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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 01:25 PM #31
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 01:55 PM #32
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Did ya have to make me bawl my eyes out?? Oh my, @macw1960 that was beautiful!! That young couple will never forget your kindness, lets hope the cashier remembers to adjust her attitude next time too!!
babies teach us acceptance
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 02:03 PM #33
Great topic! loved reading all the reactions.(love saving money too!)
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 03:48 PM #34
I have mostly the same experiences. My mother-in-law would ignore or scoff at me whenever I would try to tell her about some money saving tips I have. They love eating out, going on vacations and shopping and they have credit card debt and such. Then they wonder why my husband and I are doing better than them. I seem cheap to them but yes, as many of you have said, saving money takes time and sacrifice. The other year I got our tax return notices in the mail and my father-in-law was like, okay, where are you treating us to dinner, are you going shopping? I was like, uh, no, these go back into savings. My sister-in-law is much better though. She's amazed that our grocery bill is about half of theirs. Although she's one of those who don't have time to coupon and such.
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 05:32 PM #35
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 06:19 PM #36
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We get a thread like this every once in a while on SC, always a good read lol
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 06:26 PM #37
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Thu, Apr 28th, 2016, 10:16 PM #38
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I shop frugally too. But thesedays I don't go overboard with couponing , trading and PM ing. I am saving lot of time and energy and stress due to this, and I am only spending slightly more than before.
if you are trying to do it 100 % it takes lot of time, so lot of times 80-90 % is enough for me, but the amount of time I am saving is a lot and the money I am spending is only 10-20 % more.
Thesedays I let go and don't bother about some couponing, PMing opportunities and l just go for the 80-90 % easy ones, the 10-20 % harder ones are the ones which are really the most stressful and time consuming, and are simply not worth it for me anymore, as it was affecting the quality of my life.
The arguments with cashiers and stores and companies over cpns and PMing is just not worth it for me anymore, but luckily its only 10-20 %, which I avoid anyways and go for the other 80-90 %.
it doesn't have to be an all or none approach. Go for the 80-90 % approach, and you will have best of both the worlds i.e save money and have time to do other things too.
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Sat, Apr 30th, 2016, 05:29 PM #40
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I hear you 100%. The only people I share deals with are mom (who taught me frugality and even some couponing from years of struggle. Now the student is the master haha). I also share with Smartcanucks because they return the favour and know the thrill of a good deal too.
Some people have found out about my couponing I get stupid comments about being crazy or being a hoarder. Which is stupid because I live in a small apartment so where exactly do I keep all this stuff they think I've accumulated? No I'm just smart and if you're going to criticize me I'm going to keep my tips my myself and laugh at you from the beach with a mojito since I buy myself a vacation with all the money I've saved every yearApply every possible promo code to your cart, at every store that you visit (and get points for cash back on top of that?). It's sweet and easy with HONEY.
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Sun, May 1st, 2016, 03:06 PM #41
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I think you also save time. If something is expensive you only buy 1-2 and every time it gets over you need to make multiple trips to restock.
But with cpns if the expensive thing becomes cheap, now you buy like 10 of them. Now you don't have to go out of the house for 6 months and make multiple trips..as you have enough.
I don't think I have bought any Tooth Paste in the last 7-8 months. As I stocked up on at least 20 of them ( with long expiry ) the last time there was a sale and coupon opportunity.
Same goes for laundry detergent, dish detergent and Deos and air-freshners..haven't bought any for maybe 7-8 months.
I don't stock up just for the sake of it, I do that so that for the next 7-8 months I don't have to buy that product or even go in that shopping aisle again in the grocery store. This saves lot of time and energy and gas and trips for me.
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Sun, May 1st, 2016, 07:33 PM #42
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Hahaha, I really enjoyed your comment because I usually face the same situation.
But sometimes you can not say no' to your family or close friends.
But then I start making excuses oh you know,I could not go there,I did not get s chance etc etc.
I am afraid what will happen if my sister read this comment 😂😂😂lol
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Mon, May 2nd, 2016, 07:06 AM #43
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Well said walkonby I tried may times to help my closes relatives by giving the coupons ect but guess what I have to let them know about a deal never do the put in the time themselves for a short time I stop telling them any thing and giving them coupons because I have to micro manage it
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Mon, May 2nd, 2016, 01:07 PM #44
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Since coupons can be hard enough to find for one's own or family use, any extras are best shared with those who will benefit/use them (other SCers or for donations to local food banks or causes). I recently made sure Mom used a coupon for the haircut she wanted because she usually wants to save money. But regular coupon clipping is my deal because I am the one that searches flyers and also spots any useful offers in the free publications beyond what I read/find here on Smart Canucks.
Takeout/food meal deals-hit and miss effort on my part to hold on to most of them. Usually best to save one or two offers and share or recycle the rest.2021-Bring on the sunshine, sweets & online shopping.
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