I am not modest about the fact that I love to bargain shop. I keep caches of coupons, piles of punchcards, and am on more email distribution lists for coupons than I care to count. To give you an idea of how much I save, here is a list of of items I purchased today at a popular national discount store. The retail of the following items was approximately $160.

1 Serta Perfect Sleeper Pillow
2 bottles of spices
3 boxes of Fiber One Bars
1 Lady Speed Stick
1 bottle of shea butter body wash
1 bottle of Matrix Sleek Look Conditioning Treatment
1 bottle of Flat iron hair serum
2 bottles of hand sanitizer
1 pack of “Hello, My Name is…” name tags
2 tubes of Neosporin
1 pack of Hanes Girl Boyshorts
3 packs of hangers
1 pack of chocolate-covered Mint Oreos
1 pair of Panasonic Gumy Headphones
3 boxes of Yogos
2 different kinds of 100-calorie snack packs
3 packs of scrapbooking glue-dots
1 bottle of Scrubbing Bubbles

How much did I pay??? $43.17. Yep, I know…I’m a rockstar.