When Brilliant Bargains became more than just a hobby!

One of the chapters in my manual includes a fun list that goes something like this: You know you're addicted to coupons and saving money when: you take pictures of your shopping successes and post them on your blog! To give you a taste of what I can do when combining store sales with coupons and rebates on top of it, here are my treasures from my late-night trip to Albertson's; just take a good look at the pics and then scroll down to see what my net price was:

12 jars of Ragu pasta & alfredo sauce

20 Sobe lean 20 oz. drinks

4 Fresh Gourmet croutons

3 Wish Bone Bountifuls dressings

3 large Rasin Bran Crunches

1 jumbo box of Rice Krispies

5 Pop-Tarts

2 cans of Blue Diamond wasabi almonds

Next up we have 5 boxes of Popsicles

5 pounds of bananas

5 pounds of grapes

4 store yogurts

10 Breyers yogurt and crunch

2 Silk chocolate soy milk

2 gallons of skim milk

2 packs of Yo-Plus yogurt

8 packs of Stayfree pads

10 Degree body mists

3 Dove body mists

3 Dove deodorant

11 Degree deodorant

And I almost forgot about the loaf of whole wheat bread I stashed in the freezer!

So with 2 carts full of stuff, after sales, coupons and rebates my final price was...

$1.22

Yes, you read that right! And that included tax too! And if I hadn't already sent off for it, I could have gotten a $10 rebate on the Kellogg's cereal and they would have PAID me $8.78 to take all of this home!!! The coolest part of all is that I will donate at least half of it to a local women's shelter. Not bad for a day's work, huh? :)