Reader Melissa just sent me this email and I wanted to share it with you guys! It just gets my heart all warm and fuzzy when people are able to use couponing to their advantage. I hope she can help inspire you guys to know that you can come up with similar scenarios too!
Hi Melea,
I just wanted to tell you that I follow you religiously and you have totally inspired me! I am currently feeling that “rush of adrenalin” after scoring a killer deal! I wanted to share this amazing deal with you…as if you don’t already know about everything!
We are celebrating our 8 year anniversary today and are currently in a transitional stage of life. My husband was just licensed as a Pharmacist and we are a few weeks shy of his first paycheck. That sounds great, but we are transitioning from living off student loans for 8 years (which have completely depleted) to waiting for a first paycheck. Nobody warns you about this temporary phase of life! Anyway, of course our anniversary lands during this. There’s always something, right? In the past, we’ve always just settled for dinner at Noodles and Company with our kids or something, due to lack of income. Not this year! Like I said before, you have TOTALLY inspired me! This is a run-down of the day I have to look forward to:
Movie at the Gateway for two- $12 originally
Dinner for two at Bucca di Beppo – $30 originally
One night stay at the Marriot – $150 originally
Thanks to you, this is how our night looks:
Movie – FREE with our 8 packages of Cache Valley Cheese
Dinner – $9.50 with a $20 gift card from City Deals (extra 15% off) and $10 of $20 purchase coupon found on website and in Hometown Values Magazine.
Hotel – $25 with our Marriot rewards points…love those programs!
So, a night that could have cost around $200 is only going to cost around $35!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Love,
Melissa Larsen
How awesome is that?? I am totally proud of you guys when you are able to save some serious money! Keep up the good work!!
