Miscellany.

This is not a fancy word for “Donna is too lazy to write anything today.” It’s just a place to put some odds and ends that aren’t strong enough to carry posts on their own.

Now that I’ve underwhelmed you, let’s have us some miscellany.

 

Found money, part 1. Finally counted the coins I picked up while in Anchorage. It came to $2.37: three quarters, nine dimes, one nickel and 67 pennies. Can’t wait to see how much the year’s worth of filthy lucre adds up to; hope it surpasses last year’s $34.54.

Ask and ye shall receive. Sometimes. Victoria’s Secret honored the free-underpants coupon that expired the day I got back. I would have completely understood if the saleswoman had said “no,” but instead she said, “Just this once, I’ll do it.” Since I had a current coupon as well, I walked out with two pairs. I save these freebies all year and wrap them up as a frugal holiday gift for my daughter. After all, it isn’t really Christmas unless someone gives you socks or underwear. (And yes, I give her more than free underpants. I also give her gift cards that I get for free.)

Found money, part 2. On my way to pick berries one day last week I passed an abandoned sofa. Afflicted as I am with automatic frugality, I simply had to lift the cushions. On one side I found a plastic necklace – the kind you get in a birthday-party goodie bag – made of little silver-colored dollar. Baby bling! Under the other cushion were a penny and a dime. Next time you see a “free” piece of furniture up for grabs, give the cushions a test-drive.

I want some minions! I don’t go to the movies that often, but I’ve seen “Despicable Me” twice already. Those minions crack me up. With luck the movie will move to one of the theaters for which I have free movie tickets. I might even buy it when it comes out on DVD, and I never buy movies. Minions. Even the word is funny. (And I wonder what little kids will do when they eventually discover it’s a real word, a word that has nothing to do with little yellow capsule-shaped creatures wearing bib overalls?)

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    • @Melissa: Alas, I don’t. But I will let my daughter know. She’s amused by Minions plus she knows how to knit and crochet. I’ll hint broadly about the frugal Christmas gift possibilities. Where would one find these patterns?
      Thanks for the heads-up.

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  1. Hey, I loved this post! Loved that you checked the abandoned sofa cushions for change — and found it!! Hah! And yes, it is only Xmas if someone gives me underwear with Xmas trees on them. Free paper — cool, and nice salesperson honoring expired coupons — very cool!

    And there are still banned books out there???? Wow — take our hard-won freedoms and flush ’em away, why don’t we?? Very cute poster, though.

    So, your brief “anti-blogerrhia” did not underwhel!

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    • @Priskill: Send your thanks to the American Library Association for the poster, which I first saw at the Grumpy Rumblings of the Untenured (http://nicoleandmaggie.wordpress.com/). I love the fact that the “unplugged” robot looks happy. Maybe we should all unplug ourselves from MP3 players, cell phones, Xboxes, Facebook et al., if only for a little while.

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  2. Hi Donna,
    I’ve never written before, but I love your writings and have followed you a long time. I just wanted to mention that my husband and I walk a lot and we pick up lots of treasures. We have recently scored some bucks picking up scratched off lottery tickets (We enter these in second chance drawings). In the last week we found a $2.00 winner and a $5.00 winner.

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    • @Sharon: I sent a couple of discards in to the second-chance drawing as well. No luck yet, alas. I’ve also heard from others who check the discarded tickets, just in case, and sometimes find winners that way. Thanks for bringing this tactic to the attention of others, and thanks for leaving a comment.

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