Coupon-slacker repentance
I am a bit ashamed over my money-saving behavior for the last several months. Fellow couponers, you may want to skip this next part. Last week I threw away multiple dozens of expired coupons (oh, the diapers!) and over $25 in expired ECBs.
No grocery freebies have entered our home since September. In fact, most of what I have purchased has been (gasp!) full-price.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It has sort of been survival mode around here lately, what with morning sickness, swine flu, basketball games, sleep deprivation, sinus infections, ear infections, upper respiratory infections... The last thing I have wanted to think about is money.
When the morning sickness was at its worst, I couldn't care less. If I happened to glance at my coupon organizer, I would scowl at it and go lay down. Too mentally draining. Plus, to have to think about food - or worse, to have to look at food in a Kroger ad - was just revolting.
As the morning sickness has subsided, I guess I've just become a slacker. That stops now. I hereby repent.
I'm ready to start saving again. With two freshly-printed Halls coupons in hand, I will get two free bags of cough drops this week. And I am pretty stoked about it. Might even pick up a Sunday paper, apologize to my poor coupon organizer, and try to remember where the scissors are.
No grocery freebies have entered our home since September. In fact, most of what I have purchased has been (gasp!) full-price.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. It has sort of been survival mode around here lately, what with morning sickness, swine flu, basketball games, sleep deprivation, sinus infections, ear infections, upper respiratory infections... The last thing I have wanted to think about is money.
When the morning sickness was at its worst, I couldn't care less. If I happened to glance at my coupon organizer, I would scowl at it and go lay down. Too mentally draining. Plus, to have to think about food - or worse, to have to look at food in a Kroger ad - was just revolting.
As the morning sickness has subsided, I guess I've just become a slacker. That stops now. I hereby repent.
I'm ready to start saving again. With two freshly-printed Halls coupons in hand, I will get two free bags of cough drops this week. And I am pretty stoked about it. Might even pick up a Sunday paper, apologize to my poor coupon organizer, and try to remember where the scissors are.
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BUT, I am glad that you have repented of these full-priced shopping days. Welcome back, dear one, welcome back.