Things I learned today:

1.  Do not stand too close to Rachel when shopping ’cause her bad juju will rub off.

2.  Dominicks loyalty cards are now linked automatically by corporate using any duplication of address or phones (note to self:  go into accounts and modify info).

Here you see 16 half-pound packages of Sara Lee deli meat (mostly the fancy turkey ones), bag o’ red grapes, half-gallon Lucerne milk, OEP tortilla stuffer, pink sea salt grinder, Chi-Chi sauce, three clearance garlic/parsley blends and three packages of boneless, top loin pork chops in clearance section.

The Sara Lee was  $3.99 per pound on the Just4U deal (ends today); split them into half-pound packages and used the $1 coupon from 10/02 rp.  Milk was .97 on the J4U pricing (goes through next week, so don’t rush) and the sea salt, Chi-Chi’s and OEP were my FREE specials.

Ended up spending $22.41 and for the life of me don’t know how that figure was determined:  $16+ is deli, a buck for milk, the pork chops were $7.50, the garlic mix was $3 and the grapes were 1.56.  I guess the MUM curse isn’t too powerful after all…

btw…the garlic/parsley blend is from Morton & Bassett and sells on Amazon for $17/3 pk!  The 400 ct Splenda pictured is $12.99 – Amazon has it for $8.44 – Splenda No Calorie Sweetener, 400-Count Packets.  That’s a huge difference.  If you’re shopping the Glen Ellyn store, they have a lot of the Riceland white rice 1-lb boxes on the clearance unit by drugs.  I think they’re .60 so use the .50 coupon from 9/11 rp for some extremely cheap rice!