Baby Book Discount Frenzy

I got my baby book!  I'm so excited!  Can you tell?!?  Wanna know what makes it even better?  It was FREE!  Free I tell you!

I am a discount freak.  There.  I've said it.  It is off my chest and out there for the world to process.  I love discounts!  Call me cheap, call me frugal, call me whatever you want, but I got my baby book for free!

Ok, ok, enough of the bragging.  I'll tell you my secret before you knock me upside my head with the book.  (That was free!  Bah ha HA!  I couldn't resist.).  I am a Pampers mommy and have been entering the codes from all our diapers and wipes for the past two years.  I finally saved enough points and "purchased" the free 20-page 12" x 12" book from Shutterfly.com, which spurred me into actually finishing the book.

Well, they don't tell you that you still have to pay $19 in shipping for that book, so free just turned into $19.  Well, they are currently running a sale where their baby books are 50% off and shipping is free for orders more than $30.  So, I ordered another baby book for my parents at $27.50 which is $2.50 away from the free shipping.  Hmmmm.  My free book was still costing me $19.

The magnets are 20% off, so I got a magnet for my mom to put Little Man's artwork on her refrigerator (since my stainless fridge isn't magnetic).  Add about $4.50.  Aha!  Free shipping!  So, that's FREE plus $27.50 plus $4.50 plus ZERO for shipping.  That's $32.  Well, I happen to have two $10 gift cards from the place where Little Man saw Santa (nice coincidence, huh?), so that takes the total down to $12 give or take for two baby books and a magnet.  Not too bad for an order that would have originally cost $135.

Did I tell you I love discounts?  Add to it that the baby book turned out AMAZING and made me tear up a little because my Little Man is growing way too fast.