Crazy for Coupons

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I have never been a coupon clipper.  As a matter of fact, I  would always get extremely annoyed when the person in front of me on the check out line had a million coupons for the checker to scan. I would think "Geez lady, don't you know this is the EXPRESS line"?  "You bought 15 items and you have 15 coupons! Oh  pa-leeeze?"
Well today I decided to try out what all those annoying people were doing with their myriad of coupons.  I went online and visited several coupons sites and downloaded and printed about 20 coupons.  I then went to my store's weekly flyer and made a list of things that I needed that were on sale.  (OK, so I didn't NEED the Mallomars but they were a steal.)  At the end of my shopping excursion I left the store dazed and confused but happy.  I think even my check out person was stunned. My total shopping bill was $116.37 and I paid $50.02...less than half.  My priceplus card saved me 18.60 BUT, I had $47.75 in manufacturer's coupons deducted from my bill.  HOLY COW!  From now on just call me crazy... crazy for coupons that is... and Mallomars too!