Forty-eight percent of you said the content you enjoy reading most on this blog is my random musings. The rest of you can skip this post.
- I love CVS coupons. When I get one of those coupons for $4 off a $20 purchase, I will literally scour the aisles and fill up with my basket with $20.01 worth of drug store lipstick and Post-It Notes. Or if it’s $2 off of toilet paper or vitamins, I’ll stock up on those. But it’s OK, because someday I will get another $4 in Extra Bucks.
- Sometimes, though, I get coupons for diapers or baby wipes. And supposedly, this is because someone in marketing has been analyzing my purchases and strategizing to get me to buy more. What about a person who buys lipstick and toilet paper says “I have a child”? Maybe they should give me a coupon for $1 off e.p.t… Because I’m starting to wonder.
- Yesterday I went into CVS to get Dr. Scholl’s gel inserts to go inside a pair of new shoes (I’d bought them cheaply because they were cute and now I had to pay another $12 to make them wearable). Whose idea was it to put shoe supplies and foot care products on opposite ends of the store? They must get a sick thrill from watching me hobble around in confusion. In case you ever need to know, Dr. Scholl’s is a foot care product, not a shoe supply.
A great random muse. I really identified with your thought on the following – Whose idea was it to put shoe supplies and foot care products on opposite ends of the store? It was probably the same person who puts the milk and other dairy products in the farthest corner from the entrance to a grocery store. I guess they want you to see everything they have to sell you – all the more reason to get in and out with only your original objective.
On the CVS note (which I love as well), they now take a JC Penny credit card. Not adovcating spending money you don’t have, but it comes in handy when you need formula, diapers, and cold medicine (which can easily be a 50 dollar purchase) at 11:30 pm.
Count me amongst the 48%. I love your musings, too.
Susan, we are blood sisters of different mothers, I swear. See, I got the shoes on sale. Killer shoes – girlfriend shoes, for no man would be patient enough to wait for you to teeter alongside him. I went from Macy’s straight into Rite Aid and bought Dr. Scholl’s and various brands of padding in order to make them somehat comfy. They are damn fine shoes, but hey, girl’s gotta walk.
The things we go through in order to look fabulous.
@Mark: I think you’re right! They do want you to pass by all the other “essential” items so you’ll decide to buy more.
@Norcross: I had no idea – thanks for the tips!
@Lori: I promised you shoes way back when, and I delivered! Hope yours are a little more comfortable now.
The other day I got a coupon for $1off SPF 85. Was I the only person who didn’t realize they MADE SPF 85?! I’m probably a good candidate for that product, though, so I applaud their targeted marketing strategy.