What a great day!

Seems like I have more great days than not (which is a good thing). I started out by looking for a key to our new van that I lost, not once but twice, meaning I have lost TWO KEYs and to have ONE replaced is $125-$150. So I started searching for it. I was checking coat pockets and then decided to check one of my MANY Purses that I don't use (I am still looking for the perfect purse). Well, in one purse I found some insurance cards that were missing (great I think we get new ones the end of this month anyway) but I also found a $10 Best Buy gift card! Husbands bother said he would like a DVD set, so now I get to use my $4 coupon that I forgot to use last time I purchased LOST season 4 and this $10 gift card.

I went to CVS to use my last Transfer RX coupon for $25. After searching around the store, I decided to get nuttin, so I have $25 card from CVS.

I then went to Rite Aid. I decided I would get my husband a gift card and see if I could use my Rite Aid gift card that I got for transfering my RX there a few weeks back...I also got some M&Ms that are BOGO this week AND have a $1 rebate I also used my $1 coupon for the purchase.

Total out of pocket NUTTIN since I used my gift card....BUT WAIT I am not done yet. Those m&ms that I purchased should put me over $25 in the Rite Aid Gift of Savings (spend $25 get $5, $50 get $10, $100 get $20) AND that $25 gift card? I have a $10 rebate I can get for buying a $25 gift card! WHAT A MONEY MAKER!!!

I then went across the street to Harris Teeter. I was asked to buy the makings for chocolate milk (quik or Hersheys)

3 Kraft Singles (used $1 WT) on sale for $2, buy have a special buy 3 get $3 off sooo FREE CHEESE!

2 Gold Medal Flour- $.99 each (4 day sale)

1 Palermo Pizza ($.75 Q) BOGO

3 Ht Naturals Ice Cream on sale buy 1 get 2 free

3 Hershey Reese Chips

1 Hershey Syrup (coupon buy 3 hersheys chips get free syrup)

4.49 lbs Key Limes -marked down produce (total cost $1.20)

1 Gallon Milk -on sale all month for $2.99

3lbs onions -on sale all month $1.47 bag

Spent $20.25

Saved $33.72 (which doesn't count the mark down of the limes)

It was a better deal to buy the 3 bags of hershey chips for $4.50 total and get the Syrup for free with my coupon than to pay $4.29 for the container of Quik that I had no coupon for. Atleast the chips were on sale even though the Hershey's was not...and the Quik wasn't on sale and I didnt have a coupon for it either. I would have had to pay FULL PRICE!! THE HORROR!!!

Then as an icing on my cake I come home to a $10 rebate (for my Thanksgiving Turkey) check, and an envelope of coupons I ordered (for FREE Hershey candy bars at Food Lion, Free French's Onions during triples at HT, and FREE cat food at Lowes Foods).