CouponMommy

So my son Benji’s 1st grade teacher, Miss Cohron, issued a challenge to her students for the summer. She gave each one a one dollar bill and challenged them to make it grow over the summer.   So I looked for a coupon deal that could help him in this venture.  One dollar. How to spend it wisely.  It just so happened that a Kool-aid and sugar coupon came out soon after summer started, imagine the timing.   The coupon was for $2.00 off sugar when you buy 10 packs of Kool-aid.  I found a Kool-aid printable coupon for 50¢ off 10 packs.  My Krogers doubles coupons up to 50¢ in face value so it would take $1.00 off of a 10 pack purchase.  Kool-aid was on sale at Krogers 10 packs for $1.00.  Dixie crystals (4 pound bag) was on sale for $2.09.  So we have Kool-aid (free), 4 pounds of sugar (.09)  and we found a 51-pack of styrofoam cups for $1.09, our biggest expense!  His receipt shows a total of $1.30, so I loaned him 30¢ which he will pay me back.  A savings of 79%!

We hastily set up a Kool-aid stand today just when the Peidmont lawn service guys were taking their lunch break under some shady trees.  We sold 4 cups to them.  Then the one passerby we had bought 2 cups.  (We live in a cul-de-sac in the back of our subdivision – not a lot of traffic).  But he has paid me back the 30¢, made a slight profit and he still has 9 packs of Kool-aid and most of that 4 pound bag of sugar…………. let’s see how much more  we can make that dollar grow……………  we’re planning a yard sale so we can set up another stand then. Stay tuned.