Drinks are in/on the House

Forbidden soda.  Bright bottled fluids with electrolytes.  Individual juice servings infused with "Natural Energy with Yerba Mate Extract."  All wonderful, refreshing, beverages which my family rarely partakes in, especially when out at an event which sells them anywhere from $1.50 to two bucks a bottle.  If we do splurge with a drink not in a reusable water container, or at least a recycled bottle, it is with Poland Springs, which usually comes out to 16 cents a bottle for a pack of 24 at $3.99.  (I purchased my last two packs at CVS for $2.99; costing 12 cents a bottle, but I used my rewards coupons and checked out the load without using any cash). 

Today is the final day at Stop and Shop to purchase your choice of $15 worth of products (listed in their flyer) to receive a $5 rewards coupon for your next purchase.  Although I had no coupons to match this up, I still fell for the deal, lugging home 16 bottles of Powerade, 12 bottles of Coca-Cola, and 2 Minute Maid Strawberry Kiwis (one did not make it in the photo above).  I figured that if by chance, by desperation, that is, we purchased drinks outside at $1 per bottle, we would have spent $30.  With the rewards coupon, I only spent $10. 

As a bonus, which completely surprised me, I received a coupon that stated:  "Congratulations!  Your Coca-Cola product purchase using your Stop& Shop card between 3/25 and 3/31 qualifies for a FREE Coca-Cola Zero Basketball.  Visit MyCokeRewards.com and enter the code below to claim your basketball."  I certainly don't mind waiting 10-12 weeks to find a free basketball in the mail, which I can save as a gift for one of my athletic sons. 

So don't forget to check those coupons that pop out of the register.  You never know what treat you might be receiving.