Yes, I do *love* them. I have really gotten a knack for bargain shopping and in turn I have saved my families buckets of moo-lah. Who doesn't love that? However, in all honesty, coupons and I kind of have a "love-hate" relationship. You see, I have a really busy life. I certainly do not have time to cut out every single coupon of every single insert I accumulate from various sources. I find myself racking my brain for ways to organize them and it just stresses me out! I usually cut the coupons I need after consulting various deal blogs and then only take those with me to the stores. But WITHOUT FAIL I will see a product marked down that would be free or close to it with a coupon that I DON'T HAVE WITH ME. grrrrrr! OR I will take coupons with me and the products will be sold out at the store. Then, that poor coupon usually gets thrown in with the various other stuff that falls into my purse that I haven't cleaned out in 6 months. Never to be seen again. Long story short, I need a better system.
Alas, though, I do love my coupons. It's funny because my poor husband loves the money we save but hates the coupon clutter. When we straiten up the house and my coupons are laying out, he can feel my eyes like daggers if he even comes CLOSE to touching them. Poor guy. He's learning to just let them be and accept that the coupon clutter craziness is not going anywhere anytime soon.
Hi Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI just noticed that you were a new blogger, and didn't have any comments yet, so I thought I would be the first. Cause I know how exciting it is to have somebody ACTUALLY read something that I wrote. Have a good weekend.
Staci @ teaching money to kids
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteI saw your comment on Life As Mom about the coupons. I just went to this method. If blogged about it here.
http://mygroceryplan.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-coupon-holder.html
I can honestly say I do have trouble keeping up with clipping coupons. I have a few more inserts I need to catch up on but once I get everything filed I am going to make it a habit that every Sunday I set some time aside at either naptime or before bed that I clip them and file them so it doesn't become a mess.