dumpster diving

so, i'm sitting in my classroom entering my students book orders. earlier, i was looking for a $10 coupon for scholastic and i couldn't find it in the folder i keep all the order forms and payments. i thought back to this morning and recall throwing some stuff out. boo. the custodial staff had already come by to empty out the trash cans. so what do i do? i find her and ask to dig through the big garbage bag. she gave me gloves when she saw i was about to just start rifling through the bag. after 5 minutes, i gave up. then, i remembered that heidi (next door) probably got the same coupon pack so it should have the same promo code. she let's me borrow her code and as soon as i sit down at my computer, there is my february coupon staring at me. DARN. i dug through trash for no good reason.

i blame my head trauma from sunday. i didn't think of the heidi back-up until after i'd been digging through the trash. but really, i completely overlooked the coupon sitting right next to the computer in the first place. and naturally, kids were walking through the hallway wondering why the teacher is on the floor looking through the garbage. i am so a product of my frugal upbringing. bah.