Free emergency fund and shopping sales

Dave Ramsey is giving away a $999 emergency fund. I didn’t find out about this until after it started, but he’s giving away an emergency fund every day until 9/17/09. You can enter each day for a chance to win. We already have an emergency fund in place ($1,000) but I’m still entering the drawing. If we win, we’ll use it to pay down our credit card.

I had an excellent shopping day. We don’t usually shop at Albertson’s, but they were having some good sales that I couldn’t pass up. They have selected cereals on sale for $1.50 each box, taco shells for $1.25 a box, and enchilada sauce for $1.25 a can. For the Mexican food, you could buy any combination of taco shells, enchilada sauce, and another product and the price would come out to 6 for $1.25 each plus a coupon for $3.00 off your next Albertson’s purchase.

I purchased:
1 box multi grain Cheerios
1 box Golden Grahams (hubby’s request)
2 packages of taco seasoning (free – “buy 2 boxes of taco shells, receive a free package of taco seasoning”)
4 boxes of taco shells
2 cans of enchilada sauce

Grand total: $9.62!! I also received a coupon for $3.00 off my next order. I saved 63% ($16.70) on this trip.

After work, hubby and I returned to Albertson’s to use the coupons I received this morning. The first coupon was for $1.50 off the purchase of three boxes of cereal. The second coupon was the $3.00 reward coupon off the next shopping trip. Because the boxes were $1.50 each, we got all three for free! We now have three extra boxes of Cheerios in our pantry.

One Thought on “Free emergency fund and shopping sales

  1. Awesome! nothing like free groceries!

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