Couponers Unite!

I love grocery shopping. Yes, I just said that. And no, I'm not insane. I think it must have something to do with the thrill of the hunt; finding a great deal, and then maximizing that deal even more with coupon use makes me giddy.

I guess some people would call that sad.

Fortunately, my DH thinks it's cool. It's one of the things he loves about me. Not just the fact that I make our family dollars stretch farther, but that I get so dang excited about it.

Today was a particularly good day.

This is what I bought:


You know what I spent?

$4.91.

I know!!

See, the shampoo was on a special clearance--$.29 a bottle. But wait, I had 10 $.25 coupons! That made them $.04 a bottle. I don't care if that brand is not necessarily my fave. For $.04 a bottle, I'll manage! Or, I'll donate it to someone whose hair isn't as finicky as mine...

Moving on to the cereals--they were all $2.00 or less a box, and then I had a "buy 5 boxes, save $5" coupon! Awesome, no? But wait. There were also some little coupons over by the eggs, where if you buy 2 Kellogg's cereals, you get a dozen eggs free! Hold me back!

I was practically dancing out the door of the commissary. Thankfully for them, my kids were at safely at school, so there was no risk of "embarrassment by association". In a land of no double coupons and no generic brands, it feels good to luck into such a deal.

What a rush!