Wednesday, July 23, 2008

More Frugal Finds




Yesterday I took the kids out for a treat. They had all worked very hard on the house Monday getting it ready for another showing. I had a coupon for Old Country Buffet & since Elvis has been begging to go there I chose this for lunch. The rest of the kids love it there too & I like that the price is all inclusive. My coupon was for either an adult lunch for $5.99 ($2 savings) or 2 kids eating free with the purchase of a full priced adult. I chose Door #2. I thought that it would be Elvis & Boo that would receive the discount. I was happy with that as they price by the year (53 cents per year of age) and Elvis is 6 & Boo 9. I also thought I would be paying the full adult price for Sweet Pea as she is now 12. Well, to my surprise the lady charged me for one adult meal (me), one 6 year old (Elvis) & one 2 year old ( Bugs). It came to $12.69! That's cheaper than it would cost for us all to eat at McDonald's! In fact, it came out to $2.54 per person and that included a an all-you-can-eat full meal, several drinks, salad & dessert. Wow! I wanted to happy dance right there in the front of the restaurant. Even with the tip it was cheaper than McD's. Hooray!




After the treat out we went to our local Price Chopper to shop some of the sales. I used to do the majority of my shopping there but since Price Rite came to town I do my main shopping there. I was flabbergasted to find out last month that most of my staples cost twice as much at PC than they do at PR!!!!!! That is why I know only shop the sales there. And they have to be great sales too. Even with those higher every day prices PC is still the lowest priced full service chain grocery store in our area. That says something about the rising cost of groceries, doesn't it? =P I left the store with a savings of $83! A 76% savings! Another happy dance. =)

Today I'm going to try out the rebate program at Rite Aid. I have heard great things about the CVS ECB program (a rebate program for $ you can spend only in CVS). I'm going to try that in the near future but Rite Aid has much better deals this week. I may even be able to get some items for free! I'll let you know how it goes.

1 comment:

Mama Teaching 3 said...

Glad you guys had a nice lunch out!