Case Lot Sale Madness

Yesterday was our base case lot sale and it did not disappoint. I always LOVE the great discounts. You definitely have to have a lot of time to spend there and PATIENCE! The doors were to open at 12:00PM so I thought we should probably get there at least 30 minutes early. Troy's shop is across from the commissary and at 11:10 he called me and said, "There is already a huge line of people, get the boys ready." We found our place in line at 11:15 and began the waiting game. Luckily for us, the weather wasn't too bad. It of course was very windy but at least it was not too cold, raining or snowing. The boys had a blast running around in the grassy areas while we waited 45 minutes for the doors to open.

I thought for sure once the doors were opened the line would move fast and we would be inside quickly. WRONG!! We did not get inside until 1:00PM! Isn't that just insane??

(This was the line of people behind us, we had moved up quite a bit at this point and you still can't see the end.)

(All of the people in front of us waiting and waiting.)

The line was moving very slowly and half way through we were beginning to get annoyed, tired and hungry (well, I guess that was just me). At that point we only had three things on our kart and I was ready to just throw in the towel and go home, but then we got to all the really GOOD deals. Before we knew it, our flat bed cart was quickly being filled up. Even the boys loved riding on the flat bed.

Some of my favorite items:

Dishwasher soap (90 washes)-original price $9+change Sale Price $1.99

Lysol disinfecting wipes(3 pack)- original price $9+change Sale Price $1.99

Air Wick plug in refills (5 pack plus warmer)-original price $7.99 Sale Price $1.99
(Those who know the story behind our "stinky" house, know these will come in handy!)
Case of strawberry pop-tarts (12 boxes of 12 pop tarts in each box) original price $19.99 Sale price $9.00

Jasmine Rice (my favorite!) 20 pound bags for $12.63 (A couple weeks back I saw a 5 pound bag of this same rice at Safeway on sale for $12.65) Great for food storage! Cereal (family size boxes) on sale for $2

Gatorade (18 pack) $6 - these are great for Troy to take to work.

Green Giant canned veggies (12 cans for $5, buy 2 packs of 12 get 1 free)

Juicy Juice boxes Original price $5.65 Sale Price $3.65

Our big stack of coupons!

After 4 hours of standing in line and shopping, we saved $180.00 and I have to mention how well behaved the boys were. There was no fighting and only one episode of crying at the very end because Manti wanted to walk and I said no. He fell asleep the last minute of the drive back to the house and didn't move a muscle when I carried him to his room. My task now is to reorganize the pantry and garage to figure out where we can put all the stuff we bought, FUN for me! :)