Throw a little money at the problem

My sister has always been rather amused by my frugal ways. She is single, successful, and her general theme in life is "throw a little money at the problem". A running joke with the nieces and nephews is that she is Auntie Money-Bags since she spoils them whenever she can. All of this is said in a loving sort of way of course. She laughs about it too.

Well today she suggested I take her into a CVS and show her how it's done. She had a small stack of CVS promotional coupons she had been keeping from her receipts, and I had my coupons. First stop - I showed her the magic coupon machine that spits out coupons when you scan your card. She swears she had no idea the thing existed as she didn't remember ever seeing it before. Then, on to the deals. Free bottle of her favorite conditioner on sale, with an ECB promotion, then out came my coupon to make it a moneymaker. She looks at the coupon I pulled out of my accordion file and asked in a bewildered way "now tell me where you got that coupon." Two tubes of Colgate for $.29. Three packages of purse size tissues for free. She was giddy as we went up and down the aisles. She ended up picking up a lot of stuff she would have just paid full price for. In the end, she paid $17 (with $2ecb for later) for what I figure was about $40 worth of stuff at least. She was so proud of herself, she insisted I take a picture and post it here.

Anne, this one is for you.... throw a little money at the problem!!