I have been really proud of our bargain shopping lately. We have been in need of some items for Ben's new babysitting situation, like a pack n' play to sleep in and a booster chair for him to sit in to eat lunch and have snacks. My mother in-law has been letting use both of hers so we needed to get our own. We have a pack n' play, but it's what we used as a bassinet for Ben when he was born and up until about 2 inches ago he could still fit in. He's outgrown it now and has to sleep diagonally in it if we want him to fit! He deals with it, but it's not nice of us. So back to our bargain shopping, I got him a booster- but it wasn't necessarily a bargain- but we like it and he does too. However, Ryan got a pack n' play from Salvation Army in excellent shape (a little hard to collapse but not because it's broken or anything) for $5.99! On the decorative and not really necessary side of things, I got a really cool glass chicken (sounds crazy and weird and Country which is NOT me but not horrible for other people) at Goodwill for $5.99 as well! Old Navy is having an additional 50% off clearance and I got a nice sweater shirt for $2 people. All of Ben's clothes he's wearing this winter we either got as gifts or I got on clearance or for sale. I haven't paid anything more than $6 for an item of his clothing forever. Well, besides shoes- but those are always a little more pricey, but I still got them on sale.
I also got a "free" gift from Kodak Gallery loaded in to my account that would apply $20 towards my order, plus I got an additional $15 off coupon through my email=$35! SO I got 20 photo Christmas cards (which we all know aren't super cheap), several prints including an 8x10, a porcelain photo ornament, and something else (I can't remember what) all for around $6... just to cover the balance and shipping. We also each signed up for the Chicken Wave on Chick-fil-a's website where you enter to get free stuff. We got free chicken sandwiches! I have been enjoying finding these little loop holes. I still need to find as many coupons as possible on things as I possibly can only to spend like $2 on $100's worth of groceries. That's my goal one day.
Wait a minute... aren't grown ups the only one's that get excited about this kind of stuff?