My husband and I learned the hard way that when it comes to extreme coupon shopping at local drugstores, such as CVS and Walgreens, that unless you hit the sale when it first starts, you're more than likely going to be leaving empty handed, or close to.. So a couple of weeks ago I sent him to take care of the drugstore shopping Sunday morning when the sale first started, and still, half of what we were after had already been wiped from the shelves. The next theory was, we can go shopping right after midnight Sunday morning! This was our plan this past weekend, however other things came up..Come to find out, it didn't matter! I was under the impression that CVS and Walgreens were open 24/7, wrong!
I spent yesterday evening revamping the drugstore list and jotting down the grocery list as well. The plan was to hit CVS, Walgreens, Kroger and Wal-Mart, all in one trip. There would still be small trips to Dollar General, Family Dollar and Brookshires, but we could deal with that later, as they are not 24/7 stores.. So, I plan it all out and we leave a bit after 2am.. We get over there just to find that neither of the drugstores are open! A bit annoying.. But it worked out in the end because at least we didn't make the run just to hit the drugstores..
We ended up just hitting Wal-Mart though and will have to make another trip tonight or tomorrow night.. This is just a prime example as to why planning is everything when it comes to the world of extreme couponing. Check and double check everything, especially when you're first starting out!
As for the Wal-Mart haul, nothing to really brag about. I shop Wal-Mart for all of the weekly purchases we make that there are not awesome deals on currently, as over all, they have the best day to day prices.
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