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Coupon Queen shares secrets

We’ve all heard the adage before – buyer beware. Many of us think it’s to keep us from buying something fraudulent or non-existent. Well, it also means to keep a close eye when you’re making a purchase at the mall, grocery store, car repair shop, etc.

My most recent “caughtcha” moment was while at a Food Lion in the area. I picked up children’s allergy medicine and noticed the aisle sign indicating the product was $19.99; I had a $2 coupon, so I was supposed to end up paying $17.99 plus tax right? WRONG! When I got to the register, the item rang up for $21.99! Had I not been paying attention, Food Lion would have made an extra $2! Ever the Savvy Shopper, I informed the cashier that the item had been scanned at the wrong price. You would have thought I told her I was taking it out of her check! She glanced at me, not once but twice, and then asked me if I had misread the sign. Then she had the audacity to say that I would be...

I have always prided myself in being resourceful, and with the current economic times being resourceful is truly a virtue for me. I wouldn’t call it thrifty or frugal, just resourceful when it comes to finding deals and ways to save money. To me, it’s pointless to pay full price for anything when I don’t necessarily have to.

Take for instance my recent search for a loveseat slipcover-and not just any kind of slipcover. I was looking for a chocolate or cocoa brown one with the elastic that hugs just perfectly around the bottom made from microfiber (faux suede). I knew I could find one of those slipcovers that you tie up, but I knew the elastic ones didn’t slip around as much and that I didn’t have to spend a lot of time getting it “just right”. I went to Kohl’s first, because they advertised slipcovers for $39.99 and up….well the one I wanted was in the “and up” range. No can do. I then called one of my dearest...