Going to the Movies

I love going to the movies, and we have a local theater that fits right into our budget. They show current movies just after the first few weeks of release, and the most they charge is $2.00 any time of day or evening.  So it's a bargain!  But we went in the early afternoon this week and it was even cheaper, only $1.25!!!  You can barely rent a movie for that price.  Of course, you'll spend more if you want popcorn, but it's still a great deal!

Just Ask

Went to another one of my favorite stores, HomeGoods, and needed to buy a present for a friend's birthday. I found one item, originally $25, marked down to $7.  It would be a perfect gift, but I wanted one for myself too.  So I continued to search and finally found a similar item, clearly made by the same company.  But it was marked down to $9.  So I simply asked if it was also going to be marked down to $7, and the cashier had to ask the manager, but did mark it down for me.  It doesn't always happen, but it sure doesn't hurt to ask!

Love Happy Hour

One of my favorite fun times is Happy Hour.  And I don't necessarily mean to drink!  When you can buy the same food for 50% off that you might buy for regular price, why not??  One of our favorite places is Las Casuelas in (of all places) Happy Point, because they offer their happy hour menu on the bar side EVERY day of the week except Saturdays, and until closing time!! PLUS chips and salsa!!!  There's even live music on the weekends!  What's not to love?

New Rugs

I went to return some pants at Kohl's that had shrunk (Yes, they do let you do that!), and I just happened to find two small rugs for my kitchen.  Coco liked them right away, as you can see. They were $39.95 rugs, marked down to 90% off, making them only $3.99.  We used our Kohl's charge, so automatically got another 15% off, making them only $3.34 each with tax!!!

Free Business Tools

I went to LogoGarden.com to build a logo for my business.  Not only did I do that and get a free small photo file to use, but they also offer a free website!  I am not too tech savy, so it meets my needs just fine. They offer other photo files and products if you need them, but for now, I am a real fan of FREE!  You can see the logo and my ongoing work in progress about me (besides my shopping) at www.annhaerr.com.

Blue Suede Shoes, Sort Of

Wore my new shoes today.  They were 90% off, plus a 20% off coupon, which made them $4.00!!!  Love them!

Yay, Me!

I did pretty good today.  I had choices, but I ended up with two bath towels, two matching hand towels AND a new pair of jeans.  I had $5 free money and a 20% off coupon, plus $10 in Kohl's rewards.  So with tax, I only paid a total of $4.23!!!

Can't Stay Away

Thank you, Kohl's for sending my Rewards bucks ($10) and for the extra $5 and 20% off coupons.  I don't need anything or have time to shop today, but you KNOW I can't resist.  I wonder how many new towels I can get for $15?  :)

Kevin Saves Too

We had a $10 free money coupon from the mail and a 20% coupon at Kohl's which was going to expire, so Kevin went shopping to see if he could find something for himself.  He has been such a good student and has learned what I would do.  So he found a great pair of $90 boots that had been marked down to $27.  He did a price check on them and they were actually marked down again to $20.  So along with the free $10, plus the 20% discount, with tax the boots came to $8.86!  YAY, Kevin!!!

Quantity and quality

This had to be one of my best shopping days!  I had $10 free money to spend, and I looked around the store for awhile.  I wanted to see how much I could really get for that $10 without going over.
I found some underwear packs which were marked down from $22 to $4.40, but knowing how Kohl's prices fluctuate sometime, I checked the price and it was HALF of the markdown!  That meant I got a pack of four pairs of underwear for $2.20!!!  So I got TWO packs!  Then I kept shopping and found a cute pair of $12 hoop earrings for $4.80!  So I still had $1 left to spend.  ;-)  Most shoppers would have let that go...but not me.  I went through the racks of sale clothing, and didn't want just anything.  But I did want to stay close to my limit while finding something I would wear.  I finally found a cute t-shirt for $1.60.
SO, with the sale prices and the free money, I got eight pairs of underwear, a pair of earrings AND a t-shirt, ALL of $.86!!!!!!!  Not bad, eh?