For starters, my car has issues with it that I don't understand, but I'll have it back tomorrow. I do not understand cars at all so the explanation of what's wrong with my car went in one ear and out the other. I'll just be happy to have my car back and not be relying on rides to and from work.
Since moving out on my own, I'm all about coupons. I check coupon websites once or twice a week, and I even have a coupon app on my iPhone. I thought I was doing pretty good at couponing until I caught the show Extreme Couponing the other night. I'm not sure whether I'm horrified or jealous of the people on there. One couple I saw purchased $300+ worth of groceries and spent $0.29 total with all of their coupons.
It seems too good to be true, and maybe it is. Couponing has consumed these people's lives. Couponing IS their life. I'm not dedicated enough for that. Not that that's a bad thing. These people have a sickness in my opinion. It sounds silly, but I think couponing is a dangerous addiction for them, just as bad as hoarding is for others. Several of them talked about thinking about coupons every minute of the day and not being able to sleep because they might miss a deal. Coupons are wonderful, but like everything else in life, there has to be a balance.
Before grocery shopping, I go through all my coupons and make notes on my shopping list of things I need or want that I have coupons for, but I don't let coupons dictate my entire shopping trip. Some of the people on Extreme Couponing talked about going to the grocery store at the crack of dawn just to score a deal. That will never happen with me. Heck, I won't even get up that early for Black Friday shopping, and I hate grocery shopping with a passion. Unless someone is giving me hundreds of dollars of groceries for free just for showing up at the grocery store before daylight, I'm not going to be there.
Because I don't get the paper delivered to me and only get a few coupons (mostly pizza related) in the mail, I do my couponing on the web. Two of my favorite sites for coupons are Coupons.Smartsource.com and Redplum. They're free and easy to print out. I'm just not cut out for hours of couponing like the Extreme Couponing people.
And while I will not be showing up on Extreme Couponing anytime soon, I will continue to save a few dollars here and there on my grocery trips. I use to think that couponing was uncool for someone in their 20s and maybe it is, but I could care less. The savings add up here and there, and these days, every dollar counts.
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The extreme couponing weirds me out. I can think of way better things to do with my time. That being said, I do pick up the Sunday paper and I do cut the coupons, but I would never dedicate my life to it. We'll just have to deal with having a grocery bill!
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