50 for all of this.  If this pile of groceries should have been $3.50, can you imagine what I could get with that $1.95?!

*sigh*

Also disappointing was that there were several things that I thought were going to be free, cheap, or even “moneymakers,” but they weren’t actually involved in the sale.

On the plus side, I volunteered to bring rolls and cake to our family Easter dinner tomorrow (shhh . . . don’t tell them I cheaped out).

While I was out shopping, I ran into a local Nix9to5 reader who attended the Clip SmART seminar.  I thought it was funny to see the similarities in our shopping carts.  She was contemplating the napkins, and said, “This isn’t really the size I want, but they’re still pretty cheap, right?  What are they . . . 75 cents?”  I was so excited to be able to tell her, “No, they’re FREE!”  Who cares if they are rectangular instead of square when they are free?

That’s enough about my coupon adventures for today.  I’d better get started on some work that will actually pay me money.  I’ve got to recoup that $1.95.