OK, I've been meaning to post this for awhile, but keep forgetting, so some of this is a bit old.
This happened in the beginning of the month. I had gone to Water Fest at the park. It's part craft fair, part time to enjoy the park, part educational. There was a guy selling tomato plants-for $1.00 each! There was just no way I was going to buy a 6 pack. Near the end of the day, I went to look at the plants. There was another couple curious about gardening, and I gave them a bunch of info. Then told the guy that I wanted to buy a couple of plants. (He had Amish paste for sale!) I told him that I wanted to compare them to Romas. He told me to wait a sec, and brought out another type of tomato. San something or another. He said, these are what you want to compare. So, I was going to buy 1 of each type. Instead, I ended up w/6 Amish paste, and 5 of the other-for $2.00!
I took them to my truck, and was all set to leave when I realized I had left my honey on the table. As I was heading back to get it, a guy that was packing up to leave dropped a couple of bluebird houses. His hands were full, so I went over and picked them up and carried them to his truck for him. He gave me one!
I've been wanting one of these
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-in-1-portable-power-pack-96157.html for some time now. But, I didn't want to spend the money. I kept waiting for them to go on sale, and hoped that I'd be able to get one for around $75.00. But, it seemed like they never went on sale. Then, hubby and I were in Harbor Freight. They had them for $90.00, and we had a 20% off coupon. I wanted to get it, but hubby wanted to wait. We were getting ready to check out when I noticed they had one for $50.00! It was an open box, and nothing was wrong w/it. So, I got it!
I was in the supermarket the other day. We were having a cook out at the tack shed. And, I didn't have the makings for S'mores! So, I HAD to go to the store. I wasn't sure if I was going to buy them in there or in another store. It all depended on the price of the chocolate. Well, the chocolate was cheaper there than in the other store, plus they had a coupon for $1.00 off if you bought everything. Only problem being, the coupons were up so high there was just no way anyone other than a basketball player was going to get them! I found someone who worked there, and told her the problem. She came and looked, and couldn't believe where they had put them. She went and got a guy, he didn't know what to do about it either. I realized that there was some wood up about 2.5 feet, and it was sturdy. And, even though I was the oldest, I told them if they grabbed my belt loop, I'd climb up and get them. So, I did. I was able to reach 2 of the 3 packs of coupons. Then, just joking I asked if I got paid. They gave me an extra $1.00 off. So, w/the stuff being on sale, and then w/the $2.00 off, I got everything for $5.34!
Good planning. Cha ching
