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That was painful

November 16, 2007 by Amy

No, I don’t have a potty training horror story to tell you.  Simply, my Internet was hosed almost all day yesterday.  Up and down it went until we finally left the house around 4 when I gave up working and I didn’t get back on my computer until 11pm.  *gasp*.  That must be a record.

But today it seems all better and I’m able to get to all my favorite sites and oh, um, work too.

So let’s talk about my evening out.  It was a frugal night if you ask me.

  1. We went to Blockbuster and turned in a DVD mailer and used our monthly coupon so each of the girls could pick out a movie.  No cost.
  2. Then we went across the parking lot and went through the drive thru and got 4 Jr Frosty’s with some coupons.  No cost.
  3. Then we headed up to Old Navy so I could pounce on their winter coat sale right now.  I picked out this coat that was normally $68, and 40% off and then I had a $10 coupon.  Scott threw in a $10 thermal shirt at the last second but I still got both for $40.
  4. I then stopped in at CVS to do a second deal this week.  I realized my coupons for Garnier would work and I could make some extra ECBs.  The deal didn’t quite go as planned but it turned out ok in the end.  The end result of this trip?  I spent $5.01 for $33.41 and got back $15 in ECBs.  I should have gotten a better deal than that but I’ll post more on that in a separate post.
  5. We headed to dinner where it wasn’t that cheap but we did get the kids free drinks.  I ordered them sodas but the guy took a look at them and only charged them for waters.  Thankyouverymuch,kindsir.
  6. After that, Heather and I headed off to CVS and Walgreens since she hadn’t done her weekly shopping and I needed to fix my problem from my earlier trip.  I ended up with a $8 gift card which then cancelled out the money I spent earlier.  Again, more later.
  7. And then we came home and M and Heather and I watched Grey’s and Run’s House. 

To me a very eventful yet low cost night.  All in all, we came home with 4 or 5 bags full of stuff worth over $115, 2 rented DVDs and full bellies with a snack and dinner all for under $60. 

I guess my title doesn’t really fit what this post ended up being about…I never have been good at those things.

Filed Under: Savings, what i did today

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