Buy for $25 at CVille Market, and receive $35 worth of CVille Market Coupons: http://www.cvillemarket.com/
We bought it the first time for Father's Day, to inspire more dating with all of the "buy one get one frees", and it became a necessary investment this year. We would not be able to go out to eat, without realizing how much more we're paying than necessary. Every time the tally at CVille Market or Whole Foods came out to $26, we would think of how it could be $21 if we'd have just bought that book. Once you know, you know. You know?
It also forces variety, and we have stumbled upon places that have become part of the Allen Family Folklore: Shebeen, L'Etoile, Omni's Pointe, Aqui Es Mexico, Sticks, and Zasus to name a few. We learn which ones we would go to and happily pay full price, and which ones to stay far away from (Sandwiches at Mona Lisa, for instance, are definitely not worth going for... which you wouldn't think because their pasta is BOMB). And, honestly, being on a shoestring and all, we'd be intimidated to go to otherwise. It stretches us, and... it spices our relationship up- gives us an adventure map to go find treasures with and talk about. We love to eat, and we love to save.
One place to never save, though, is the tip. If we don't want to give them 20% off the original, pre-coupon total, we get take-out. It's not cool to save a dollar or two at a server's expense... especially if we publicly open up our meal in prayer. I mean... we must never forget that we are an ambassadors!
Some tips: We keep it in the front seat of our car. It keeps us from impulsive restauranting at places that don't take coupons, or worse- do, and we left them at home. Another tip: we go through when we get it and rip out all of the stuff we won't use (ie. if you go to Jiffy Lube, pull out Merchant- you won't use both), and put them in an envelope. We then pass the envelope around to other shoe-stringers. We have a "maybe, if we ever leave CVille and happen to be in one of these surrounding towns" envelopes in our glove box too. This keeps the booklet clean so we know what we've got in there without getting all overwhelmed, and forgetting about the free cash. Also, we look at it frequently. We forget what's in there if we don't, and there's nothing more annoying than seeing a coupon the week after we went somewhere. It's good car-chat!
Be Well!
-A & L
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