If you’re like me, you’re probably looking to stretch your dollar as far as it will go.  Well here is a win I wanted to share with Dinks readers.

The story is I got a gift card for Christmas, but hadn’t used it all. It had about $20 dollars left on it.  I needed groceries and didn’t want to pay full retail.  So, I checked my local Kroger circular online and identified a couple of deals.  Then I walked to my local Kroger store and bought the following:

2 cartons of 12 eggs
12 cans of chili
2 packets of 6 bagels

Here is a photo of the haul.

The eggs cartons cost $1.99 each – I got the cheapest brand possible – there isn’t much difference between B and A grade eggs.
The chili was on sale, buy 6 and get 50 cents off each.  I bought 12 because I love chili. The deal brought the cost down from $1.50 to $1 per can.
The bags of bagels were 2 for 1. The cost was $3.99 each, but since it was 2 for 1, I paid a total of $3.99.

Basically, I kept myself to the $20 limit, but was able to score enough for breakfast and lunch for at least a week.

After everything rang up, the cashier complimented me on a good job saving.  That made my day.

I think the bottom line here is – don’t pay full retail, work the deals instead.


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James Hendrickson is an internet entrepreneur, blogging junky, hunter and personal finance geek. When he’s not lurking in coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, you’ll find him in the Pacific Northwest’s great outdoors. James has a masters degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelors degree on Sociology from Earlham College. He loves individual stocks, bonds and precious metals.

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