Always Have a Plan
Ok - I'm going to obsess about this for a while. Then I'll get over it. I did the shopping thing today - because it was double coupon day and because it was a week later, which would hopefully make it more possible for me to spend the required money so I could save $9. Well, I tried. I had my list, and I did my best to keep track of how much I was spending so I would know if I hit that magical number. I even called Jeffrey to see if he and the kids needed wanted more soda, since it was on sale - and I could spend another $11 that way. I ran into a friend in the store. She was buying toilet paper. Good idea. I should've bought toilet paper.
Anyway, I got through the checkout, only to find out I didn't have quite enough to use my $9 coupon. See, it was before taxes and after all coupons and other discounts. I told you it was free money that I could not use! Now, being the obsessive person that I am, I keep thinking back over the whole thing trying to figure out how I could have made it work. I figured that if only I'd bought $5 more of something, then I could have used that $9 coupon - and actually saved $2 off of what I actually spent. Or, I could have given her all the manufacturer's coupons, waited to see what the total was, and then decided which of the register coupons I wanted to use. Maybe if I had not used some of those, I could have used the $9 coupon instead - and saved about $2. Yeah, I'm like that. I obsess over $2. I should have thought this all out before I got to the checkout, and had a plan.
And, I spent enough today to earn an $18 coupon off my next purchase of at least $180, which I must make within the next two weeks. Yeah, right - I'm not even going to bother with that one.
Anyway, I got through the checkout, only to find out I didn't have quite enough to use my $9 coupon. See, it was before taxes and after all coupons and other discounts. I told you it was free money that I could not use! Now, being the obsessive person that I am, I keep thinking back over the whole thing trying to figure out how I could have made it work. I figured that if only I'd bought $5 more of something, then I could have used that $9 coupon - and actually saved $2 off of what I actually spent. Or, I could have given her all the manufacturer's coupons, waited to see what the total was, and then decided which of the register coupons I wanted to use. Maybe if I had not used some of those, I could have used the $9 coupon instead - and saved about $2. Yeah, I'm like that. I obsess over $2. I should have thought this all out before I got to the checkout, and had a plan.
And, I spent enough today to earn an $18 coupon off my next purchase of at least $180, which I must make within the next two weeks. Yeah, right - I'm not even going to bother with that one.