Apr 28 2009

frugal adventures

by rebecca

target

My sister Emily has dubbed me the “coupon nerd” and often offers to make me a t-shirt that says “I heart coupons.”  We have fun joking about it and she is a good sport to accompany me on many shopping excursions.  I’ve definitely have had some adventures with coupons and dismay/suspision from checkers at how much money they often end up saving me. 

For example, everything in this picture cost $4.71 at Target after coupons and a gift card that I got back for purchasing the Quaker products.  While it’s not my intent to document all of my savings and blog about everything from snack foods to cleaning supplies, I did want to give at least one shout out for coupons.  They really do work :)


Mar 30 2008

12.97

by rebecca

It turns out that when you go to Goodwill to get rid of things you don’t need, you sometimes end up coming home with about as much as you took… For 12.97 I became the lucky new owner of 3 tennis rackets in good condition (yay!), 1 Risk boardgame, and a unique candle holder. Who knew there were such treasures to be found?

Now we just need to learn how to play tennis :)