I found a HOT HOT HOT deal tonight at one of the seemingly thousands of Walgreens in the Birmingham, Alabama area.  I’d happened upon a heaping pile of sweatshirts, pretty plain and not the most attractive of colors, marked 3/$10.  Well, my husband packed for us (he has to do a lot of the things wives would normally do in a marriage with our situation) but didn’t pack enough really warm shirts for either of us.  We weren’t going to stay as long as it is ending up we are staying.  OK that sentence totally was grammatically incorrect but I’m not changing it; that is how I sound in real life but a lot more annoying.

Anyway, we found 3 sweatshirts in a heather grey color, 2 in a size we could share and one for my father-in-law who’s starting a new construction job next week and it’s too cold.  Well, we got up to the register and I noticed the price when she rang up the first one.  I was already having buyer’s remorse because I could have probably found a better one just as cheap at Target…

The price was 99 cents!  Yeah, each one rang up 99 cents.  They weren’t marked or tagged or anything- it appeared that they were the full price.  Needless to say we bought more (pics will be on the post tomorrow- my camera is another thing MT didn’t bother to pack!).  I bought my brother one with a half-zip neck to wear around his house when it gets cold so he won’t have to pay a big electric bill.  I bought a few extra to possibly give to family who can wear them or to donate them to kids at my mom’s school who need warm clothes.  A lot of the bigger kids can wear a small.

We didn’t buy them all but we came close.  It turns out the cashier said they were from last year, and they’d been trying to get rid of them for awhile.  OK, the marketing brain in my head is asking why they didn’t advertise the 99 cent price.  The smart little voice inside my head is telling me to shut up and be thankful!

Moral of the story?  Go scout out Walgreens in your area.  Scan the sweatshirts you see; they just might be cheaper than they’re marked!  I do wish we had bought them all as it was apparent they weren’t going to sell at 3/$10- I may go back tomorrow and get what’s left…2-3 maybe   What do you think?

**By the way, store matches will come tonight after I get my ad.  My eyes hurt and I can’t focus on the online version too well.  Look for them super late, it may do you more justice to check Monday morning.