Wednesday, August 31, 2005



Today was a big shopping day. Here's where I went: bank, Smile, library, JC Penneys, Food Lion, dollar store, CVS, Shell gas station (gas was "only" $2.63), V V, Target and Giant (another grocery store).

Got some pretty good deals today, even at the library! When I was checking out a book, they had stacks of Chick-fil-a coupons good for free kid's meals and free ice cream cones. Totally free coupons with no expiration dates. The chick-fil-a cow was promoting reading to kids. I think I'm feeling the need to check out some more books tomorrow...

At Smile I bought Jacob a like new swimming life vest for only .50 (the kind where the floaties are built right into the suit. Also bought a tub of K'nex for $2 and some other stuff.

At JC Penneys according to my receipt, I "saved" $167.76 (but actually spent $14.87 including tax for 8 baby outfits (marked down from $22.99 to $1.77). I'll put them on ebay next spring. Reminds me of a quote from Peter Walsh of the Clean Sweep TV Show that I should try to heed "You can go broke saving money".

At VV, it was .30 day and bought 3 pieces of clothing and two vintage 3M Bookshelf games at $1 each. One is an ebay dud (game called Contigo) but the other called Acquire should sell well.

I found a gas station (Shell) who had gas for $2.63 today. Meanwhile everyone else (including the discount stations like Sheetz and WaWa) were at $2.79 or higher.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WHAT $1.79...it's over $3.15 here in Mi. Good deals for you. I wish they had those swimsuit floatee things when my kids were little. I can't afford to go sailin' due to the gas prices.

Chrisx4

Anonymous said...

Man, $1.79, it's over $2.67 here in Western NY. My husband and I go out 2x's a week, Thursday and Saturday. Looks like we'll have to slow down with it also. Since Katrina the gas price jumped .10 cents...

Chris the Yardsale Queen said...

oops!!! I guess I am not used to typing $2-something for a gallon of gas so I messed up! I did fix my blog and put in the correct prices. I paid $2.63 for gas today, not $2.79 and higher that other local stations charged. What is weird is the stations near my house all are charging $2.99 but when I drive a few miles to the next county, the prices drop significantly due to taxes or something.

Sorry for the mix-up!

venitha said...

Good grief! If my mother were to start a blog, this is exactly what it would be about. Amazing! I thought she was the only one! =)