{ Follow Up to My Couponing }

I went grocery shopping bright and early Saturday morning as it was much needed. We had made plans with our couple friends and their lil' one what seemed like months ago and I needed food in the house to make dinner. I dreaded doing this, I hate groceries and I was going to make my first attempt at serious couponing and price matching.

I got to Target shortly after they opened; took what seemed like hours going down the aisles, okay, maybe only a bit over an hour. I eye the checkout ladies and strategically go to one that looks nice...I empty about 1/3 of the cart putting my price match items in the front. As the woman in front of me finishes and the NICE checkout lady greets me with a hello I tell her that I have a few items that I am price matching...and here it comes..."YOU HAVE TO DO THAT AT GUEST SERVICES :-)" AAHHHHH. Seriously. Are you kidding me? So I load up my price match items in a different cart...check out...check out again, blah, hate going to the grocery store. Do you think they are trying to discourage it?

Ready for my savings...Price matched items totaling about $35 out of pocket- saved $16. And my total savings $55...not bad, still managed to spend $250 for my family of three, one of which doesn't count in grocery shopping. I figured not bad for my first serious couponing. Jake likes this. Since Alyssa was born he has gone grocery shopping a number of times; he would take what coupons I had, but now he figures there is a method to MY madness and I should probably do it, convenient!

So there you have it, $55, not bad.