Here is my story I wanted to share : This morning in desperate need of some caffeine I headed to the local Chick-Fil-A Drive-Thru to grab a Large Coke for FREE with my calendar coupon. Waiting in line, I could see the cashier and the customer ahead of me in some sort of discussion but I thought nothing of it.

When I approached the window to hand in my coupon, the cashier told me that the woman who had been in the car ahead of me wanted to pay for whatever I had ordered. The cashier explained to her that I was only getting a FREE coke and had a coupon for it but the woman insisted and payed for my coke anyway!

The cashier told me the woman just wanted to practice a random act of kindness and that I should just keep my coupon for the next time! I was so touched that I was the recipient of such a kind gesture – I have heard of random acts of kindness happening before to others but this was the first time something like this has happened to me! It completely made my day!! All over a simple coke!

I can’t wait to pay it forward and make someone else’s day! I thought maybe you could share this with your readers in the hopes that it might cause a chain reaction and add lots more random acts of kindness all over!! Happy Friday!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

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Sent from reader, Crystal:

I just wanted to share one of the unique ways to save money and help a good cause at the same time. I recently cut a FOOT of my hair off and donated it to Locks of Love, an organization that makes real hair wigs for cancer patients. Many salons around the country offer free haircuts for those that cut enough hair to donate to Locks of Love. So I saved $40 on a hair cut, helped a good cause that’s dear to my heart, and I use 60% less shampoo and conditioner.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

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Sent from a reader who has asked to remain anonymous:

I’ve debated whether or not to send you this picture as it may be controversial to your site, but worth a discussion. I’m a couponing millionaire!!! Something that I’m proud of because I come from a working class family, worked my way through college and married one amazing man, a person with value and work ethic that grew up poor and worked himself through college as well. This picture shows you a statement of the value of our savings and investments, $1.8 million – placed upon a stack of my coupons. (The statement is a screen shot from mint.com).

We earned our money through conservative saving principles, hard work and some lucrative stock options. We’ve never forgotten our values along the way. This money is our future, the future of our kids and charitable causes that we deem worthy. I follow your site religiously and believe that every dollar I save is money towards my philanthropic goal. I’m proud to say my kids don’t know we have money, and instead know that we shop off the clearance rack with coupons in hand.

Please share my story and my hope that your readers would all continue their frugal lifestyle no matter what their situation is; it’s a lesson in life and a hope for our future.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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Sent from reader, Katie:

I wanted to send you this photo of my first baby shower gift basket. I’ve been “collecting” items for the last two months or so for a good friend of mine who is having a baby, using a lot of Hip2Save’s deals. I even scored the basket, cellophane and ribbon at Michaels using the $5 coupon for just $2.18 including tax!

The basket includes:

Huggies Little Snugglers bag
LeapFrog My Pal Scout
Johnson’s Bed & Bath Gift Set
3 Desitin diaper rash creams
Enfamil formula (quart)
Huggies wipes
4 Sesame Street books
BeechNut rice cereal

The total retail value of my basket including supplies is about $78. I paid approximately $17! I love the fact that even though I spent less, my friend will get way more than I would have been able to give without using sales and coupons.

Thanks!
Katie

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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Sent from reader, Amber:

We received our free Wendy’s shirts a few weeks ago and I just had to share. Thank you for yet another GREAT and humorous freebie!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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Sent from reader, Abbie:

I am attaching a picture of the coupon cake my husband had made for my 31st birthday last year. It was very cute and creative and personal. I loved it!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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Sent from reader, Christine:

I’m pregnant with baby #4 and well I always like to tell our family in a unique and creative way! I’m the couponer of the family and I thought what better way to tell our parents than with a COUPON! I’m 9 weeks and due in August! Happy Friday!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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Sent from reader, Crystal:

I’ve been searching for unique craft ideas. About a year ago, I found a website on ‘eco-friendly’ kids crafts. One of the things I came across was toilet paper roll flowers. I’ve been saving toilet paper rolls for a while and they were starting to pile up. My fiance’ is deployed and in the midst of my loneliness I decided to see what I could do with these.

I cut the rolls into 5ths, painted them black, rolled in glitter, and after they dried I put them together with glue (which by the way was NOT easy) and added a silver bead (extras from Christmas bead strands). The frame was a frame we got for free on base (has been sitting around for over 2 yrs). I painted it black and put polka dots on it.

It’s now hanging above our bed (my bed wasn’t made so I made sure it WASN’T in the pic). I think these would be really cute to do in bright colors for a little girls room, or to paint white with glitter for some fun xmas crafts for kids. Hope y’all like

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Sent from reader, Tracey:

I wanted to share a “coupon funny.” I celebrated a birthday a few months ago and I got the best present ever….coupons from my 4 year old daughter! Of course, there was a story behind it. My husband told me that he was asking my daughter what they should get me for my birthday. He said that she thought about it for a minute and then said matter-of-factly, “COUPONS! We have to get Mommy coupons because she LOVES coupons!” So they made me some! It was so cute and made me smile. I guess I am teaching her young!

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Do you have a funny, “Hip”, or unique photo to share?! Email us at happyfriday@hip2save(dot)com. Every Friday, I will post one photo, submitted by you and/or another Hip2Save reader, that gives us a glimpse into your frugal lifestyle or simply makes us smile. If your photo is published on Hip2Save, we’ll email you a $10 Amazon e-card!

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