Penny For My Thoughts

Despite being a household of two people, we belong to both BJ’s and Costco (long story…they have stuff for my mother’s volunteering at both places).  I prefer BJ’s-I feel they have more name brands I want, you can use manufacturer coupons, and I can use my Visa card.  However, I was recently poking around because I’m giving BigNephew a Flip Mino for his 13th birthday next month, and I had heard they had a good deal.  BJ’s had it online, but once you added in shipping ($9.99, for crying out loud), it was the same price as Amazon  or Zappos (I didn’t know they carried electronics either, but learned it via Shopzilla).  Costoco.com was sold out, but I called our local Costco, and while they couldn’t tell me the price over the phone, they had them.  I got one-it was $15 less than I’d seen it online, plus it came with a case.  I hated missing out on Sunshine Rewards credit, but the dollar is king.

In other news related to the nephews, we went to go see Bedtime Stories and I offered to buy them snacks.*  Their options were a small popcorn, a candy, or a “go box,” which consists of a small popcorn; a small soda, juice or Icee; and a bag of M&M’s or Granola bites.  The Go box was the best value, but I wanted to see what the boys decided on.  LittleNephew announced he did not like popcorn(yet wanted some of mine later), so he got a box of candy.  BigNephew, who is frugal, opted for the Go box, and was very happy.

*This was partially done on selfish motives on Autie Hedy’s part-I like my movie theatre popcorn, which I feel guilty getting if I’m giving the boys M&M’s from CVS.