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By: Avoid the Coupon Blues

Avoid the Coupon Blues — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:32:20 +0000

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By: What I’m Reading 7/17

What I’m Reading 7/17 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:33:05 +0000

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By: SuperMomNoCape

SuperMomNoCape — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:52:08 +0000

I'm taking a break right now, in fact. I'm finding that there are fewer and fewer coupons for food we actually eat. Though I am still getting inserts, last week's coupons haven't been clipped and the ones from the two weeks before, while clipped haven't been filed. I think it's because I'm too busy canning right now to bother with couponing. SuperMomNoCape’s last blog post..9 Patch Quilt Along Blocks Completed

By: Sonshine

Sonshine — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:47:52 +0000

LOL! @ your list of signs! Great tips for relieving the stress. I found that one of the ways that I have relieved the stress is by not doing the drugstore shopping. Last year when I started blogging and reading blogs I read about all these people that were saving shopping at the drugstores. I tried it for 3 months and actually found that I was buying more to where I did not have any room for anything else and also spending more doing it because I had the mentality that I had to get all the weekly deals even if I had never used the product before. I finally snapped out of that mentality and realized that the way I had been shopping for years was working for me and I was saving $$, keeping a stockpile and had room to breathe without having to worry about opening a cupboard to have something fall on my head each time. Just this last week, I finished the last of the shampoo I got a 1 1/2 years ago! Today, I still have a few things left from my drugstore shopping days, however, I am not going back to that stress of shopping. This week, I did my shopping without coupons & drugstores and ended up saving more than I spent! :) Thanks for the reminder to not get stressed over a missed deal or even a coupon that expires while one is waiting for the next good deal on an item. :) Sonshine’s last blog post..The Many Dishes of Chicken

By: Tia @ Tia Saving Cents

Tia @ Tia Saving Cents — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:31:53 +0000

I have taken many a coupon hiatus in the 10 years I have couponed and when my stockpiles are busting at the seams I will take a few weeks (and when we moved a few months) off from drugstore shopping and major grocery shopping. My sanity is definitely also valuable. On a flip side when I know a friend is having life overload and not being able to coupon is stressing them out I will offer to get their coupons together or pick up items. My frugal gift to them! Great article Melissa! Thank you for the reminder. Tia @ Tia Saving Cents’s last blog post..Souplantation B1G1 FREE Coupon & Mimis Coupons

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:06:49 +0000

Charlene, I agree that is a big part of it- my stockpile is pretty well stocked! Although, I’m always on the look out for baby items (diapers, wipes) since those are always good to have extra of!

Corrie- doesn’t it feel strange to not have your coupons with you? I always feel like I’m forgetting something. Honestly, even if I’m doing a really quick trip (and shouldn’t need coupons), I leave them in my car, just in case! :)

Mom2fur- Thanks! I was trying to have some fun- glad someone else got my humor! :)

Brooke- I took a short break from the drugstores recently, too. I love the CVS deals this week and they have some really good ones coming up, too, so good timing for our “vacations” to end!

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:29:39 +0000

i’m recently back to the drugstore game after a brief hiatus, but i did collect the coupons from each week so i have a mountain of them to tackle this weekend!

By: mom2fur

mom2fur — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:27:24 +0000

LOL! You're really funny--thanks for my first laugh of the day. A few days ago, I decided to clean out the drawers in the bathroom cabinet. My own sign to cut back a little on the couponing was when I found 6 Schick Quattro razors, and not a refill in sight! Hey, I'm always getting amazing deals on them at CVS. But even if a coupon, sale and ECBs gets me a $9.99 razor for $3, I think I better back away from the razor coupons for a while. Unless I can get one for the refills... mom2fur’s last blog post..Frugal Friday: CC warning

By: Corrie @ "Cents"able Momma

Corrie @ "Cents"able Momma — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:18:15 +0000

I don't shop the drugstores every week anymore, and this week for the first time in forever I didn't *GASP* bring any coupons to the grocery store, because I didn't feel like cutting them out (I use the insert method). I couldn't even use the eCoupons, because I left my Kroger card at home with my coupons (I was bummed about that). Corrie @ "Cents"able Momma’s last blog post..Kmart Super Double Coupons

By: Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman

Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:10:07 +0000

I skipped the newspaper completely this past weekend, and actually skipped some drugstore/grocery deals! I’m like you–I still like getting the deals, etc, but I think part of it is that I have enough of a stockpile by now of most things that I can skip some deals, knowing that I can always get it the next time. And if I do by chance run out of something, I save enough the rest of the time that I can pay full price if I HAVE to for a specific item, knowing that I save on everything else.

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