One Snarky Chica with Issues

Have you ever had one of those moments where you realize you did something really stupid that ended up costing you money? I just had one of those this morning, and it was painful.

You see, I have two grocery stores, a Target and a Super Wal-Mart all within a mile or two of my apartment. I do most of my shopping at the grocery stores as they double coupons. And one of the grocery stores gives you $0.20 off each gallon of gas at their gas pumps every time you spend $50 on groceries. Add on the fact that this is the new, nicer store and I end up there most often.

Well, a while back I mentioned I was looking for sugar alternatives and had given pure maple syrup a try. It was like $18 for a big thing of it at the nicer grocery store. I had looked at prices on Amazon though and thought it was just one of those things that you could not get a good price on.

Over the weekend a new store opened up down the street. I had gotten some coupons in the mail for it, so I went there this morning to do some shopping. I was checking prices on things I normally buy as well. Imagine my surprise when I see the exact same size of pure maple syrup for only $9.64 at this new store! And it was not even on sale, this was just the normal price.

So, by getting comfortable doing almost all of my shopping in the same place I ended up costing myself about nine bucks just on this one item. It’s downright shameful, isn’t it?