Friday, May 23, 2008

Thrifty on Paint

I've been working on becoming more thrifty in my life. Jimmy is the King of thriftiness and I'm not quite sure I can ever measure up to him ... but I'm trying.

But tonight I scored a sa-weet deal on Paint. Well, I thought it was a pretty good deal anyhow.

We bought 10$ off a 25$ purchase Lowe's coupon on Ebay for like $1.

But since Home Depot will accept Lowe's coupons, I decided I wanted to buy Behr paint and use the coupons.

And since it's Memorial Day Paint Sale, I saved an additional 5$ on each gallon (rebate).

Tonight I just bought 3 Gallons and the extra paint gear.

I made 3 separate transactions so I could use 3 different coupons and save a bundle.

So on each can of $24 paint, I saved $9 from the coupon (since I really need to subtract the price I paid on Ebay) and $5 rebate = $10 for 1 Gallon Behr Satin Paint ...

Sooooo it was only $30 for all my paint which is just $6 more than one normal-priced gallon. Aren't y'all proud of my planning to get the deal!

I'm going to try and paint a little tomorrow and make sure I like the neutral tan color I selected and then go back and buy some more of the tan and colors for the kiddies rooms. Hurray for a good deal on paint.

5 comments:

Amy D. said...

Awesome deal! Your planning and use of internet deals is so cool. Good work, Heath (have fun painting :)

Kristin Sokol said...

WOW! Score! I love getting deals. I don't mind spending money, but I like to hold on to it if I have the option.

We just purchased a $1200 gift card to Smith's because they are offering and extra 10% value added to the card....So that's like getting a week and a half's groceries for free. I clip coupons, but I could never clip enough to get that kind of value off.

Happy Painting.

PS thanks for the sweet gift for Sunny, that was very sweet of you.

PPS thanks for letting us borrow your husband for a while this morning. He sure was helpful. I think he was the only one on our crew that had a clue.

Anonymous said...

Way to go smart shopper. Can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done. Have fun painting!

Marne said...

Way to go Heather!! Love that deal, it is sweet!

Camille said...

I wish i was thrifty! It takes alot for me to do it. You go girl! Have fun painting! I want to know all of the colors and things you are painting! that is so exciting!