Deals, Deal, Deals!!!

I'm all about a great deal. Heck, I'm all about a good deal. Awhile back, a friend of mine told me about the best thing happening for us frugal mommies: couponing. I stored it in the back of my mind in the file that says "I'm going to do this, but will it really benefit me?". See, I thought my monthly trips to Walmart and Sav-A-Lot and menu planning were saving me all the possible money I could save. However, yesterday I get a call that I could use coupons to get FREE bathroom tissue. Yes, you read that correctly; FREE!!! Of course since couponing was filed in my brain, I had not been collecting the Sunday papers like a true couponing diva is suppose to do. Luckily for me the coupon I needed was not from weeks ago, but from this past Sunday. So I rushed out to buy a few papers. Yes, I did spend $5 on papers, but I have 5 papers worth of coupons for upcoming sales, so I will recoup my 5 bucks easily. Actually I did just that yesterday at Albertsons. I went to the store armed with my 6 coupons (5 that I bought and the 1 that I get each Sunday anyway). The tissue was on sale 10 for $10, so that made them each $1. My coupon was for $1 off! YAY!!! FREEEEEEEE! I also had 6 coupons for Rayovac batteries attatched to the tissue coupons. Guess what?! The batteries were BOGO (buy 1 get 1 free). The cost for 1 pack was $3.99, so that made them about $2 each. With a dollar off coupon, that made each pack $1!!!! My total bill came to $7.23, with a savings of $27.51 (coupons & instore sales). How's that for a first timer? Here's what I got....

I guess my 4 year old was as happy as I was. Probably because he's going to use all those batteries for his Gameboy.

"Sing to God, sing praises to His name...." Psalm 68:4