Things I saved on this week

The thing I have used the most to save this year is buying the discounted gift cards. This week (because we are doing some remodeling) I bought $2000 worth of Lowe's gift cards off of ABCgiftcards for $1800. Saved 10% off face value. Then when I go to Lowes, I can use the discount card they have , but most likely I will use the 10% off military discount we get. So I will save 20% off the cost of the materials. The hardest thing about buying the giftcards is planning ahead, rather than just buying things. Katie and I combined giftcards with the extrabucks at a clothes place she likes, Limited, and saved over 80% on her clothes purchases. I gave both my girls Sephora cards I bought through there for Christmas and here is the best....I bought Itunes gift cards 10% off and my girls buy their itunes purchase through upromise, so we get another 1% back.

Another savings this week... my mom got Directv when she moved and said she got free HD for life. I got an offer in the mail for free HD from dish, so I called up Directv and asked them for Free HD. I pay I think $10 a month for HD. Thye agreed to waive the fee for 2 years! I will address it again then.

Lastly, we went to Young Harris last night and saw the Shakespeare play, a Midsummer's Night Dream. We all three went for $15. A deal for entertainment. I forget sometimes about all the free and low cost entertainment possibilities at Young Harris that are fun, educational and entertaining. Check out the event calendar at the Young Harris website.