I am admittedly burned out by couponing. But I have to face reality…couponing makes everything else work. I don’t coupon because I want to, I coupon because I have to. We’re back to school shopping and maybe that’s what slapped my face with reality. I’m getting good deals…but I would have more to spend if I got back on track with my couponing. So that’s what I’ve decided to do.
I’ve stopped getting my newspaper delivered. I will restart it eventually but as of late I’ve just been picking up the Raleigh paper {the one I had delivered} and the Greenville paper up on the way to church, or if I’m rushing, on the way back home. Well last weekend I had plenty of time to stop and get the papers on the way to church. It was pouring down rain. And they were out of the Raleigh paper. When I got home and went thru my paper that I did get…there were no coupons. Ugh!
I decided it was time to place my first order for coupons J
I went to Sunday Coupon Inserts and did a quick skim of what was in the inserts. Really good coupons on items my family uses. So I purchased 3 sets of the 2 Red Plum inserts and 2 sets of the Smart Source insert. The price of the coupons weren’t bad, but the shipping was higher than I’d like. However, it was priority mail with insurance and ordering on a Sunday evening and having them on Tuesday made the shipping charge worth it. I paid right under $13 and I’m okay with that.
Some people like to order coupons by the product and some like to order by the inserts. My current ways of shopping don’t require me to get 50 coupons of one kind nor do the stores in my area make it feasible for that, so buying inserts when I don’t get them in my paper or don’t get a paper or when they have a lot of good coupons in them is the way to go for me.
Not only do I need to step it up with coupons, I need to step it up with my overall ways of saving. I’ve even slacked on my couponing apps. That’s not so much me not wanting to save as it is I’m so very over this craptastic phone of mine. {September will be here soon and so will the new iphone} I mean I honestly hardly use my phone anymore. What’s the point? It causes more frustration than anything. But I have slowly but surely gotten back to checking my savings apps and scanning my receipts.
It also doesn’t hurt that I’ve been catching a few Extreme Couponing marathons on tv over the past couple of weekends and it’s really given me the kick in the pants that I needed! I always love watching, it’s so motivating!
With all of that being said… I’m getting prepared for Super Doubles coming up this week at Harris Teeter J
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