I have to tell you about my flip flip fiasco... Last weekend my American Eagle flip flops (which I have worn way too many times over the last 2 1/2 summers) blew out. I had worn them all weekend at the lake and just before heading home the thong broke... I knew this was coming, I just didn't know when. They had literally been hanging by a thread since the very early spring (which I should add began in February this year) and I was dreading the day that they met their maker. Luckily I knew I had some money coming from my grandparents for my birthday. Frugal as they are I get $15. Finding a good pair of leather flip flops for 15 bucks is dang near impossible. I did my web searching last night because I knew my opportunity to find the perfect pair was coming this very afternoon! To my dismay, there were none...
So, I took a chance on old trusty hoping that I would be so lucky as to stumble upon a sale. This morning while drinking coffee I check my email. And there it is! My saving grace! 20% everything at American Eagle! I checked the website to see if it could really be true! It was! It was! I checked on the flip flop status to see if they had any that were my style and they did! Will they have my size, I wondered? THEY DID! They had my size at the store I would be going to today! So, with hopefulness in my heart I walked into AE, discount code in hand. Found my size, the very common 8. Went to the register and got my discount and to my surprise the flip flops rang up at $16.95. Originally $29.50. Oh yeah, this feels good!
So, I took a chance on old trusty hoping that I would be so lucky as to stumble upon a sale. This morning while drinking coffee I check my email. And there it is! My saving grace! 20% everything at American Eagle! I checked the website to see if it could really be true! It was! It was! I checked on the flip flop status to see if they had any that were my style and they did! Will they have my size, I wondered? THEY DID! They had my size at the store I would be going to today! So, with hopefulness in my heart I walked into AE, discount code in hand. Found my size, the very common 8. Went to the register and got my discount and to my surprise the flip flops rang up at $16.95. Originally $29.50. Oh yeah, this feels good!
My next money saving adventure required getting a library card... I know you're wondering what in the world I am talking about. Here it is, an awesome bit of information that few people know. If you go to any library in the state of Georgia you can, with the simple ownership of a library card, rent a 20 minute DVD and get free tickets to the Atlanta Zoo! For students, the price is about $17. That's a savings of $34!
Lastly, I ordered tickets to see Kings of Leon in Atlanta on July 27. Being that I am a Diet Coke addict I have many times noticed the codes on bottle caps and boxes. I looked into it and found that these codes, which I had been throwing away for years, were basically money. If I collected 100 points I could get a $10 discount for a livenation.com purchase, among many other things. I had saved enough points to get 2 $10 off codes! I decided to purchase one ticket at a time so that I could use both codes and ultimately save 20 big ones! And it worked just as smoothly as I had hoped! I ordered one ticket, entered the code, and there was the total, $26.00. I ordered the other ticket, entered the second code... $26.00! I got both tickets for $52 which would have been $72 otherwise! GO ME! And go YOU, if you do it too!
Grand total of... Drum roll..... $66.55 in savings!
*Tip: Always sign up for rewards cards! They are worth it! And go to the websites of your favorite stores to sign up to receive emails. You will likely get extra discounts and deleting a few unwanted emails is worth the money you can save from the good ones!
I hope that these simple, very easy tips have helped you! Good luck savers!
Happy Blogging (and Saving!)
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