Mission 1 - keep my spending to a minimum. I know it's so tempting at the holidays to do impulse buys, but with two girls who each want an ipod for Christmas my spending must be kept to a minimum.
Mission 2 - to enjoy a delicious and "brilliantly frugal" $1.50 hot dog meal.
Let's just say I succeeded at one mission and failed at another.
My first stop at Costco was the service desk where I asked for some coupons since I had left mine at home - did everyone know they had extra coupons and would give them to you just for the asking? Well I didn't either until my friend Stacey educated me on this about a year ago.
I quickly flipped through my coupons and determined what I would buy based on need and on coupon. I made my selections and then made my way to the toy aisle.
Now my plan for Christmas this year is to buy a few things every payday up until Christmas and to not use my credit cards at all. I like everyone else am trying desperately to get out of debt, not create more to pay off later. I made a couple of selections in the toy aisle - I'd say one of the best I got was 3 DVD games for $9.99 as well as a DS game for each of my girls for $9.99 - a steal quite frankly! I also picked up a couple more small toy items and made my way to the register where alas there was a line winding through the store. I waited in line, paid for my goods and was headed for my wonderous hot dog when I stopped dead in my tracks.
The line for snacks was about 20 deep, and my lunch hour was spent so I headed to my car empty-tummied but proud of the fact that I had kept my spending to the minimum and had made sure to maximize my coupons.
So remember Costco shoppers the moral of this is always ask for coupons if you don't have any with you and make the coupons work for you. Don't buy things you don't need, but if you do need it buy it with your coupon. And don't go to Costco for a hot dog on Friday cause you just might leave hungry.
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