My first stop was to a Dollar General because I had read from several posters that the Nivea women’s body wash (small size) was ringing at $2 even though the shelf tags were $2.50 and $2.75.  Well, I’m here to say that it’s just not true.  Well, at least in the Chicagoland area.  I would have said it was a wasted trip except for:  1) I don’t feel stupid for posting a deal that doesn’t work here and 2) I got to hang around and harrass MUM – a win-win situation!

Stopped by Jewel to see if my 40 cans of OEP refried beans had  arrived.  don’t know why it took so long…were they coming up from Mexico?  While I was there, decided to pick up a few (22) boxes of the Riceland 1 pound boxes of rice.  The white rice is .89; the brown is .99.  Pair the sale with the .50/1 coupons in 9/11 rp and you’ve got some seriously cheap rice.  We use a lot of rice, mostly to dilute the seasonings in the rice mixes (2 boxes HH with equal amount of white rice is perfect in the steamer:  not too salty, just enough flavor).  Rachel was kind enough to give me some of the Dole FREE coupons she got at the BlogHer convention in San Diego.  Hey Rachel!  MY Jewel has the Dole fruit in jars – three different varieties!  I wanted to get up to $30 so I could use a 3/30 cat.  Ended up throwing a bunch of way-expensive fruit into the order.  Didn’t really need it to go over, but weshould be eating more fresh fruit than we do.  And I kinda have a few bucks on my Jewel gift cards.

Total after all coupons was $11.21; I used an expiring $10 RR and paid $1.21 from a gift card.