listen to this
needed to grocery shop yesterday. you know i hadn't been home in about a week, there wasn't much left to eat around here.
i usually shop at the family owned grocery store here in town instead of the local chain grocery store. but yesterday i had 2 reasons for going to Jewel. little did i know there were 3.
you know the little machine that prints your receipt, well at this store it also prints coupons for items to use the next time you shop. and i already had one that was good for $5 off my total purchase and was set to expire. hey..5 bucks is 5 bucks, right? and i wanted to buy flowers and they have a much better flower selection than the other store.
so...i'm all done shopping...i'm at the self-check out, love that (it reminds me a bit of playing grocery store when i was little, really it does!), put in my code for my $5 off coupon, pay for my groceries and the little machine spits out a coupon for a next visit related item and another coupon for $8 off a gas purchase at the chains gas express!
i'm turning my head sideways trying to read it as it's coming out of the machine. i'm now becoming aware of the other muttering around me about $8. and i'm reading the fine print as i'm trying to get my act together and get my cart out of the line so someone else can scan their food and get there free $8 worth of gas.
i do need to fill up. so i load my car and head out to the gas express across the parking lot were there are dumbfound people just like me getting their first 8 bucks free and a gas attendent working in a little air condition box having the time of her life.
here in Chicago, at these prices it's only about 2 and a half gallons of gas people......but how fun is that! BTW: the flowers were a bunch of happy face sunflowers and that's before i knew i was saving $13 instead of $5.
