Oh coupons....

Have you seen that show Extreme Couponers or whatever its called? These crazy people who dig through recycling bins for coupons or who buy 227 boxes of pasta just cause they are getting it free. 

Well, I want to be one of those people.  Not the dumpster diving, 400 bottles of shampoo people, but I wanna get the most amount of things for the least amount of money.  Who doesn't want to do that?  So I've tried.  I've posted some pictures on FB of deals I have gotten.  I've been branching out to other stores like Walgreens and today, Walmart.

And what's awesome is that Timmy seems to have picked up the coupon hunt.  He sees a coupon and runs to me...MOMMY!  I FOUND A COUPON! or Mom can we buy some fruit snacks? Do you have a coupon for that?

Yesterday he took a dollar bill out of my car.  He came inside and was telling Dave all about how he got candy and we were gonna go to the movies and so on and so on.  The conversation then continued as follows:

Dave: Did you buy me anything?
Timmy: NO!
Dave: why not?  When I go somewhere I always have to buy you something.  That's not fair.
Timmy: I have one dollar.  I'll buy you something at Walmart tomorrow.
Dave: like what?
Timmy: I don't know.  Can I have that dollar so I can have 2 dollars.  I'll buy you three things with my 2 dollars.
Dave: OK, three things? What are you gonna get?
Timmy: Sprite and Megamind.
Me: We can't get Megamind for 2 bucks dude...
Timmy: Dad can I have that other dollar.
Dave: No, I need that for my diet coke.
Timmy: Well I'll buy you diet coke.
Me: How bout if Timmy goes to Walmart and gets 3 things for 2 dollars then Dad owes Timmy one dollar.
Timmy: YEAH!
Dave: ok...deal

So this morning, the kids and I head out to Walmart.  Timmy said we needed to bring along my coupons and he needed to buy Dad some Sprite. So we looked around.  We looked through my coupons, we compared prices, we picked things up and put them back.  We bargain hunted.  And in the end....Timmy wins!

Timmy's first coupon purchase

Timmy got a 2 liter of Sprite (Walmart brand), 2 Scotch Brite sponges, Revlon nail clippers, and the bag of chips.  (there were actually 3 bags of chips, but he and his brother each ate one).  And how much did he spend...2 bucks! And if we subtract the 60 cents for the chips that he and Nik ate, he only spent 1.40!!!!  Timmy won the bet, dontcha think?

So proud of my kiddo.  The cashier was pretty surprised too.  Timmy was so excited in the cart, handing her his $2.00.  So just think people, if a 4 year old can coupon, you can too!!!!