Albies

Since Dan will be transferring home in a couple weeks, we are trying to save money until he gets his freelance checks in a month or two, so we hardly drive anywhere. I was feel like getting out so we decided to walk to Albertsons for some free ranch. On our way in, we saw an Albertson's coupon on the ground for a free 2-liter drink. I used to never pay attention to coupons on the ground but now I always snatch them up. I've gotten 5-6 good ones that way so far. After getting our free ranch (and other dressings) and free drink, we felt like getting more free stuff. So we decided to use our 6 coupons (I had my coupon binder with me, of course) for a free loaf of bread.



It was slow at Albs and that typically means we do a self checkout but we were in the mood to be flashy with our purchase and go to a cashier to show off. It worked. The cashier couldn't believe it was free! The total, without the coupons (with things at their sale prices) would've been almost $47.

Actually, this would've been free if I didn't have to buy a candy bar to make up the discount from my cloth bags. Everything I bought brought me to a $0 balance. But then he gave me the discount for my 2 cloth bags, .10, and the computer didn't like that. So I grabbed a candy bar, actually, I grabbed peanut m&ms and we all shared them on the walk home. Next time I think I'll probably just ask them not to give me the discount but this time I didn't mind the m&ms since I was pretty freakin' hungry.

I'll have to figure it out but the past two weeks (or somewhere around there) we've hardly spent any money compared to our regular budget. It's so fun (even if I don't have a CVS)!