Have you ever watched an Extreme Couponing episode? I remember seeing one years ago and thinking "Why can't I do that?" These women have grocery stores in their homes! Did I mention I have kind of an unhealthy relationship with food too? If my cupboards get low, I get anxious. Yeah, I should probably see a therapist about that....
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Anyways....before I came back to college I tried it. I signed up for coupon blogs, had my husband build extra shelves in the coat closet, and even had my in-laws send me all their "big city" newspaper coupons every week. I promised my family that I would not allow myself to get crazy and buy things we didn't actually need.
Fast forward 2-3 years later: Among other things, my family has an everlasting supply of shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, and razors. I still have boxes of panko breading that I got for 'FREE' and I can't even remember EVER breading anything in my life.
The book by Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, has an entire chapter that highlights the "cost" of paying nothing. He pinpoints that "Zero is an emotional hot button - a source of irrational excitement." PREACH. I had a rational plan but still came home with baskets full of 'Zero'. Over and over again.
Well, I have been Coupon Sober for 2 years now and keep my cupboards full with Costco goodness. Besides, couponing takes A LOT of time and with college, a career, and a family...Ain't nobody got time for that.
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