Call me a masochist, but I was determined to get a sufficient supply of these treats just to prove it could be done.  I only had clipped out about 15 of the mfr coupons, so that’s it until the week-end.  The Sobe at this Target (Woodridge) was still selling for $1 each, which makes it a much better deal, tax wise, than the CVS BOGO currently running through Saturday.  So my OOP on this run?  $.95.  Shall we repeat my mantra?  Damned taxes!
Next over to Ultra in Downers Grove to see if they had the Purex 3 in 1 – NO.  Same sad, empty shelves.  Same walk to customer service.  Same 2 rolls of tp, a bunch of green bananas and 3 boxes of Kitten Chow.  Oh, well, Chiquita bananas are always good.  I think they’re better than the Dole.  Total OOP here:  $1.16.  repeat mantra…

Decided to hit the CVS that was unloading the truck yesterday, since it was on the way home.  Either they have the slowest workers in history, got shorted on their order or experienced the biggest run on Sobe in CVS history!  Was only able to grab 12 Sobe and then found the Emerald brand nuts.  There is a $1/1 coupon for any Emerald nut products in 8/15 RP.  They’re hoping you will use them for the glazed nuts BOGO sale, which is still a good price, but the puny containers are 4.5 oz of either honey roasted or dry roasted peanuts and at 10/$10, they’re free.    OOP here was $1.09.