My Shutterfly Shopping Cart Tango

I realize this obsession may be mine alone.  In the past few years I've become hooked on creating Shutterfly photo books, and I'm well into the double digits on the 8x8 hard cover books.  The quality is pretty good, and I love the idea of scrapbooking without having to clean up the mess.  And the price can be an absolute bargain--IF enough strategy is applied.

Here's what I'm talking about.

I received a free book code with the awesome camera Jeff bought me a few months ago.  I also had a gift card from Target.  I decided to stack them and get two books.  I got busy creating, and quickly had two books in my cart.  But, because Shutterfly changed its policy on using the free shipping code, I realized I now needed to add $15 in merchandise to avoid shipping fees.

And this is where our little dance began.

With the 40% off code I had from FB, I realized I could get another book for $17.  Game on.  Third Shutterfly book in 4 days?  Done.  Added to cart. 

And then I found another code for a free book.  I applied it to book #3.  Uh oh.  Shipping charges came back.  And they were even bigger, since I had three books now instead of two. 

To get rid of the shipping charges, I realized I needed to add another book.  WHAT?  Yep, I hate paying for shipping that much. 

To make a long story short, I just placed my order for FIVE Shutterfly photo books.  And the total bill was $37.  Considering the market price for one book is $29 plus $8 shipping, I feel like such a winner.

What were the subjects of the books, you ask?  Well, I didn't tackle all the books I had planned for Luke, which makes me sad.  But I finally finished the ABC book of his that I've been working on for over a year.  And I archived our Mexican vacation from May.  And the time Jeff and I lived in Boston in 2001.  And our trip to Alaska from 2009.  And the Maui trip, from 2007. 

I'm very tired now, but I'm looking forward to the arrival of the books.  :)

Here's the link to my share site, if you're interested... http://schwertnerland.shutterfly.com/pictures