Our super deals
Yes, with thriftiness always in the forefront of our minds nowadays, we have made it a family outing to go our local Goodwill Superstores in the last couple of weeks looking for bargains. It seems the kids always grow out of their clothes two days after you buy them or they just plain wear them out.
So, this past week, I dragged #1 to one of the two Goodwill Superstores we have been frequenting after her doctor's appointment (since we were already on that side of town). Despite her being sick (two ear infections), she let me make a quick run through of the clothes for her. She was in need of more meeting clothes. I was able to get #3 several meeting outfits since we had stumbled into "50% off all clothes" a few Saturdays ago. This week, #1 and I stumbled into "25% all skirts". We walked out with brand-name items (many with the original tag still attached) that amounted to five meeting outfits for less than $20!!! (Pictures to come as they wear the clothes.)
Tonight, Jason wanted to go to his favorite GW Superstore, closer to our home, to check out what they had. Well let me tell you, somebody walked out with a super big smile on his face. I have to admit, I did too. We spotted a brand new gas dryer for $60 dollars. What manager's special did we stumble into tonight? It was 25% off everything in the store. So with that, Jason skipped up to the counter and put his name on it. Total spent for the dryer was $45!! There are no dents, scratches or chips on it. Frigidaire has a MRSP of $619, but looking online, it looks like it goes for about $500. He saved $455!! Jason ran a gas line to the dryer hook up a few years ago so that we could save on our electricity bill (which it has). Our friends were kind of enough to give us an old gas dryer they no longer needed but it has been on its last leg for months. It squeaked so bad, everyone on our street knew when we were drying clothes. For the price it would cost to fix it, Jason decided to start looking for another used dryer. Tonight he found on and he got an awesome deal. The following video is a few seconds of the new dryer doing its thing, quietly. That is how proud we are, we want to share with the WWW land how nice it is to dry clothes, quietly.
Still coming down from the high of our thrift store experience, I was craving more of Mama Rose's pizza. I ran into Food 4 Less and what did I find but my pizzas on sale for 50% off! These pizzas come in packs of two, so I came out with two packs at $2.29 per pack and a two four packs of snack pizzas for $2.79 per pack! Even though, for the last two weeks, I have cooked six regular pizzas and 10 snack pizzas for anyone in the house who wanted to partake I still felt the urge to make another one tonight. The crust is wonderful and the cheese is so creamy, almost liquid. Even when it gets cold, the cheese is still soft.
Now that I have totally rambled about a dryer, cheap clothes and pizza for several paragraphs, I can not end this post without sharing a picture of an item that I felt would never be a likely piece of decor in my house. But, when my eye caught I glimpse of this lamp, I knew in my heart that if Jason saw it, the lamp would be coming home with us. Well, he got a glimpse of it. Proudly,here on his side of the bed, stands his new $5 lamp. I am thankful it is not a leg lamp.
So, this past week, I dragged #1 to one of the two Goodwill Superstores we have been frequenting after her doctor's appointment (since we were already on that side of town). Despite her being sick (two ear infections), she let me make a quick run through of the clothes for her. She was in need of more meeting clothes. I was able to get #3 several meeting outfits since we had stumbled into "50% off all clothes" a few Saturdays ago. This week, #1 and I stumbled into "25% all skirts". We walked out with brand-name items (many with the original tag still attached) that amounted to five meeting outfits for less than $20!!! (Pictures to come as they wear the clothes.)
Tonight, Jason wanted to go to his favorite GW Superstore, closer to our home, to check out what they had. Well let me tell you, somebody walked out with a super big smile on his face. I have to admit, I did too. We spotted a brand new gas dryer for $60 dollars. What manager's special did we stumble into tonight? It was 25% off everything in the store. So with that, Jason skipped up to the counter and put his name on it. Total spent for the dryer was $45!! There are no dents, scratches or chips on it. Frigidaire has a MRSP of $619, but looking online, it looks like it goes for about $500. He saved $455!! Jason ran a gas line to the dryer hook up a few years ago so that we could save on our electricity bill (which it has). Our friends were kind of enough to give us an old gas dryer they no longer needed but it has been on its last leg for months. It squeaked so bad, everyone on our street knew when we were drying clothes. For the price it would cost to fix it, Jason decided to start looking for another used dryer. Tonight he found on and he got an awesome deal. The following video is a few seconds of the new dryer doing its thing, quietly. That is how proud we are, we want to share with the WWW land how nice it is to dry clothes, quietly.
Still coming down from the high of our thrift store experience, I was craving more of Mama Rose's pizza. I ran into Food 4 Less and what did I find but my pizzas on sale for 50% off! These pizzas come in packs of two, so I came out with two packs at $2.29 per pack and a two four packs of snack pizzas for $2.79 per pack! Even though, for the last two weeks, I have cooked six regular pizzas and 10 snack pizzas for anyone in the house who wanted to partake I still felt the urge to make another one tonight. The crust is wonderful and the cheese is so creamy, almost liquid. Even when it gets cold, the cheese is still soft.
Now that I have totally rambled about a dryer, cheap clothes and pizza for several paragraphs, I can not end this post without sharing a picture of an item that I felt would never be a likely piece of decor in my house. But, when my eye caught I glimpse of this lamp, I knew in my heart that if Jason saw it, the lamp would be coming home with us. Well, he got a glimpse of it. Proudly,here on his side of the bed, stands his new $5 lamp. I am thankful it is not a leg lamp.
Labels: #1, #3, Food, Jay, Thriftiness
2 Comments:
Nothing better than hearing of someone's bargains! (Except finding such bargains yourself!)
I love the dryer---and what a deal!!!!!
I like Jason's lamp, too.
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