Little things make me so happy!

Got to brag a little bit! Today I bought
2 bags of Hershey Kisses (2.00 off coupon)
6 boxes of Ritz Crackers (3 1.00 off coupons)
3 Betty Crocker Frostings (3 .55 cent off coupons)
5 Bisquick (5 .60 off coupons)
4 Kelloggs fruit Rollups (no coupons)
4 bags of Kelloggs cookies (no coupons)
2 boxes of Frosted Mini Wheats (no coupons)
1 Gerber Sippy cup (cost 5.00, no coupons)
3 Green Giant bags of Frozen steamable vegetables (no coupons)
6 cans of Old El paso Refried beans (no coupons)
1 box of Jello Pudding
Total before coupons was 73.00
I had 2 10% off Albertsons store coupons
and a save $10.00 off of your next shopping order
So total after coupons and saving was $33.55 cents

I bought 37 items and 3.03 was tax so essentially I paid .90 cents an item! But wait, it gets better! After I paid I got a coupon for 2 free movie tickets, I went online and registered and printed them all ready, my local theater takes them and Brig and I are going on a date tonight anyways, so that saved us $24.00 and I got another Coupon for 3.00 off of my next order of meat at Albertsons, so I came away with paying essetially $7.00 for all that food!!!! Coupons ROCK!!!!

Brig only got a 1% raise last year and they put a raise increase freeze on him this year and he is already being paid WAY less then he should be. The Human Resources person there at work realizes this and has promised to make sure he got up to par with what he should be paid, but with the economy where it's at those promises are out the window, so I feel really really grateful that Heavenly Father has helped me find ways to save our family money on our biggest expense, food! I love you guys and miss you all terribly!
Mindge