Happy Father's Day, Mike's Birthday, etc.

Sorry for the weird colors on the picture. Our camera battery needed recharging, so Mike took the picture with his cell phone. I think you can still get the point. :)

Thanks to MoneySavingMom.com for the tip off about the great deal at Sears going on now through Sunday night. The deal is that if you buy $100 worth of Dockers products, you mail in your receipts and get a $75 Shell gas card in return (limit of one per person, two per household).
We went to scope it out because Mike can always use new dress clothes and we called Mike's dad to find out what he needed so we can hook him up for Father's Day. The best part was that when we arrived there, we discovered many Dockers items were more than 50% off. Since Mike wears dress clothes every day for work, this was a needed boost to his dressy wardrobe.

We ended up doing three rounds of the deal - two rounds for Mike and one for his dad. We will submit two for our household and one for Mike's dad. We'll give him the clothes we got on his deal and he'll mail us the gas gift card when it comes. That works for all of us.

The first round we bought 5 dress shirts and 2 pairs of dress pants for Mike's dad and paid $112.28. The product at full retail was $254.98. Once we get the $75 in Shell gas card, the total cost to us for this was $37.28. Anytime I can get my father-in-law $255 worth of dress clothes for $37 is a happy time. He's a teacher and will definitely be able to use this gift.

The second round we bought 5 dress shirts and one pair of dress pants for Mike and paid $109.63. The product at full retail was $245.00. Once we get the $75 in Shell gas card, the total cost to us for this was $34.63. The one pair of dress pants alone would have been $55.00, so I'm happy.

The third round we bought 2 dress shirts, 2 dress pants and one new wallet for Mike (which I think he is the most excited about of everything, other than the fact that he could get all that stuff for his dad) and paid $117.66. The product at full retail was $226.00. Once we get the $75 in Shell gas card, the total cost to us for this was $42.66. This transaction included higher quality dress pants that were both originally $65.00 each.

All in all, a GREAT night. While we did have to pay more out of pocket than I'm used to with all my other great shopping deals, we know that we'll use the gas cards up quickly when they come and that will offset the gas part of the budget at that time. We covered Father's Day and Mike's birthday and mainly just saved us money down the road because Mike won't need new shirts or pants for a LONG time.

WHOHOO! Thanks, Sears!

Mike Joins the Blogging World

Mike decided to join the blogging world. He started a rottweiler blog to showcase our babies and to put up information on any rescue animals we come across who might need a new home. It is still very much in the beginning stages, but I've added a link under my links so that you can check it out anytime.

Down to 5 - DOUBLE WHOHOO!!!

Yes, last night we delivered Missy & Fritsy to their new owners! WHOHOO!!!! I'm super happy. It was such a relief to come home, take down the crate they were in and reclaim the space. I'm also enjoying not hearing their tiny annoying barks. I do wish them the best of luck in their new home - I'm just thrilled it isn't MY home.

Spoiled and Loving It

Oh yeah, I admit to being spoiled. My husband takes great care of me in every way. I can't imagine my life without him and I'm so thankful for who he is. He works hard at work every day and then comes home and has no problem with helping out at home. In fact, just last night I think he folded nearly every piece of clothing we own (okay, not quite, but there was quite a HUGE pile of folding built up since I had gotten a little behind on laundry).

Awhile back I was visiting a friend in Michigan and they had a laptop with wireless internet in the living room. We watched a movie while I emailed on that laptop. She pulled her laptop out and we were both online and watching a movie together at the same time. I loved it! I'm the type that can't just sit around and watch tv. I totally have to multi-task. So, I came home and began talking to Mike about how much I would love that. With wireless internet, I could sit in the living room with a laptop and get stuff done while he watches history channel, "How It Was Made" or some other such program that he enjoys but I don't so much. Plus, during the day, when I'm home working on Ebay or whatever, I can be in the living room hanging out with the dogs. Since we already have a laptop, all we had to do was get a wireless card and router and get it set up.

We had some difficulties getting everything configured, but my wonderful husband was able to get his technologically advanced co-worker to come over and help us. So, at this moment, I'm sitting on the couch with my feet up in the living room and working on the internet. WHOHOO!

Spoiled and loving it.

Down to 7 - WHOHOO

Who would have thought that I would be excited to be DOWN to seven dogs in the house? This little guy is a three month old pit bull puppy that we've had since Saturday evening. He is going to be a HUGE dog if he is only three months right now. Anyway, how he came into our temporary possession: we followed a policeman home on Saturday night and watched as he pulled behind and blocked off our new neighbor's vehicle. We've met her once. She was arrested that night for attempted vehicular homicide - she apparently tried to run over a lady on our street who owed her $40.00. This little guy was running loose at the time and she asked the policeman if Mike could keep him until she got out. We did have an extra kennel and ended up with him and several plastic bags of refridgerator stuff she was getting ready to move into the house. Tonight at around 10:20 p.m. the doorbell rang. It was two guys apparently related to her who had come to collect the dog and food. YAY!!!! He was a sweet little guy, but I was a little stressed about the growing number of animals in the house. For awhile I was thinking maybe it was a God thing that she asked us to watch the dog. I had planned to invite her to church when she came to retrieve him. I guess I'll just have to make a point to do that whenever/if ever she is released from jail and back across the street from us.

Pray though...we are meeting with a lady tomorrow after work who might take the Maltese. We didn't really want to split them up, but if it means a good home for each of them, we are willing to. We've had several calls on the Dachsund too, so hopefully he'll find his new home soon. I'll let you know when that happens. I'll be celebrating. My dogs don't bark. These little things do. :(

CVS Ideas for You

Okay, I thought I would give some of you a breakdown of a few of the CVS opportunities this week that I have already capitalized on. I'll be more specific for those of you who want to also give a try. Here goes:

Transaction 1:

2 Dawn Dish Detergent $2.00 Total
1 9 Large Rolls Charmin Ultra Soft $4.99 Total

2 Listerine Smart Rinse 250m, $6.98 Total

1 Brut Deoderant 2.5oz, $2.69 Total

Coupons:

-$0.25 Dawn Detergent Coupon

-$0.25 Charmin Coupon

- 2 $1.00 off Listerine Coupons

-1 $3.00 off a purchase over $15 CVS coupon (which thanks to Caroline I do have a PDF of it, so I can email it to you if you would like.
Used $10.98 in ECB's earned previously

Paid $0.37 Out of Pocket

Received:

$1.00 Dawn ECB

$6.98 Listerine ECB

$3.00 Brut ECB

Overall: Earned back exactly as many ECB's as spent (term is called rolled over - especially since one was going to expire today) paid $0.37 for all this stuff. Oh yeah, and I have $4.99 now towards the buy $20 of charmin and get $10 back. I will finish that deal later in the week and my ECB's will print out when the last item is paid taking me over $20.00 in charmin.

Okay, so this is seriously my favorite transaction of the week so far. Here is the breakdown:

1 Listerine Smart Rinse 250m, $3.49

2 CVS Plastic Bandaids, 40, $3.98 Total

1 Lifesaver Bin, $0.50 (filler)

2 Brut Deoderant, 2.5oz, $5.38

2 CVS Cotton Swabs 500, $6.38 Total

Coupons:

-$1.00 Listerine - can print online

-$3.00 off $15.00 CVS purchase

-$3.00 off $10.00 purchase CVS Brand (bandaids and Cotton swabs - these print out on the little coupon printer in the store. Just scan your card).

Used $12.36 in previously earned ECB's

Paid $0.37 Out of Pocket

Received:

$4.00 CVS Cotton Swabs ECB

$6.00 Brut ECB

$3.49 Listerine ECB

$3.98 CVS Bandaid ECB

Overall: Earned back $17.47 in ECB's to spend at next purchase (thereby gaining $5.11 in ECB's more than I had before this purchase). Because I paid $0.37 out of pocket, when you subtract that from the $5.11, you come up with an overall profit of $4.74 just for taking this stuff off their hands. The most exciting part is that this stuff is for my sister, Danelle, so I have more cool stuff to take to them free when we go to Michigan on vacation (only 26 days from now, but who is counting).

So, that is how I did. Maybe you can try one of these deals. The last one should be easy for anyone. You need a CVS card, the pdf to print off the $3.00 off $15.00 purchase coupon (let me know if you need it), the $3.00 off $10.00 coupon you get in store when you scan your card at the little coupon printer and a listerine coupon which you can find here: http://www.listerinekids.com/smart-rinse-coupon.jsp

Have fun!

Target Training

Yes, tonight I was able to do a little training at Target. Mike and I stopped after church. I had two coupons for $2.00 off ANY Schick disposable razors that expired tonight. We also happened to be needing bread. The Schick disposable razors in the trial size come two to a pack and cost $0.97. I grabbed two and headed for the bread. The bread only cost $1.19, so I suggested that we should probably grab two because if the cashier did accept the entire coupon, that way our total would be in the positive (negative totals tend to stress out cashiers and would probably have caused them to drop the coupon value to the cost of the item).

So we proceed to checkout, whereupon he scans the items and then I hand him the coupons. He scans the first one and it comes up with this message (item is not located) which basically says the coupon doesn't apply to anything I bought (which by the way, I have had all but 2 coupons have this message of my Target purchases this past week). I basically pointed out that the coupon does say $2.00 off ANY Schick disposable and they are disposable. He looks at the screen with a confused expression and starts looking around like he should call a manager and even puts his hand down on the radio. I choose that opportune moment to point out that the screen says K1 - accept anyway and that all he needs to do is verify that the item is indeed what the coupon is for and then push K1. He says, "Oh, okay, thanks!" and pushes K1. It goes through. He says "Cool!". He then scans the next one and pushes K1 almost with a flourish (you can just imagine him being so proud that he knows how). Then he announces my new total is 50 cents.

50 cents for 2 loaves of bread and 2 packages of disposable razors. I'll take it.

Maybe Target should cut me a check for helping to train their cashiers?

Giving Target A Try

After seeing free deals at Target on the Money Saving Mom website for a while, I decided to give in and give it a try. To tell you the truth, I have this impression of Target that everything is more expensive, so this was a step outside of my comfort zone.

Transaction 1. Bought two of the Perfect 10 Hair Coloring Kits and 7 of the samples. $30.72. Handed them 9 coupons. New Total $9.15 out of pocket. Received 2 $5.00 gift cards for next purchase. Net result -$0.85

Transaction 2. Two of the Perfect 10 Hair Coloring Kits and two Shout samples. $25.72. Handed them 4 coupons & 2 $5.00 gift cards. 94 cents out of pocket. Received 2 more $5.00 gift cards.

Transaction 3. Two of the Perfect 10 Hair Coloring Kits and two Tylenol samples. $25.72. Handed them 4 coupons and 2 $5.00 gift cards. 86 cents out of pocket. Received 2 more $5.00 gift cards.

End result: paid $10.95 out of pocket, got all of this stuff, ended up with $10.00 in gift cards for the next time around. Since I plan to use one of the hair coloring kits this weekend and since it normally costs $12.89, I consider this a big success.

Oh yeah...one more thing. Out of the 17 coupons I gave them, only 3 of them claimed to be correct. The first cashier challenged one, but when I pointed out that it qualified for what the coupon stated, she allowed every one after that to go through as it was (including some for $2.00 off a product that cost only 97 cents). The second cashier double checked each one, but found them all to be okay and let two $1.00 off coupons go through for a product that cost 97 cents. The third cashier told me that he had to adjust the coupons down to the 97 cents (thereby eliminating any overage), but that was okay. I just found it funny that each cashier handled things differently. Doesn't Target have any type of consistent policy on this? Interesting.

Missy & Fritsy

Hi! My name is Missy. I am 11 1/2 years old (but surprisingly spry for my age). I am Maltese and I weigh less than 6 pounds.
Hi! My name is Fritsy. I am almost 6 years old. I am a dachshund and I weigh 8 1/2 pounds.
We are Missy & Fritsy. We have grown up together our whole lives. Last week our owner passed away suddenly and now we are looking for a new home. Mr. Mike was nice enough to let us stay with him until that time (our owner was a client of his). Mr. Mike is seeing our vet today to try to find out all of our medical history. All we know is that we are TINY compared to the 70-105 pound GIANTS that live in this house already. We spent last night sleeping in the same crate and did fine. If you think you would like us to come live with you, just let Mr. Mike know. We really would prefer to live together since we've been together all of our lives and just lost our owner. We don't want the trauma of having to go somewhere alone. I, Fritsy, especially want to be with Missy because I act kind of scared sometimes but Missy helps make me brave.

Update on my nephew, Caleb

Thanks to everyone who has been praying for Caleb. He just had his adnoids & tonsils removed this past weekend and everyone was hoping this would be the turning point in his health.

I received this update from my sister, Danelle, this morning:

"Just wanted you to know that I had to take Caleb in to the ER last night. He had had a high fever of 103.4 Sunday night. Monday morning we called the surgeon's office. They said to call back if it spiked again. He was already on acetemetophin with codein and the fever wasn't going down. Monday, early evening it was back up to 102.4 and we couldn't give him anything else. We called again, and, this time, they told us to take him in to the ER here. They didn't think it had anything with the surgery, and that something else was going on in conjunction with the surgery recovery. It turns out that Caleb has pnuemonia. We switched antiobiotics for him, and are watching him carefully. Thankfully, our ER doctor was very good. Sometimes ER doctors aren't. If we don't see improvement soon, we'll get him admitted (probably to the same place he had his recent surgery). This morning his fever was still 102. This is definitely a huge concern. Please pray for him. Overall, he's still fragile. I am also not looking forward to another hospital stay."

I appreciate all of you who have been praying for him during this ongoing saga. Please also pray for Danelle and her husband, Mark (pictured above). I'm sure this has been very draining on them.

My Babies

Obviously my favorite of all in these pictures is the cutie in the green shorts. :) I thought I would give you an update picture on all my babies so you can see how they have grown. They are good "kids".

Thanks, CVS, for helping my sister too!

So, my sister, Danelle, lives in a deprived place in Michigan that doesn't have CVS. So I told her that if she would register for the card and send it to me, I'd do the shopping for her and bring the stuff with me when I come on vacation this summer. With four kids and all the health issues they've dealt with in their family recently, I'm hoping this can be a blessing for them.

Here is how she did last week:

$195.68 in total original retail value
$116.69 in sale value
$60.31 in Extra Care Bucks used
$7.18 Out of Pocket
$95.33 in Extra Care Bucks earned
$14.69 Rebates Coming

Bottom Line: Made $42.53 Profit in Extra Care Bucks to Spend On Future CVS Purchases

3 Adidas Deoderants
1 Garnier Shampoo
1 Garnier Conditioner
1 Betty Crocker Brownies
1 Ice Breakers Sours (filler)
1 Johnson's Buddies Soap
1 Blood Glucose Monitor
1 Tums Quickpak
3 Packages Allergy Medication
1 Almay Eyeliner
1 Almay Mascara
3 Aquafresh Toothpastes
4 Colgate Toothbrushes
2 Oral-B Toothbrushes
3 Orapiks
1 Nail Polish Remover
2 Revlon Nail Polish Bottles
2 Sally Hanson Nail Polish Bottles

YAY!!! Thanks again, CVS.

I FOUGHT THE LAW (Well, Wal-mart) AND I WON

Oh yeah. Today I went to Wal-mart armed with a bunch of coupons and a specific list. I was getting only things I had coupons for that would make them free plus one package of hot dog buns.

I rounded everything up and figured that after coupons and tax, I would be paying less than the total of the hot dog buns. I got to the checkout and she rang everything through. I handed her the coupons and she got this frown on her face. One of the products I purchased was Kotex pantiliners for $1.00. I picked up seven boxes because I had seven $1.00 off coupons. FREE!!! She looks through them, hems and haws, and finally tells me that she can only apply one coupon to the whole order because it says "one coupon per purchase". I informed her that each item was a "purchase" of that product. She went on to insist that she could only use one coupon because that is not what it means. I asked her if she would check with a manager because I believe it could be done (please note at this point she hasn't even tried to run them through the machine - just assumed it couldn't be done).

She goes and talks to a manager. She comes over and says she can't accept more than one coupon. I told her to take off all but one and I would pay for my order (as I was trying to be respectful of the people waiting in line behind me). She starts putting them underneath. I then informed her that I would want them back because I was still going to purchase them and I would buy one at a time if they were going to stand behind that "policy". She calls for the manager. He comes over and informs me the same thing. I told him that not only do other stores recognize that each item qualifies as a purchase, but Wal-mart does too. I told him that I could go through any other line and have that cashier accept it and it would work. He is standing strong. I gave him the same speech and added that it was going to end up costing them time and money because I would stand there and check out one at a time (I could feel my face heating up at this point). He decides to talk to the group of managers standing nearby.

He shows them my coupons and two of them immediately told him that I was right. You can't apply seven coupons to one box, but you certainly can apply seven coupons to seven boxes. He came and said, "oh, I guess we can after all" (less than the stellar apology I was hoping for). He then sends me over to customer service to check out.

As I paid my 42 cents to customer service and took my six additional boxes with me, I couldn't help but humming the tune to the above-referenced song, yes indeedy, "I fought the law..." BUT I WON!!!!! Whohoo!

CVS & Walgreens Last Week

This week I ended up just about even. Here is the breakdown:

$232.10 in normal retail value
$143.30 in sale price value
$11.49 Out of Pocket
$78.26 Used in Extra Care Bucks & Walgreens Register Rewards
$57.98 Earned in Extra Care Bucks & Walgreens Register Rewards for future purchases
$31.96 Earned in Walgreens Rebate & Glucose Monitor Rebate

Bottom Line: Earned $0.19 on All of This

Here is what I ended up with:

2 Gallons Milk
10 Tubes Colgate Toothpaste
1 Schick Intuition Razor
1 Schick Intuition Razor Cartridges
2 St. Pete Times Papers (for the coupons)
4 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (fillers)
2 Glade Air Fresheners
5 Johnson's Bath Buddies Soaps
1 Adidas Deoderant
5 Bowl Appetite Lunch Meals
1 Crest Spinbrush Tops
1 EarRinse Ear Cleaner
1 Walgreens Light Bulbs
1 Orajel Kids Mouth Rinse
1 Kickers Energy Spray
1 Free Style Lite Blood Glucose Monitor ($10 profit)
3 CVS Salines (I found the sensitive eye formula was 3 times cheaper than the normal)
1 Hand Sanitizer
1 CVS Itch Relief (like Benadryl)
1 CVS Flossers
4 Bags Hershey's Kisses (needed for a dessert I was taking to a party)
1 Hershey's Reese's Single Servings Package of 8
1 York Patties Single Servings Package of 8

Yep, I'm addicted. I love taking all of this stuff and still making 19 cents. Whohoo!

Living Large

I was always the one that never wanted to drive a minivan even. I thought that wasn't "cool". Give me my mustang convertible and the wind in my hair. I find it ironic that now at the age of 31, I'm the proud (?) co-owner of a 15 passenger van. Yes, we are crazy. We purchased this van from a church down the road from us for a GREAT deal. It only has 55,000 miles on it. We are selling our Saturn. We'll end up better off financially and now have a vehicle that if we wanted to pack up the dogs and take a trip, we could. I think the plan is to sell off all but one of the seats. Thankfully, Mike will be driving this beast much more than I will, so I guess I can still be sort of cool for a few more years.

I do consider this as a good Works of God Monday post because we had been looking for vans for a while and they all seemed too expensive and not what we really wanted. Then when we were out walking the dogs one day, we "happened" to see this van for sale. We were the first to call about the van and they were willing to hold it for us until the weekend when we could get it checked out by a mechanic. They were willing to lower their asking price to offset for some of the repairs needed (nothing major, thankfully). Even the mechanics said we were getting a great deal on the van. So, even though I don't think it is cool to drive a 15 passenger van, I'm still thankful that God worked out all the details on this for us.

Free Samples This Week - Whohoo!
Sensodyne Toothpaste, Aquafresh Toothpaste, Tide with Dawn Laundry Detergent, Vasoline Hand Lotion (Perfect Purse Size)

We have 4 Giant Dogs.

4 Giant Dogs eat A LOT of dog food.

I've been trying to figure out how to save some money on dog food.

We normally buy Purina One in the 37.5 pound bags. Those bags have been running us $24.99 a piece. We go through several a month (and will be tracking this month to see just how long it takes us to go through what we got today).

So we had to go to get some dog food today. I came armed with coupons to save $1.50 a bag (better than nothing). We found two of the 37.5 pound bags for $24.99. Then I figured out that they changed the size to 34 pounds and the price to $25.99. SNEAKY. We started looking around to see if there was a cheaper kind of Purina that could work. We found some for $20.00 a bag for 37.5 pounds. We decided that to save money we would go that route and I knew I had coupons in the car for this other brand.

So on the way out the door, I spotted this stuff in the picture. 55 pound bags. Normally $18.49, on sale for $16.49. WHAT??? I called Mike and told him to come up front and scope it out. Then I went to the car and found out I had three coupons for $2.50 off a bag and one coupon for a free doggie treat with a bag. So, we ended up walking out of there with 220 pounds of dog food for $63.16. With the new price structure and smaller bags on the other kind, we would have had to pay $168.17 for the same amount of food.

My dogs will learn to love this new kind or they will starve. I'm going to save $105 every time from now on! :)

CVS & Walgreens for the Past Week

Well, I gave in and decided to give Walgreens a try. My sister convinced me due to the Cascade deal, but I'm pretty sure that CVS is WAY better in my mind than Walgreens. I might have to do a complete other post about that topic so I don't get high on my soapbox here.

So, here is the breakdown of my week.

$309.56 in regular retail value
$154.31 in sale retail value
$45.68 Out of Pocket (higher than normal due to the way Walgreens works)
$77.27 Used in CVS Extra Care Bucks & Walgreens Register Rewards
$110.70 Earned in CVS Extra Care Bucks & Walgreens Register Rewards (for future purchases)
$7.13 Earned in Walgreens Rebate
$6.99 Earned in CVS Return (I ended up returning the contact solution because I came up with a plan to better save money on getting it another way)

Bottom Line: Made Profit of $1.87 on all of this

Here is what I ended up with:

8 Cascade Dish Detergent Bottles
3 Old Spice Men's Body Wash
2 Freestyle Light Blood Glucose Meters
2 Tums Quickpaks
1 Venus Embrace Razor
1 Walgreens Maxi Pads
1 Honey Nut Cheerios
2 Boxes of Crest Toothpaste
4 Kiss Nail Glue (I'll be selling this on Ebay)
3 Pringles
2 Adidas Men's Deoderant
1 Oral B Toothbrush
3 Garnier Hair Color
2 Mr. Clean Cleaning Wipes
1 8 X 10 Picture of Our Awesome Dogs (free at Walgreens on Wednesday)
1 24 Pack of Zephyrhills Water Bottles
1 CVS Contact Solution (to be returned)
3 Boxes of Charmin Fresh Wipes
5 Copies of the St Petersburg Sunday paper (5 sets of coupons!)

So while my out of pocket was higher this week than I prefer, I did get a large stock up of Walgreens Register Rewards and CVS Extra Care Bucks to outweigh it AND we were able to get products that we currently use (Cascade, Old Spice, Cleaning Wipes, Pringles, Cheerios, etc.), so I consider this week a success.

Revolution Money Exchange

Well, I found out that you can still sign up for Revolution Money Exchange from now until May 15th and still get the $25 opening bonus. If you sign up yourself and then send a link to your spouse and have him or her sign up, you each get $25 and you'll also get a $10 bonus for the referral. Quickest way to make $60. Then start referring your friends. You can make up to $500 in referrals. I've already transferred the money directly to our bank account and made $120 without much effort, but if you don't want to give them your bank account information, you can request a check. They'll take out $2.50 for the check, but it is legitimate free money.

You do have to give your social security number because they are FDIC insured and an actual bank. Here is an article you can check out if you aren't sure about it: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/techinvestor/corporatenews/2007-11-06-ted-leonis-steve-case_N.htm

If you are interested in joining, you can follow my referral link on the right side.

So, Sandra, what do you do with all that CVS stuff?

Thanks for asking. Well, first I take out the items I purchased because we needed them (hair spray, milk, shampoo, etc.). Then I take out any items that I think we might need in the next 6 months (a couple tubes of toothpaste, gum, etc.). Then I call my sisters, mom and mother-in-law and offer up to them what I have left. Since I'll see all of them this summer, I've started boxes for each of them of the items that they said they would use. Then I take the rest and donate it to the missionary closet at church. I'm excited that this new adventure of getting paid to take stuff from CVS is something that allows me to provide for our family as well as extended family and the missionaries!

Whohoo!

One more thing...blood glucose monitors? Why purchase so many of them? Well, any time CVS is going to allow me to purchase for $19.99 a $72.99 item, then give me $19.99 in Extra Care Bucks for doing so, and allow me to use a $3 off any purchase over $15.00, I'm going to make $3.00 and take the item off their hands. If we don't have missionaries who can use them, I can find a group to donate them to. I wouldn't buy them if I wasn't getting them free with overage.

Thanks for asking.