Bargains

I love bargains. I routinely pick up pennies in the parking lot and was delighted, this past week, to buy lots of milk at half price because the expiration date was looming. Our milk consumption has gone up drastically of late, so I knew we could drink a whole gallon in two days anyway.

Last night I was too uninspired to cook. Literally, I could think of nothing to make. I even opened the freezer. 'Ground beef? I can't think of anything to make with that. Never mind, it's not thawed anyway.' So Michael came to my rescue and suggested that we go out to eat. Naturally this led to the question of where. What sounded good to Baby? Michael started listing off options. 'Wait, wait!' I exclaimed, and ran to the recycle bin to look at last Sunday's paper (which gets delivered to our driveway despite the fact that we don't pay for it). 'Let me see whether we have a coupon for anything.' Sure enough, there was a coupon for Applebee's, so Applebee's it was.

I've been intending to get a haircut this weekend, and happened to ask a friend about donating my hair (which I've done the last few times I've gotten it drastically chopped). She sent me the link for Locks of Love, a non-profit organisation that makes wigs for cancer victims from donated hair. I read the site and could barely contain my excitement when I discovered that participating salons offer free haircuts for those donating their hair to Locks of Love. And there's one very near home! I am so excited. I had a coupon to get it done for $10, but free is even better.