More Shopping

I had a crazy idea today-go back to Dillons with the boys. Thankfully, they had a car cart and I wasn't there long so I didn't have to endure too much chaos. I just wanted to pick up a few more things before the sale ended today and my mom gave me a giant stack of coupons yesterday that she had been saving for me. I get an extra 3-4 coupon inserts every week because her neighbors save them for me too.

After trekking out to buy my new bible, we traveled to Dillons where I spent another $16. If I would have bought all of these items for full price and used no coupons, the total would have been over $33. I could have saved more, but bought a few things without coupons again.

I got 3 more free noodles. All the biscuits/cinnamon rolls cost me less than $2. The Snack Packs are Hubby's favorite, so when I have coupons for those, I stock up. All 6 of those cost me less than $4. The Old El Paso rice sides were about $.25 each. We haven't tried these yet and I'm sure my homemade Spanish rice tastes much better, but for a quick meal, these were just the right price. The milk was only $2.99, cheaper than Walmart the last time I was there. I'm big on muffins, as you could so obviously tell by the size of my butt. I usually make homemade muffins, but Big Brother really likes the Kroger muffin mixes and I actually like them better than Betty Crocker mixes. And I needed shredded lettuce for taco salad tonight. I know, I know. I could have bought a head of lettuce and cut it up myself to save more money, but there are a few convenience items that I will pay for.
Yesterday, Hubby and I had a 'date day' without the boys. Of course, I took my coupons along. So after shooting our bows for awhile, we headed to some stores. We went to Target where I picked up a few things with coupons, but I wanted to show you what I found at Walmart. These packs of Ivory soap were $1.07 each. I had 4 $1 coupons, so I only paid $.28 for all four packs. We don't even use this kind of soap, but like I've said before, if I can get something free or cheap that I know someone else could really use, I pick it up. I will be giving these away to a shelter or a food bank that takes hygiene items.
That's another reason I like my coupons. Even if I just try things for free or really cheap and my family doesn't like it, I can always give it away to someone who may really like it or could really use it.