Saturday, September 11, 2010

Free Toilet Paper and Toothpaste But a Lot of Anxiety!

I volunteered to do my non-frugal grandmother's shopping today since I was going to Shoprite.  But her giant and very specific list + my coupons + chatty child in cart = anxiety attack.  Not a fun trip.  The cart was overflowing, I kept dropping coupons,... ugh.  And it took soooo long.  Trying to shop for someone else (especially someone who's very specific) is like a scavenger hunt.




  • 3 SR spring water .79 each
  • 6 Marcal (6 freebie coupons)
  • 2 Hefty trash bags 1.24 each (used 2 .55/1)=.14 each
  • 12 alpo dog food - 6 for 3.99 (used 1/6)
  • 3 hamburger helper - 3 for 4.00 (used .75/3 doubled and .75/1 cellfire coupon) = 1.75/3
  • 1 chex mix and 1 bugles 1.50 each (used .50/1 cellfire and 2 .50/1 doubled)
  • perdue chicken 5.38
  • sr ground turkey 2.61
  • reduced salad 1.50  (used .75/1)
  • organic grapes 6.07 - crazy!!!  I didn't notice the price but I think I have a produce NBPR rebate
  • bananas .99
  • yo crunch fruit parfait 2.50 (used freebie catalina)
  • 2 international delites 1.99 each (used 2 .55/1 doubled)=.89 each
  • totinos pizza rolls .88 (had a .55/1 coupon but I forgot it - oops)
  • fisherboy fish sticks .99
  • 12 kaiser rolls 1.99 (1/1 sr bakery coupon)
  • 6 colgate toothpaste .77 (used 6 .75/1)

total: 31.60 - I was so frazzled by the time I left that I just shoved the catalinas in my purse and haven't checked them yet, but I should have received 1.50 catalina for hamburger helper and .50 for alpo.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like you had a rough day, at least your Grandma is happy. Maybe next time you can pass off her shopping to some unsuspecting family member!

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