So it's been a while since I posted. Busy. Trying to do the Christmas thing, with my heart just not in it (at least the shopping part). As the kids get older, the size of the packages gets smaller but the cost gets bigger. And of course very few of the things they have on their list ever go on sale.
I caught one good bargain this week, but got caught on another that wasn't such a good bargain after all.
Good: At Safeway, there was a super coupon for General Mills Cereals for 4 for $6.00. I also had two Internet coupons for 55 cents off and a coupon I got from General Mills (by writing them a letter) for $1.00 off. So, I got 4 boxes of cereal for 3.90, or 98 cents each. I wish I'd had a 4th coupon I could have used!
Not-so-good: On the Grocery Game list, they had Hormel Black Label Bacon listed at Albertson's. Alby's had it on sale for buy one, get one free. The GG list also said Fred Meyer had a coupon for 2 for $5.00 The way the GG list figured it, you could use the 2 for $5 coupon and then have them give you another $2.50 off to honor their buy one, get one free offer. However, I realized after getting home that the checker only took off 99 cents, the difference between the price for 2 on the Alby's BOGO and the Fred Meyer coupon. Still a good deal, as it was better than 50% off, but not the 79% savings the GG list had calculated. So, it pays to be alert and aware of how your particular store honors competitors' coupons.
