conversations with a cheapskate
Me: Did you get the pacifiers from Target?
Mike: Yes.
Me: Did you use the coupon I gave you?
Mike: Yeah. The guy gave me a weird look though. He asked his manager if he could use it.
Me: Oh. That's probably because the coupon expired last month.
Mike: Oh really? You could have told me. It was only fifty cents.
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In other cheapskate news, I drove 27 miles to buy an Exersaucer for $10. Ten dollars! The cheapest one I've found in a consignment store went for 25 bucks and it didn't have any toys. I know Nathan doesn't exactly have the head-control skills (Wouldn't that be a great name for a band? Head-Control Skills? Or maybe a porn. Head-Control Skills 27. Geez Mona, you're talking about your son on both sides of the parentheses. Get a hold of yourself, woman), but doesn't he look cute already?
Mike: Yes.
Me: Did you use the coupon I gave you?
Mike: Yeah. The guy gave me a weird look though. He asked his manager if he could use it.
Me: Oh. That's probably because the coupon expired last month.
Mike: Oh really? You could have told me. It was only fifty cents.
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In other cheapskate news, I drove 27 miles to buy an Exersaucer for $10. Ten dollars! The cheapest one I've found in a consignment store went for 25 bucks and it didn't have any toys. I know Nathan doesn't exactly have the head-control skills (Wouldn't that be a great name for a band? Head-Control Skills? Or maybe a porn. Head-Control Skills 27. Geez Mona, you're talking about your son on both sides of the parentheses. Get a hold of yourself, woman), but doesn't he look cute already?
6 Comments:
That was a great dealio! Nathan will LOVE it and you will be rescued many a day that you need to sit him down. It's so nice to have a fun trap for them when they become mobile.
I've kept him in it for a few minutes at a time and he loves it! He gets lost in all the jingly-jangly things. It was such a great deal! I love a bargain. I'd rather go bargain-hunting than get flowers. Is that weird?
Ooh! We have that one at home. Wheeee! Ours was also second hand, but not such a deal as 10 bucks. Way to go!
Anne, I was a little skeptical of the price so I decided to burn some sage in case the previous owners unearthed the Exersaucer from an ancient Indian burial ground.
Hello! Fellow cheapskate here! I totally drove 45 minutes to buy a $15 toy slide from craigslist for my son earlier this week. And I also give my husband coupons. (But then I often find them stuffed into this pockets after he's come back from the store.)
Thanks for visiting my blog by the way. I like your writing!
No, that isn't weird. There are many a thing I would rather have than expensive flowers... the hubs will never "get" that...
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