You did, Elease, and good for you. I've never done quote that well (except a couple of times in a thrift store). But I am always happy if something is reduced at least once and preferrably twice--bought a $78 skirt last week for $23, which felt pretty good to me.

3 pounds of butter and all that other stuff? Awesome.

I am impressed! Now that DD is grown up, I rarely hit the thrift stores - adults just don't wear out their clothes as fast as kids - but I still watch for bargains at the grocery. Around here, we never have triple-coupon days, and in fact, double-coupon days are nearly a thing of the past. I guess the grocers do a thriving business without trying to get the coupon-users.

Same here on grocery coupons, meldy, though I do use those store cards that sometimes yield a price reduction on selected items, such as $4 apound butter last week going for 2 for $5 with the card. (Generally I buy butter at a coop, 4 for about $8.) From what I understand, grocery stores work on a very slender profit margin. And they are also undercut by big box stores. We have to eat, so it's hard to win on this one.

I haunt the Thift shops for books. Our Church has good paperbacks for 50 cents a piece. The Humane Shelter has them for 4.00, but if you buy one, you get one free!

A couple bucks saved with coupons doesn't sound like much, but I figure that over a years time, I save enough to pay for air conditioning one month during the summer. Makes things easier!!

One thing good about getting old is that quite a few stores give extra discounts on certain days. My favorite supermarket knocks 5% off the total every Wednesday.

That's one of the very few things good about getting old, AP! I use those Wednesday discounts, and I've gotten to the point where i'm no longer asked if I qualify, groan!

Im on my way out to the thrift stores this morning. I have my mind set on a shirt to go with a pair of pants that have been hanging in my closet for 3 yrs never worn for the lack of a top. I just KNOW i will find what im looking for at either the Goodwill or the Luthren run thrift store.

I wish our grocery store had Senior discounts. We rarely get double off coupons & never triple off. I believe you have to have competition between grocery store chains for that to occur & that isn't the case in this town.

Thrift stores are another matter, although I shop them for household items & garden stuff more than I do for clothes. There's a place here called The Shabby Shack where I got a big 4 qt Le Crueset dutch oven for $13.00. LOL! I left there feeling like I'd found the pot of gold at teh end of the rainbow.

Another thing that Thift Stores are good for....knives!

Someone gets a new set and gives the old ones away. I picked up a dandy chefs knife that fit my hand exactly right for just a couple of dollars.

I like the thrifts for pretty vases and plates. I don't worry about not getting them back when I fill them with flowers/cookies for a friend or to take in to the office.

Agnes, it's an odd thing, but in the past several years the local thrifts have stopped carrying books! In fact, northern VA is sadly lacking in any sort of used-book store: I know of only 3 [non-college] within 30 miles! There are plenty of new-book stores, but I *like* the feeling of beneficial recycling that comes with used books.

Last Friday I bought a new white purse for $11.25. It was originally $75. I was visiting in Portland, OR at the time.

I half jokingly refer to myself as a bottom feeder. I don't buy clothes often, but hit the GW last fall for hot weather workclothes. They even had their very thrifty out of season stuff on sale. I cleaned up. I got enough short sleeve tops to wear for a week, enough sleeveless cotton blouses to wear for a week, and have picked up three or four pair of heavy denim trousers. I am sure the whole lot of them didn't come to much more than fifteen dollars. Some of them still had their price tags on them. Some of them were gently worn, but all looked clean and neat and they're something I won't feel badly about getting so soiled they can't be cleaned. I also found an exquisite burgundy red, heavy tablecloth for my redecorated kitchen so it would match the walls. I often buy sheets or old curtains there for rug or quilt making. The thrill of the new........to me..... belongings is just as pungeunt as if I'd bought them at a fancy department store, or as my SIL says retail therapy.

I don't feel the guilt of consumerism, because what I needed or wanted was somebody's cast off. It also makes me not feel so spendtrifty when I choose to spend a chunk on something else I'd not normally go out and buy....because those pennies saved were pennies earned.

You guys are all going to hate me when I tell you that Wednesday is LL Bean day at GW here in Maine. They send all of the stuff that is imperfect or over stocks to our local stores. I used to waitress and it was the only place I went to buy the button down white oxford shirts I needed for work. Usually cost about $3.
We also have tons of used bookstores, not sure if that is because we have tons of people or old houses or what but some of the local ones are run by volunteers and the proceeds go to the local hospices. It really makes you feel good then. Hope everyone is well. diene

A lot of used book sellers have given up their retail space & are selling almost exclusively over teh Internet. My favorite used book store if the one the Friends of the library run. I'm always finding gems there, bot that I need one more book, but at $1.00 (or less) for hardbacks, who can resist?

My bargain right now is peaches. They are free unless you count the bad case of poison ivy I got this Spring pulling the patch out from under the old peach tree. So far I've made 2 pies and a cobbler plus what we ate just sliced in bowls. They are small this year but very sweet because of the heat. They ripened so late I was not sure we would have them at all. We don't get peaches every year because of frosts etc. so when we do I feel lucky.

Know what you mean. I go up every few days and check on my late peach tree. I am sure I canned peaches last year in July. They are a deep warm red now, but just a little on the hard side. I can usually tell when they're ready to pick, because the coons start climbing and nibbling. LOL. Mine are huge on that tree this year, but I had some fruit abortion last spring and those remaining on the tree benefitted nicely. Fresh peaches right off the tree, sliced with cream over them for breakfast. It just doesn't get any better than that, does it?