Guest Blogger : A Cheap Trick

By Lisa from Her Five Cents

My cuticles are a mess. Thanks Jia.

I'm super nervous about this because she's like, totally famous. A celebrity! How do I measure up? Well I do in bra size that's for sure. *winky face*

Instead of going on and on about how much her and I are alike I'll make a short list of things that we have in common.

1. Boobs
2. Religion
3. Mental illness (sounds more extreme than depression/anxiety does)
4. Obsession with Pepsi (diet for me)
5. Weight issues
6. Red hair
7. And more. But this list is long already.

We all know how much the word Whore (I think it deserves a capital letter) is loved around here so in the theme of that, I'm going to tell you all how to turn a cheap trick. Fine, really I'm just going to share some cheap tricks. As in, how I save money. Because we all know how bad the economy is blah... blah...blah.... 

Source: google.com via Lisa on Pinterest

Okay so today the hubs and I went out with our monsters/children. We've discovered this amazing gift from God called the Fry's Kids Korner. There isn't any very much information on the internet about it. It's like they don't want people to know about it. Anyway, you can take your kiddos there for up to 90 minutes while you go shop. Uninterrupted. Without kids. Alone. Quietly. Um, awesome! This is Cheap Trick #1. If you don't have kids, I suggest taking your animals/husbands however, I'm not sure how welcome they will be. As my 4 year old says, "It's worth a try".

If you're at Fry's make sure you go to the ones with a Starbucks (am I allowed to use brand names here?) inside. Get the cheap style drink. You know the kind where you order a shot of espresso in a cup over ice with a few pumps of whatever (white mocha for me) and then use the half and half or milk at the napkin bar to fill in the rest. But listen, I don't want you to yell at me for this because I don't do it. I'm just offering it as an option ONLY if you are limited on money. I got yelled at by my bff Luke at my regular store when I told him I knew this secret. They hate it. And I respect. It's still Cheap Trick #2

That's really all I have. I accomplished all of this today. Except I got a full price drink and a refill (free if you have a gold card). Get one. Now. Wow. I think I should get paid for this. Starbucks can you hear me? So, does the free refill count as Cheap Trick #3? I think so.

And because I'm nice I'll tell you one that I'm super hesitant to share. Because it's sort of great. Okay fine, you convinced me because I really like you guys (for real, not even sarcastically). If you're super nice to the clerks at Ross/Goodwill/other places, they'll most likely give you the senior discount. Now don't go tellin' them I told you. It's our little secret k?

I don't want to overwhelm you with information because well, we just met. And I don't want you to think I talk too much. I'm a fan of fans so I hope you'll come check me out and you know what I mean by that right? I really like getting to know people so...let's be friends (too soon to ask?).

Real Quick:

When searching on Pinterest.com for a picture of a "senior discount" something or other, all I got was beautiful Seniors. The high school kind. Gag. So I made that lovely picture myself.

I typed this post in Blogger. Does anyone else agree that maybe they need to update their spell check? It highlighted such words as Pinterest, bff, internet (as needing to be capitalized say what?) and winky. Weird. We live in the 2010's dear Blogger. Get with it! I mean that sweetly.

I hope you aren't annoyed yet with all these "real quicks" and the fact that I speak in. Fragments. It's actually how I talk.

It was very nice of you to make it this far. I look forward to getting to know you.

In the biblical sense. 

Just kidding. 

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Lisa is a working mom who labors outside of the home in a dirty business (trashy really). She’s a Diet Cola-loving Latter-day Saint (Mormon) who hates cooking, cleaning and anything else domestic. She does enjoy reality TV, pretending to scrapbook, and stalking people on Facebook. In fact, you can stalk her on Facebook, Her Five Cents, OR she thinks you can find her on Twitter @lisafivecents.