Pay Attention!

There hasn't been a whole lot on sale lately that I needed/wanted bad enough to make an extra trip to town, so I haven't posted anything in the last week or so.

Yesterday I was in town with a friend, who was curious to see me in action with my coupons. Sobeys had a few airmiles sales so I decided to stop there and pick up a few things and build up my airmiles account. There was only a couple things that I wanted to get with airmiles but I planned on getting 40-50 airmiles for the trip. When I got there they were sold out of one thing, so I ended up changing my plan and buying something else that still gave me airmiles, just not as many.

So why did I call this post "Pay Attention"? Well because I didn't and I screwed up and got 10 less airmiles then I should have. Am I still happy with what I got? Of course! I'm just a little disappointed that I didn't catch my mistake in time.

So in the picture is everything  I bought. I paid $27 and change and I got 37 airmiles!!!

Here's the breakdown:

Whiskas wet food packs were on sale for $5.99 and if you bought 2 you got 5 airmiles. I got 2 and used 2 coupons for $2 off making them $3.99 each!

Olay and Old Spice body washes were on sale for $2.99 and if you bought 3 you got 10 airmiles! I had a coupon that was for $4 off when you buy 2 different brands (Olay and Old Spice were 2 of the brands on the list). I bought 12 (6 of each) and used 6 coupons for $4 off which brought the total to $0.99 for each bottle.
Because I bought 12 bottles I should have gotten 40 airmiles but I only got 30. Why? Because I accidentally grabbed a bottle of Compliments brand men's body wash (which looks almost identical to the Old Spice). I didn't notice and obviously neither did the cashier (because she accepted my coupon) but the cash register did and didn't reward me my extra 10 airmiles.

I'm still happy with my results but I wanted to share my mistake to remind you guys to make sure you pay attention to what your putting in you cart!