Free Mustard . . .

A friend of mine has recently told me that Walmart will price match other stores ads. She says that she has been saving a bit of money on her bill and planning her meals around what is on sale at various stores and then buying it at Walmart with her other groceries. It sounded like a great plan. I already cut coupons so I figured this wouldn't be too far out of my leauge. I got the weekly ads to the other major stores in town and I poured over them scowering for my good deals. I made a list of what I was buying, how much it cost and what store it was from. I planned my meals and cut my coupons and headed to the store. I was kind of nervous about how I would keep my price match items separate in the basket so I could give them to the cashier so she could change the prices. I had an ingenious idea to put one of the hand held baskets inside my cart so I could place all those great sale items in it. So there I am at the store, Phoebe is in her sling, I have my i-pod on so I can jam to some tunes and I am armed with an empty cart and 2 lists. I head out on my adventure carefully checking off items as I go. You should have seen me, I was the probably the craziest looking shopper because I was jamming along to the music, mouthing the words no less with a look of utter confusion on my face. I am constantly rechecking my list before I leave a section of the store so I don't have to backtrack for a forgotton item. I think I had looked at my list so many times while I was getting ready that I had it memorized. I successfully get all my items and head to the checkout for the moment of truth. I tell the cashier that I had some price match items and she didn't seem to happy. Of course this is more work for her but alas she put a smile on her face and started ringing things up. As she rang up each item I told her what the new price was and she didn't even ask to look at the other stores ad. Although, I had it in my bag with each item I was buying circled so I would be able to show her on a moments notice that in fact Goldfish Crackers are on sale for $.50 at Krogers. Well in the end I saved a bit of money and I came home with a smile on my face. I think the thing I was happy about the most was that I got a bottle of Mustard for $.50 and I had a $.50 coupon so it was free. Can you believe that? Free Mustard, I didn't even need it but wasn't going to pass up on something for free.