I’m Broke- Give Me Free Bagels

Posted by M.S. on April 28, 2009

The other day, my 23 year old daughter called me to ask the name of the bagel shop where I get  fabulous sun dried tomato bagels because she wanted some of them.  I gave her the name of the local bakery and told her they have bins off to the side marked  “Last Night’s Bagels” and they are half price.

In my typical frugal fashion I said “Get them out of that bin and ask if they’ll give you 2 packages for $ 2.49” !  She said Ok–I will try. She was amazed! They gave her 12 bagels for $ 2.49– Just for asking!

I discovered this bargain several months ago, when I was in the bagel shop and spotted this bin.   I decided to give it a try and buy a package of 6 bagels for $2.49.  I had become reluctant to pay the outrageous higher price of $ 1.29  for ONE  “fresh” bagel, so I thought– Hey, how BAD can they be?

When I got to the cash register that first time,  the lady took one look at me, dressed in my garage sale appropriate clothes after a long morning of scouring yard sales and she said–You know what?  Right now they are 2 Packages for $ 2.49!  I got the message!  She thought I was POOR– so she was going to help me out and give me extra bagels for FREE!

I said Well alrighty then and grabbed another sleeve of 6 yummy bagels!  I got 12 bagels for a grand total cost of $ 2.49!  That’s 21 cents per bagel!

That saved me over $ 12 for 12 bagels!  That’s $ 12 free money–that I didn’t have to earn by working!

We lightly toasted the bagels and they made fabulous sandwiches!  They were great!  There was NOTHING wrong with them!  Now every time I go to the bagel shop–I ask them –Could I have 2 packages of day old bagels for $ 2.49?  They ALWAYS say YES!

Try it next time you have a taste for bagels!

Be generous and get a whole bunch of the bagels and donate them to the food pantry so other people can enjoy them too!