How far can you get with $10

I came across this article on CNN last week.

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I started thinking of all the countries I've visited and how far $10 would get me there. Then I thought about the average american. Now days $10 wouldn't even get you two foot long subs at Subway when you include tax. It would get you about 3 gallons of gas.

But if you're me, $10 can get you quite a bit of stuff! Tom Thumb is having a great sale this week on breakfast foods. So I loaded up with my coupons I got from the Sunday paper, some coupons I found online, and coupons I got off food packages themselves.

I spent $10 on the dot, no tax and got

5 boxes of Quaker Oatmeal
2 boxes of Raisin bran
2 boxes of Crispix
1 box of Cheerios