Shopping

mom gave me my first lesson in buying Rice Krispies this week. we went to Safeway and put two big boxes in the trolley. they were on special offer - usually 7.99 each, this week they're only 2.99. bargain! even better mom had two coupons, each for a dollar off. when we came to pay however, they tried to charge us 3.99 a box. my mom's too sharp for that though, and we went to see the nice man at customer service (the one who let me change my newborn size diapers for a bigger size when i was a few days old). he got cross with the naughty pooter for charging us wrong, and gave mom the first box for free, and the second box at the right price. that meant he gave us five dollars back. are you keeping up with this? so far we've got 15.98 of Rice Krispies for 99 cents. BUT each box has a coupon on it for 50 cents off our next purchase, so in effect they gave us 1 cent to take them away. Mom's good at this kind of stuff!

Just two questions. why is cereal so expensive? i thought we grew grains and stuff in Canada, and secondly why does mom think i need to know how to buy Rice Krispies?