Comments on SuburbanFizz: The Dark Side of Coupons

I love it when a (coupon) plan comes together. :)

2009-01-13T03:59:00.000Z

I love it when a (coupon) plan comes together. :)

I gave you a honest blog award over here. :) This ...

2009-01-12T21:01:00.000Z

I gave you a honest blog award over here. :) This post was pretty honest.

Girl! I totally feel you on being a coupon/discoun...

2009-01-11T03:42:00.000Z

Girl! I totally feel you on being a coupon/discount diva. I hate paying full price for ANYTHING. It make me happy to find a deal and use discounts. I get grumpy otherwise.

So here's the thing, I too have been on a majo...

2009-01-10T21:52:00.000Z

So here's the thing, I too have been on a major coupon/discount rave. (I love the text to your phone discount that Am. Flatbread has, for one).

But I HATE (or is DETEST a stronger word?) clipping coupons and doing that math and having anxiety over the where's and when's. I simply don't have time and the mental space for it. So, the super-shopping savvy husband does it and I'm not allowed to complain that he spends about $50 a week more than I would.

I've also found that coupons and sales rarely cover the kind of food I want to buy - staples like fresh fruits and veggies, pastas, meats, organic yogurt. There are always plenty of coupons for the food that makes my kids' heads spin & enhances girth in all.

I recently saved over $12 at CVS and bragged about it waving the receipt in front of my husband, then meanly pointed out that if I didn't have to buy the razors for him, I would have only spent a total of $12, netting a 50% savings. Gah... time for me to pick up a new hobby too.

You and me, a pair. I flit through projects too......

2009-01-10T01:42:00.000Z

You and me, a pair. I flit through projects too...scrapbooking, painting, running (that lasted a week).

I clip coupons too and once made my husband go back to Costco to cash in the coupons he "forgot" to use. LOL!

My SIL does everything you just posted. She raves about Coupon Mom. My SIL can recite prices down to the penny. She would rock on Price is Right. She's totally committed and is taking her savings, cashing it in and putting that in a separate account. Her recent shopping trips saved over $900 and that paid for a family weekend trip. So it is working!

See you at HT. I'll be the one with the black coupon organizer :)