Good deals

I scored some good deals today!  Ethan needed new tennis shoes for basketball.  He couldn't even get his feet into his old ones, so it was a necessity!  I had a $10 of $10 at JcPenney, so I thought we should at least try them first.  I'm so glad we did!  They had a bunch of Nike and New Balance shoes on the clearance racks at 50-70% off.   He tried several pairs and sizes till he found ones he liked.  He was so happy and went on and on about how "light" and "comfy" they were (he used both words at least 10 times!).   They were marked down to $22 so with tax and the $10 off coupon the total was only $14 something. 

Then, we stopped by CVS for some necessities like allergy pills and toilet paper.  I had a $5 off $30 coupon to use.  Allergy pills and toilet paper are both expensive little necessities and my total was a few cents over the $30 to be able to use my coupon.  It was about $25 something with tax AND on my receipt it printed out a coupon for a free $10 gift card.  They had a few different ones to choose from, so I made my choice and then wished I'd chosen a different one, but it will all work out.  I was thinking it would make a nice little gift for someone. 

We don't have a lot of "fun" money this Christmas, so I am so thrilled to get a few good deals and freebies.  I scored big time on our Christmas cards too!  Cardstore.com had a great deal if you still need to get cards or photo cards.  The cards I ordered were 70% off with free postage!  Yep, I got each card for about .27 cents and a stamped envelope to go with it.  Stamps alone are more than that!