A Really Good Day in the Freebie Department

Several weeks ago, I mentioned that I have a little trick for getting a free Sunday newspaper. Here it is:

One of the grocery stores I shop at offers a free Sunday paper with any $5 purchase. On any given day, anyone can find something they need at the grocery store totaling at least 5 bucks. So every Sunday I do a bit of my needed anyway shopping and score my free paper. $1.75 value, and tons of coupons to save with in subsequent weeks.

Then, I luckily decided to dig out the $5 off my purchase coupon that I got about 2 weeks ago at/from Walgreens. It's one of those coupons that spits out of the cash register once in a while. No strings, just 5 bucks. So I got some goodies to fill my son's Easter basket. He is only 2, so $5 goes pretty far.

Then on to Office Depot. This is no joke, I found a $3 off your purchase coupon on the sidewalk when I was taking a walk earlier in the week. I used to work in the office supply field back in my high school days, so I know just how to get the most for my office supply (3) bucks.

Then on to JC Penney. Time to use that $15 they sent me for my bday. Today was the day because tonight was "friends and family night" which meant an extra % off. I get a kick out of "friends and family" night. I have no family, nor friends, that work at JCP. I doubt anyone that gets the invite (perhaps everyone that has a mailbox?) does.

That's roughly $25 saved tonight. Not too shabby!