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I Found Something For A Penny!

14 years ago

Yesterday was grocery shopping day and after I was finished I sat on the bench waiting for Amber and Alyssa. In a bit a Grandmother came with her 11 month old little granddaughter and set her on the pony and she took a ride. When Alyssa and her Mommy were finished shopping, I had her put Alyssa on and she got to ride the pony, her first time. She enjoyed it and it only cost a penny. After that we had a very good pork chop meal at Bob Evan's. Has anyone else found something for a penny?

Sue

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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
14 years ago
Yes to scratch off lottery tickets in hopes of getting millions of pennies! LoL
Not much for a penny these days, surprised that pony was a penny.
socks
14 years ago
Not much for a penny. Do they have penny slots in Vegas? Maybe, and the jackpot would be $1. Sometimes they have buy one get one for a penny offer.

Years ago, those ponies were 25 cents, so if you saw one for a penny that was a deal. Can you imagine my now grown son just recently grumbled to me that I always walked past those ponies and would not let him ride!! Next time we see one I'll offer to pay for him to ride, so if you see a grown man on a pony, that will be my son.
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My DH got some at a GW a couple of years ago for me. My dear grandson whom I was babysitting everyday was 2 years old at the time and feeding the birds was an everyday thing. He absolutely LOVED the blackcapped chickadees. In one of those books there were pictures and detailed instructions on crossstiching a set of 4 birds. A cardinal, blackcapped chickadee, bluebird, and goldfinch. I had never crossstiched in my life, but my DSIL showed me how to get started and I crossstiched him the chickadee. I started on the cardinal and got bored . Maybe I will take it to the hospital when DH goes back for the operation and try to finish it. This past year we hit the mother lode and came home from the GW with 2 huge stacks of those types of books (most of mine are Christmas related I think). Probably about 20 or so of them. I enjoy all of the recipes in them also. You can sit down and spend a couple of hours easily just looking through them. The price was sure right! Betty
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gadgets
14 years ago
Thanks for the belly laugh, socks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do they still say "a penny for your thoughts"?

Shirley
linda_6
14 years ago
My grandniece found pennies on the floor in her room on the birthday of my sister's (her grandmother) death. She calls them "pennies from heaven".
joyfulguy
14 years ago
If you can find something else for a penny ...

... maybe we can send some down to you, for our government's soon to phase ours out.

After which ... they'll be worth nuttin'!

(Which is a slight bit less than their value now).

o j
patti43
14 years ago
I got a throw rug for the kitchen for a penny at the $ Store when we first moved here. I was at the checkout and the rug didn't have a tag so I ran back to get one that did. When she rang it up, she had a funny look on her face. I asked what was wrong and she said, "Nothing" and bagged my stuff. When I got home I saw the price of that rug. There was a line behind me, so I guess she didn't want to waste more time.
Jodi_SoCal
14 years ago
Aaron Brother's has a semi-annual frame sale where you buy one frame and get the second for 1 cent. So there you go. :-)

Jodi-
nicole__
14 years ago
Another find: Walgreens has the Apprentice TV Shows, winners cube for walking. It's a square box filled with a pedometer and a light backpack....all for a penny!
dances_in_garden
14 years ago
Even penny candy around here isn't a penny. Two candies is 7 cents, including the taxes!

Dances.

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