Lost track of time.

Last night I went to Kmart for "doubles." I totally lost track of time. I left the house around 7 and J called me around 8:30 to see where I was at. I was supposed to go grocery shopping too. I still had to check out at Kmart, which is the longest part of my trip. I had 3 $5 off $50 coupons with me, so I separated the orders. I could have done 3 orders, but I stuck to 2. My first check out did not go smoothly, luckily it was the smaller order. The computer froze, so I went to another register while the computer rebooted. I was surprised that no one was shopping there last night. A few people ran in and out, but no other "couponers" were there.

Here is how my shopping escapade went...I got all of my coupons ready yesterday while the kids were napping. I know where everything is at in the store now, so I started with the things that I needed, like 1 Gain fabric softener, 8 containers of crystal light, and 4 boxes of 100 calorie packs. Then I went over to the fun stuff aka "the things I don't need." I bought 4 cans of purina one, 6 cans of indoor cat food selects, 6 cans of fancy feast, 6 cans of cesar dog food, 3 packages of dog treats (my neighbor was thrilled when I gave him 1 bag of purina dog food, treats and a few small cans of food for his dog), 2 big bottles of dawn dish soap, 1 20 pack of cascade pellets, 3 packs of batteries, 2 Scott paper towels, candy bars and 10 boxes of ziploc freezer bags. My total before coupons was $173.xx ($66.xx and 107.xx) and my total after was $6.92 and $7.83!! I would have paid that for the crystal light, alone.

A lot of my good coupons are going to expire today. I cannot wait to either use them at Publix or get rid of them. I went through my coupon box yesterday and kept 4 of each coupon and got rid of the rest. I am going to take a break on "Carrie's Pantry" after the garage sale this weekend. I want to clear everything out before the Holidays so I can have the room. The kids were so excited to decorate for Halloween. I just had a few hand towels, a sponge, and kitchen towels to set out. I also have a plastic candy jar with witches on it. We put the Halloween pez dispensers in it. We were invited to a Pumpkin carving party at our neighbor's house. The invitation was very cute, at the bottom it said "BYOP" for bring your own pumpkin. Too bad I don't have a pumpkin coupon.