MENSA here I come...

GRRRRRR! I am so mad at myself I can hardly stand it! For some reason, this whole couponing thing has been driving me crazy. I don't understand why I'm not saving as much money as other people who are shopping at the same stores and buying the same products. I guess it's my competitive streak. I have seriously been thinking about it since yesterday. Then it dawned on me as I was looking at my receipt the other day. When something is Buy One Get One Free, the second item isn't actually free, they just split the cost between the two. So if something is $3.00 and is B1G1 then they are both $1.50. I really thought the second item was free or cost $0, so I couldn't use a coupon on something that was free. So basically, yesterday when I went to the store, I got a TON of B1G1 free items. Almost everything I got was B1G1 free and I had a manufacturer's coupon for almost everything, but I only had one. I actually could have used two manufacturer's coupons for every B1G1 deal because the second item isn't actually free. If I had printed two of every coupon I could have saved myself another $40. Yeah, I'm super smart. I guess I'll know for next time, but I'm telling you, this is going to bother me for at least another week or so. (exasperated sigh)