Copps Trip this morning: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly...

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1) I preordered 36 boxes of cereal and only 12 boxes were there.
It was supposed to be 12 each of the Peanut Butter Multigrain Cheerios, Dulce De Leche Cheerios and Frosted Toast Crunch. They only had the last one and the shelves were bare of the other two.

2) They WILL do rain checks for the cereal promotion but NOT the Catalina's. You can get the 6 boxes of cereal with $9 off, you can NOT get the milk and egg $5.25 credit.

3) They were out of the Split Chicken Breasts that I was going to get 6-8 pounds of too....which MIGHT get restocked when the meat guys get there at 7AM. (I shop at 6AM)
:::::::::sigh::::::::::::

See? It's not always a perfect shopping trip for me either.
:)
I was in and out of there pretty quickly, as there were only 3 transactions to be had, and made a $4.19 profit!

Transaction #1:
$25 Copps Gift Card @$25.00
8 boxes Pizza Rolls @$1.00 (normally $1.59)
1 Jar Miracle Whip @$3.00 (normally $3.18)
--coupons used: Four $1/2 Pizza Rolls (doubled), $1/1 Miracle Whip (doubled)

total: $42.54 for $26.00 and I got back $25 to use shopping with the gift card.

Transaction #2:
6 Frosted Toast Crunch @$3.49
1 Avocado @$1.00
Eggs @$1.05
Milk @$2.69
--coupons used: six $.75/1 cereal (five doubled), FREE Milk, FREE eggs, Store Milk $.40 coupon, gift card from #1

total: $25.12 for $0 and I got back $5.25 in milk and egg vouchers for a MONEY MAKER

Transaction #3
6 Frosted Toast Crunch @$3.49
1 bunch of bananas @$1.80 (normally $1.6)
Milk @$2.69
--coupons used: three $1/1 (doubled), three $.75/1 cereal (two doubled), FREE Milk, Store Milk $.40 coupon, gift card from #1

total: $25.59 for $0 and I got back $5.25 in milk and egg vouchers for a MONEY MAKER.

Grand Total: $93.25 for $26 and I got back $19.69 (gift card balance) and $10.50 in milk and eggs for a $4.19 PROFIT

Again, the pizza rolls are for my brother, cereal for the food pantry. The rest is for us. (Milk, eggs, avocado, bananas, Miracle Whip)
:)

Here is the $100 Monthly Budget Summary:
$100.00

-$7.90 (Miss Sarah having one school lunch a week)
+14.38 Copps Trip 2/4
$106.48
+$4.19 Copps Trip 2/8
$110.64

One third of the way through the month and I have MADE money instead of spending it, LOL!
Isn't it nice of the stores to pay us to shop there?
:)

How did you do today?

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