Some Summer Fabulous Finds

Those of you who know me well know that I NEVER pay full price for anything. I guess part of it is I am cheap, but the other part is I know that it will be on sale at some point, so paying full price seems silly to me if I can just be patient.

When we go to a store and my kids of course find that one item that they just "have to have", they always ask me if its on sale before even bothering to ask if I will buy it for them. I decided to just not make an issue of it-this is how I explained it to them. There was something Siena wanted one time and it wasn't on sale (and really over-priced!) and she asked if we didn't have enough money to buy it. I told her that we did have enough money, but that we just want to be wise in how we spend our money and so we needed to wait and see if it went on sale. Siena loves finding good deals....she actually has a blast with me at thrift stores. Yes people, I said thrift stores, they are my guilty pleasure!

ANYWAYS...the point of this post was to tell you of some of my favorite deals I have been taking advantage of this summer.

My all time favorite is Sonic's happy hour! There happens to be a Sonic on our way home from Siena's gymnastics and so if everyone has been on their best behavior they get a slushie. Why this is such a great deal is that from 2-5 (some locations are only 2-4), all drinks and slushies are half price. This makes the size small slushie 50 cents. I treat myself to their new Sparkling Strawberry lemonade and we all get out of there for $2.

Another great one is Qdoba. Every Saturday in June (not sure about all locations) kids eat free with the purchase of an adult meal. So, how I basically robbed poor Qdoba is I had a coupon for a meal deal (entree, chips & drink for $6) too! So the four of us eat for under $15.

My last one for this post is the summer fun movies. They are doing these at both AMC and Regal theaters. Regal does it completely free, and AMC charges $1. They show kids movies all summer on certain days at 10am-my kids love it! Of course they are not new releases, but my kiddos don't know that!

So there they are....enjoy!