When my husband and I were dating and in our early marriage (6.5 years ago). I was the spender and he was the saver. I was used to being single and broke, and to me -10 was the same as 0, so why not buy that thing I wanted. I was working in the fashion industry and everyone around me had the latest trends. So being a single mom, I certainly used 'retail therapy' as a pick me up. When I got married, I loved to show my new hubby my new clothes- and he would always ask how much it cost, to which I cheerfully declared- "it was on SALE!". That is untul he asked me if I heard of the 100% off sale... you know, when you don't buy that think you want but don't need. That used to dive me crazy.
Not anymore. I love the 100% off sale, I love saving my money and being more creative with what I have. Today I have 2 examples of that to save you some more and use your creativity.
This morning I ran out of both face wash and eye makeup remover. Now I am going to the store today, and I am sure I could have found some coupons for the face wash, but it would it have cost me like $4 and it didn't solve my need for it now. So I made my own.
I normally buy an exfoliating wash, so I headed down to the kitchen and whipped this up.
Face wash-
2 tablespoons of sugar, 1-2 drops of peppermint extract (to smell nice and wake me up) and enough olive oil to make it moist but not drippy. I put it in a tiny plastic container and headed up to shower- it worked great! just enough scrub to exfoliate and oil to make my face feel soft.
As for the eye makeup remover- I normally buy the Target brand and it is like $4-5 as well and never has coupons- and I needed some now... I just happened to read in a Womens Day Magazine yesterday that you can use Vaseline. So I went and raided my toddler's room, tried it and it worked! Not only that, but it worked better than the eye makeup remover, I used less product and it was really gentle, even with removing waterproof mascara.
So there you have it- 2 items most all women need, with out having to buy anything. Gotta love the 100% off sale.
You have probably been there, you go to the store to buy something advertised on sale, only to find they are sold out when you get there. This happened to me today, and I was soo bummed. Normally I would leave it at that, probably buy something else I hadn't intended to and gone home. But not today, after waking up early and trying 2 stores, I just didn't want to believe that is awesome deal had escaped me. Thanks to Frugal Chic Living I had gone to Fred Meyer to get DC action figures for $.75 each, normally $12.99! Of course they had only stocked like 12 of them and some guy came in when the doors opened and bought them all. Bu then I noticed that there were similar figures that weren't on the sale and I thought... why not ask if they will substitute? So I went and picked up an ad at the counter to check, and sure enough it doesn't say "limited to stock on hand" or "no rainchecks" so I asked and since I pointed out the lack of fine print, I was granted my substitution! I later heard that another store plastered signs in the tuy department that there was an error in the ad and that it was a limited sale- lucky for me, they had not posted such signs in my store. So now, I will have 2 very happy boys next month on their birthdays. Since the item I used as a substitute were dual backs, both boys will be getting 6 action figures. Cost $4.5, Total saved buy asking $43.44!! Lesson learned, look for fine print and don't be afraid to ask.
