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At least you have a "Super Wal-Mart"!!LOL There are none to be had anywhere out here, and I love them. Our nearest shopping is eight miles down the road; but, fortunately, we have a Tangor Outlet and BJ's there too. We have a grocery store in town, but it's not as nice or as big as the ones down the road. Other than that, we go out one day on the weekend to make our rounds to the places a bit further away like Sam's Club, the mall, Kohl's (of course!!), etc., and go out to eat. I go through every newspaper flier first and put an asterick next to any products/items that are great deals (like, this week, CVS has 12 packs of name-brand soda for $1.99). After 20 years, I've got the couponing/rebating/shopping thing down to a science. Patience is a virtue too; if you can wait for things you want. I wanted to buy one of those professional, stainless steel deep friers. I waited, watched the prices at every store I went to, and kept an eye out (even online). Finally, I came across it at BJ's that was on it's last one and was moving this particular item out for another one. They had it marked down to $42.00. This deep frier was selling everywhere else (in-store and on-line) for $99.99.
These "clubs" can give you great clearance deals when they are trying to move out merchandise (even on food). To me, this is all like a hobby to me and I enjoy it; although, I know some people find it too much bother for them. You wouldn't believe how many times I've heard people say that they can't be bothered cutting out coupons--they don't have the time!!

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