Cheap

I am so cheap. I went to CVS today to get a pack of gum. None of the ones I liked was on sale. I looked at their tags and was hoping to find a yellow or red discount label, nope, every single one on the shelf was regular price. I thought about it and walked out without buying one. I didn't want to pay full retail $1.19 for it.

I drove to Rite Aid and went to their candy aisle right away. They had a few kinds that were marked down, but all of those were sold out. I kept looking and hoped to find one pack somewhere that was overlooked by earlier shoppers. Nope, I couldn't find one. I started to debate with myself internally again. Should I just give in and buy regular priced gum, or should drive to another store? This is so pathetic! I'm so cheap!!! I decided to look at the check-out counters and see if there were any more of the discounted types. I checked carefully and was disappointed again. Every on-sale brands and flavors had been sold out. I thought to myself, "This is ridiculous, just go back to the candy aisle and grab one. You're wasting too much time. Time is money, blah blah."

I walked back to the candies section, and found there was this big paper case hanging by the end of the aisle. I saw inside the case there were many different gums. One of the flavors was Dentyne Fire, and on the gum itself it had a little sign says "Buy 1 Get 1 Free!" - OH MY GAWD! The one that I was holding was supposed to have another pack attached to it, so I needed to find another pair in that case. Lucky me! I found just one in there just like that. I was so excited! I went to the cashier and was so proud. When he scanned the pack and the price read ".29 cents" - my brain was cheering and celebrating with fireworks. Hello?! 29 cents for 2 packs of gum, regular price would have cost me $1.19 x 2 = $2.39! What an amazing find! Hahahaha!

Yes I know I should've bought more. I went to another Rite Aid after lunch with Dave, Jose, Angelo and Regina, and that one did not have the same deal. I did buy two 3-packs for $3.00 there. That was an average on-sale price for gum and I was perfectly fine with that purchase. I will probably go back to the first Rite Aid and see if I can still find that cheap 2 packs for 29 cents - It pays (sometimes) to shop around :)