I'm thankful for deals. Any kind of deals. I got quite a few the past few days and I'm so thankful for them! Yesterday I got an almost brand new pair of sneakers (running shoes for you Canadians) for Timothy FOR FREE! I belong to the local FullCircles Yahoo group (used to be Freecycle ... look it up!) and someone posted an almost new pair of shoes in Timothy's size. I stopped by her house and picked up a wonderful pair that Timothy can leave at school, now that he has to wear boots every day (how did winter get here so fast?!).
Today I got another deal. In the weekend paper there was a coupon for the Second Cup coffee shop at the mall. "Treat A Friend" it said. So I did. A friend and I met with our kids at the mall this morning for a buy-one-get-one-free specialty coffee. Mmmmmm. I think I liked the visit with my friend much more than the coffee, but without that coupon, I'm sure we never would have met for coffee this morning. I don't go to the mall. I'm a bit repulsed by the commercialism that is out there, so it was quite fascinating for Christopher and me as we also lapped the mall several times to get in a little bit of a workout together as well.
And my last deal of the day: the 50% off products in the bakery at Zehrs, our grocery store! I had a meeting at school tonight, so afterwards I zipped over to Zehrs to grab few items before heading home. I always check out the 50% off rack and sure enough, because it was already past prime shopping time (10:00pm), they were clearing out all the items that are dated for tomorrow and sticking 50% off tags on them! Woohoo!! I got a few loaves of Fred's favorite sourdough bread and I stuck them in the freezer! I really wanted to pick up the box of cinnamon rolls that was there, too, but you know, the bought ones are never as good as homemade anyway, so even if they were 50% off, they'd be a disappointment.
Today I am thankful for deals of any kind! Have you had any good ones lately?
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Sounds like you shop like me! I always head for the "clearance" racks and the "manager's specials." We're having meat loaf tomorrow thanks to IGA's reduced for quick sales. Extra lean gr. beef, veal and pork. Can't go wrong with that! And for us, we can get several meals out of 1 meat loaf.
PS: My mother-in-law has me do a lot of her Christmas shopping for great grands, grands and some of her other children because she knows I can find the best things and the lowest prices. (Then I also get to wrap them---in my 50+% off after Christmas gift wrap from last year.
Laurel's new wnter coat--75% off!
Good job, Laurel!
a.peg, maybe I should send you my shopping list sometime and I'll try out your services, too. :)
Mar, I'll do it only when you are past 88 years old (: Love you anyway.
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