People Want to Give Us Free Stuff

So for some reason we've been getting free/discounted stuff recently. We don't think it's because of anything we've done right, but it sure is interesting.

1) I took an extra long lunch break on Friday (Teacher Work Day) to go pick up my transcript at BYU, so James and I decided to go to the bookstore. I wanted to find a shirt that actually fit, as opposed to my last year's nightgown. Surprisingly, there were a lot of smalls available for the new QUEST football shirts. I took one, knowing it would be only $5 (already a good deal), and was pretty happy about it. Well, James also loves a good deal, and he found a white BYU hat, which he's been looking for, for only $11. So, we went to check out and the lady gave us the total and apparently she only wanted us to pay for the already discounted hat. Free shirt for me!

2) As I said, we love good deals, so for lunch on Teacher Work Day, James and I went to Gandolfo's. Delicious. We brought a coupon for a $5 foot long (not to be confused with Subway, but same deal), but the lady decided the coupon meant $5 off a sandwich. Sooo... she totaled it up for $1.36. Not bad for us, but seriously lady, do you think you'd have a coupon for $5 off sandwiches that are only about $6 in the first place? No complaints from us though!

3) That same day we had to go to Lindon to the Comcast office to fix our internet bill because we we've been getting free internet since we've been back. The lady fixed it on the computer, and we were planning on paying for this month, but she didn't care and is letting us start paying next month. We're also getting the same great rate we got last year. Who knows...

4) Last night, we went to the Malt Shoppe with our friends (despite my feelings of ickyness about their cleanliness... my roommate worked there for a week and quit because it disgusted her so much). I DO like their shakes though, so James and I shared a mint oreo regular size shake. Oddly enough, James walked away from the counter with what looked like a XXXL cup of mint oreo shake. I'm pretty sure we paid for a regular. Too bad this wasn't for the better though because the mint extract was a tid bit too strong.

Hey, worse things could happen. I hope I have more to add to the list!

9/17/08- New Addition to Good Deals:

5) James found a coupon for Payless, so I thought I'd go look for another pair of disposable teaching shoes. I wanted some flats obviously because who wears heels all day as an elementary school teacher? Anyway, I looked around for about 2 minutes and then spotted these cute purple-ish flats. They fit perfectly, and low and behold... what did I see? A $5 tag! No other shoes had that tag on them, so I brought them up to the counter and asked if it was a joke. Nope. $5 shoes. Forget the coupon.