Holy vintage coupons Batman!
Well, my buddies on eBay must have sensed that my day was going bad, because along with my letters from my bastardly dental insurance provider, I also had two envelopes from California and Indiana respectively containing my booty from successful eBay bids.
And man alive – I think this goes back to the old adage my grandma used to share with me when she said that sometimes a girl had to kiss a hell of a lot of toads to find a prince in the bunch.
The first one that I opened was from California and contained the 100 coupons that “mostly” included food coupons. Mostly included food, my right foot! That was one stack of extraordinarily strange coupons for many, many things that I just don’t buy. (Lots of dog food, lots of hair care stuff and cleaners that I can do without.)
I divided up my loot into three categories – the largest pile was worth $108.95 and went into my circular file of recycling. The stuff that I might use tallied into $16 worth of savings and the coupons I will use is worth $5.55 in change, plus it included one for a free candy bar if I buy a 20 oz. bottle of a particular soda. Priceless.
The Bisquick coupons were a trip. Those came from Indiana and the handwriting looks like it comes from a fairly young lady who would have been approximately three years old when these coupons were issued sometime in the 1980s. I’ve posted pics for you all to ogle, because they are VINTAGE. But they have no expiration date. I’ll let you know how I fare with that.
Back into the breach to sniff out some more deals. I think I’m going to take a page from Maismom and look for some more specific ones, but I’ll keep you posted!
Note that the pile of junk coups is larger than the useful ones.
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Posted: December 11th, 2008 under Everyday Living, Money Saving Strategies, Where My Money Goes.
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