Free Food

Last Saturday, while we were shopping for various odds and ends on our list, my youngest daughter came up to me and said “Look what I found”.  She had found on the ground a catalina from Albertsons for $5 off a $5 purchase and it had not expired. 

I told her it was just like finding a $5 bill on the ground and she got super excited.  Later we discussed all the things she could do with that catalina or coupon as she preferred to call it.  After looking at this week’s Albertson’s ad we formed a plan and on Monday I took her to the store to use her coupon. 

I was very proud of her and her selections.  She chose a bag of fresh broccoli florets, a bag of cauliflower and broccoli florets, two avocados and two bananas.  She carried her purchases up to the checkout stand along with a reusable shopping bag and our Albertsons Preferred Card and then paid with her coupon and some change I’d given her to cover sales tax. 

I could tell as we left the store with her carrying her bag of produce that she was pretty proud of herself.  She even told me how she specifically wants me to cook some of that broccoli. 

It was a big deal to her to not only get to buy this food but contribute it to the family dinner table as well.  Especially when I heard her tell her sister “Five dollars is a lot of money.”