Project 365- Day 44

Sunday was great. My husband watched the kids so I could organize coupons and figure out what I needed to buy for the week. I grabbed the little guy and he and I headed into the city to do some grocery shopping.
I had some Extra Care Bucks that needed to be used soon so we made a quick stop at CVS.

I didn't buy a lot there but I got some good deals. I spent a total of $11.93 including tax for the above items. I had $9 in ECBs so I only paid $2.93 out of pocket for the items.
But I also got back $8.58 in ECBs.
We also did a small shopping trip at Winco. I saved about 29% on my bill using coupons which is pretty good. Winco is really low priced to begin with and any extra savings is pretty amazing.
A lot of what Winco has every day at regular price is a sale price only at every other store.
I make fun of the store sometimes because it really attracts some characters but it is great to have them in our area. We save so much money by shopping there for staples.
While I love their prices I really hate their coupon policy.
The checker was having a tough time getting all the coupons to scan and she said the ones that would not scan she could not enter manually. Most stores will enter the bar code manually if the coupon will not scan. She kept trying and was able to get almost all of them to go through.
You should have seen the faces of the people in line behind me. I used to feel bad but I thought, if any of these people want to give me the $28 I just saved I will gladly go without using the coupons. Until then, they will just have to wait.
If I get in line and someone who has only a couple of things goes behind me I will let them go ahead. But I have never seen anyone at Winco not leave with a full cart.
And if I save $2000-3000 a year by using coupons then I can handle the stares and glares.
I have semi-wild children.
I am used to it.