with apologies to Rachel … Spent the day with MUM, basically hitting every store within a 10 mile radius…and this includes  *dum dum dum*  Sam’s Club.  Yes, even though I espouse the coupon party doctrine, I secretly wanted to see if there was any merit in the warehouse clubs.  Since Sam’s Club has a free membership promotion going until January 25th, we stopped in.  But first:

Wags:  OOP $2.80; got $24 in RRs:  6 Maalox; 20 Chex Mix and 2 Splenda.  20 Chex $1/1 coupons from the Dominicks Football booklet; 6 Maalox $5/1 (1/9 S1) and 2 BOGO Splenda (1/9 S2) and $2/1 ip (from MUM, ’cause I’m too lazy to link it myself).  Since this was the only day the cat was working with the free Chex, we hit ’em hard and fast.  The Maalox deal continues through the week and boy, do I wish I had ordered coupons (shoulda, coulda, woulda)

Dominicks:  3 loaves of their incredible artisan breads (no coupons, but sheer heaven); 5 Van de Kamp fish fillets and 6 Birds eye steamers; 4 packages clearance Johnsonville Brats; 1 Ranchers Reserve steak.  Used a $2/1 Ranchers Reserve coupon from the new book, so the steak was .02,  2 $1/2 Johnsonville Brats coupons (long expired); 5 buy Van de Kamp fish and 1 Bird’s eye steamers and get $2 off, combined with the Dominicks $2 instant savings when you buy them this week (ended up costing $2 for each combo).  Had an additional free Bird’s eye when you buy the fish (from the Feb. All You).  Total was $22.46, but I used RRs to get down to $8.96.

Target:  4 Chobani quarts of vanilla yogurt (2 pictured):  used a rain check to get them for $1.20/each, or $4.88 OOP.

Sam’s Club:  The big kahuna, the main event, our raison d’etre … $39.10 before coupons — $39.10 after.  Honestly?  I just don’t see the allure of this place.  I took pictures of some of the items for comparison purposes, so you be the judge…

I think this 5 gallons of Coke bag is odd, although I realize that it’s strictly a business-type purchase.
Paying for Chex Mix seems funny, since they just paid me to take it out of Walgreens. And the salmon? You’re paying almost eight bucks a pound here when it’s less than $4 at Ultra, Jewel or even Aldi.   That’s sheer lunacy.

My favorite thing of all?  The hand dryers in the washroom!  I knew Dyson sucked, but didn’t know it blowed…