It happened....

It happened.  What I feared but always hoped would never occur...it happened.  Only a week after I talked about George's Wallet and a possible explosion, my fears came to fruition and I lost my q's right outside of the Meijer on the sidewalk.  The only saving grace that kept me from going over the edge was that there was virtually no wind that afternoon, so I was able to rescue all of my little friends and bring them back home.  On a side note, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people that stepped over me (as opposed to offering to help) as I picked up all of my q's, purse and shopping totes....I couldn't have done it without them.

George's Wallet after the fall...could have looked worse, right?

The coupon explosion was just the start of a stinky shopping day at the Meijer.  I had coupon issues galore and a whole host of bad looks from my fellow shoppers.  The only light at the end of the tunnel was my favorite 10/$10 get the 11th free sale that Meijer rocks every so often.   By the time I got home, I was so flustered that I immediately put all of my hard earned goodies away before I could photo them.  So you will just have to read the details this time:(

Transaction #1:

• 2 boxes Pizza Rolls $2.00.  Used mPerks .40/2 and printable .40/2 = $1.20
• 4 Old Orchard Frozen Juice Concentrate $4.00.  Used mPerks $1/4 and printable $1/4 = $2.00
• 5 bags Meijer Brand pretzels & cheese balls $5.00.  Used cat for $3/$3+ salty snack purchase that I got from a previous purchase and $1.00 off for the buuiyu 10 get the 11th free = $1.00

Transaction #2:

• 4 packages of ground beef $11.38.  (Fresh ground Angus was on sale for $1.87/lb....a really good price)
• 1 lb Krakus Deli Meat $4.19
• 2 lbs red grapes $2.18
• 1 tub sour cream $1.39
• 2 rolls Jimmy Dean Sausage $5.38.  Used $1.50/2 = $3.88
• 8 Land O' Lakes Cinnamon & Sugar Spreadable Butter $12.00.  Used 8 $0.75/1 = $6.00.  (Butter freezes really well, and for this price I stocked up because this is YUMMO on toast, pancakes and waffles)
• 1 Coffee Mate creamer $1.67
• 2 packages Earthbound Organic Baby Carrots $2.00.  Used 2 $1/1 = FREE
• 2 loaves Wheat Sandwich Bread $2.00.  Both were 11th items = FREE
• 8 boxes Krusteaz Crumb Cake Mix $8.00.  Used 4 printables $1/2 = $4.00
• 14 boxes Pizza Rolls $14.00.  Used mPerks .40/2 and 7 printables .40/2 = $11.50
• 2 red bell peppers $2.00.  One is an 11th item = $1.00
• 4 Old Orchard Frozen Juice Concentrate $4.00.  Used mPerks $1/4 and printable $1/4 = $2.00
• 1 Celery $1.00

A little FYI about Meijer's 10/$10 Get the 11th FREE sale...it does matter in what order you ring up the items, this is why I always do self-check on this sale.  I want to make sure that the 11th item I am scanning is one that I do not have a coupon for.  That is how I got the bread and the pepper for free.

I spent a grand total of $54.96 OOP.  I saved $86.88 in q's, store q's and store promos...I am pretty happy with that since I picked up a lot of meat.  Now I just need a good chicken breast sale so I can restock that.

I came home and set aside my q's for two days...I just wasn't prepared to tackle the giant mess that I had made of George's Wallet.  But yesterday I knew that I would have to tackle the task because there would be a ton of new friends waiting to join them this morning.  

I had to resort every q back into the right categories

...And decided to sew the button back on after learning a lesson a hard way

So I am now reorganized and ready to add in all my new little goodies...time to get clipping.