Friday, January 14, 2011

My Savvy Life This Week - Getting The Best Deal


I was so excited earlier this week when I took my sister shopping at the grocery store.  We found several unadvertised deals and clearance items, which when paired with coupons = awesome deals!  I should say I was sooooo excited until... one of those deals turned up even cheaper yesterday at another grocery store - UGH!!!!

I bought Malt O Meal 50 oz bagged cereal for $1.50 after coupons on Monday which works out to be about $0.50 per regular size box of Kelloggs Frosted Shredded Wheat.  (Honestly, there's not a big taste difference between Malt O Meal and Kelloggs in my opinion, and we love the Mini Spooners!) I bought 10 bags because after doing the price per ounce calculations I KNEW it was a hot deal.

But, low and behold, Reams in Springville is offering the identical cereal for $1.99 - $2.00/2 (Smartsource 1/2) coupon, or  $0.75/1 Malt o Meal Coupon or $1.00/2 malt O Meal coupon.  This works out to be as low as $0.99 for 50 oz or like $0.33 per regular size box!  Oh My Word!  I've spent $0.51 too much per bag for a total of $5.10.  Truthfully, I've been a bit annoyed by this all day because I always want to get the very best deal possible and Reams Springville is a store I frequent often.  Had I just waited 3 measly days longer....  And then I remembered what I tell shoppers all the time - "Was it a good deal when you bought it?"  Well, of course it was!  I mean $0.50 per box of cereal is a SCORE!  "Then it WAS and still IS a deal!"

Guess I should take my own advice huh?  Just because you don't get the very lowest price on products every time you shop doesn't mean you didn't score too!  I suppose I could have used only part of my initial $2.00/2 coupons and hoped for a better deal but A DEAL IS A DEAL, no matter how much you could have purchased it for later. And, waiting too long for the rock bottomest (totally not a word) price can also mean your coupons could expire before that elusive "better" deal comes around!  Plus, I can still use the printable coupons to buy up to 8 more bags at Reams and still stock up for my family at a great price!  (I'll try not to break down and let you see me cry in the middle of their cereal aisle as you snatch up the $0.99 Malt O Meal.)  So, I'll be happy with my $1.50 a bag cereal and move on to the next deal, because there's always another deal lurking around the corner!

9 comments:

  1. I hate it when that happens! That happened to me with Swanson chicken broth last month. Oh well! I like your new blog layout!

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  2. Thanks - me too! LeeLou Blogs did an awesome job on it!

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  3. I'm so excited about the Reams deal!! I only used 2 of my 5 $2/2 coupons. Now what would REALLY be great is one of the early bird sales on Saturday to go with it...but Giant MOM for $0.99 is enough to send me out the door right now :)

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  4. Do you have to rub it in Heather? ;-)

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  5. Thanks for the Reams heads up. I decided to use one of my coupons at Macey's earlier this week. But, they only had three very sugary kinds that counted on their 2/$5 deal. I'm against giving my children a bowl of sugar for breakfast, but I caved thinking it could be used as a snack.

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  6. Thanks, Amy, for sharing your savvy-ness with my wife, Renee, last week. Seems she has a new interest - one that is dear to my stomach... uh... I mean, heart (is there a difference?).

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  7. I was too late for the cereal and the orange juice - it was all gone by the time I got there. When I asked if they would get more in, at the checkout, they told me I could get a rain check - which I did. Didn't know they did that....

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  8. Mom of 5 - if a deal is while supplies last a store won't give a raincheck as they can't guarantee the price the next time it comes in. Bummer!

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