So you think that coupons are only for use at the grocery store? Think again, my friend! Tonight, I went scrapbooking. I love that people think that hobby is ever so expensive. It's not, if you do it right. <grin>
I ordered three 8x10 collages from Walgreens and four 4x6 prints. The collages were FREE with an online coupon code. I paid 59 cents for all the pictures. I did have to do 3 orders, but big deal, right? It was only one transaction to pick them all up. While I was there, I got an extra $10 using my debit card, to limit my spending later in the evening.
Next stop was some supper. I got a Subway sandwich. I didn't have a coupon, so that was $4.51. I bought a bottle of Cherry Pepsi at Walgreens while I was there, knowing I would get more pop for less money, and have a screw top container to help me avoid spills while scrapping.
Then I headed over to Archiver's, a national scrapbooking chain of stores. It's $5 on Friday or Saturday nights to crop there, from 5-11pm, but you buy $5 worth of merchandise and the crop fee is forgiven.
I bought 11 sheets of 8x11 cardstock. 2 of them were for a project I was working on, and the other 9 are for my Christmas cards this year. The paper is $.49 each piece. That made my total $5.39, before tax, and canceled my $5 crop fee. Then I produced a "buy 5 sheets of cardstock, get 5 free" coupon. That made my total, including tax, $2.82. Woohoo for me! I spent less than $10 for an entire evening, dinner and 6 hours of cropping! Bonus, I got a lot of work done on my dad's Father's Day gifts!
I'd share pics, but I ate the sandwich and the paper I have already cut into cards...Sorry. :D
I came home with money in my pocket, and that is so sweet!
I love couponing...
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