How has couponing changed your life?

[Craiger]

Me too...and I also carry a pair of scissors now! lol
You never know when your going to dump numerous 12 packs of Iced Tea in the back of your vehicle just so you can cut out a coupon and return to get more!

I think we can all relate to that...lol...I carry my calculator at all times now...

[sharkie]

I just so love hearing everyone's stories......so much postive things come out of couponing....

[elayjosh]

Great stories!

[chickster11]

Save so much money! I feel like I can buy even more! But then i think that actually doesn't save me money in the long one when i just keep buying I guess i'm able to amass more stuff in the house tho

[Nettie]

Me too...and I also carry a pair of scissors now! lol
You never know when your going to dump numerous 12 packs of Iced Tea in the back of your vehicle just so you can cut out a coupon and return to get more!

LOL - I started the same thing this week! I just used them a couple hours ago!

[Candini]

Its changed my mindset about everything I buy - where as before if I needed it, I`d get it - even if it meant deodorant costing $6
Somethings its obviously different - If I need milk I`m not going to be like sorry DD you`ll have to wait for a sale haha, I`ll still buy it.

As for cleaning products, laundry and toiletries I almost always stockpile if its to get free, even if I have 5 already.

[wolfwoman]

Me too...and I also carry a pair of scissors now! lol
You never know when your going to dump numerous 12 packs of Iced Tea in the back of your vehicle just so you can cut out a coupon and return to get more!

I dumped the scissors and went to a great hunting knife instead, works waaay better

[BC Gal]

Before last year I was a terrible shopper, never watching for sales, buying what I was hungry for at the moment, etc. It was do-able when there was extra money, but since the cost of living keeps going up well beyond wage increases, I`ve had to find ways to make ends meet. Growing up, my family never couponed or saved money in other ways, so I had no idea how much could be saved just by watching for sales. Thinking about it bothers me because I could have saved sooooo much money by just being smart about my shopping habits.

They say money can`t buy happiness, but lack of funds sure can cause stress and grief! For sure couponing has brought me peace of mind since now can both eat and pay the bills.

[softfan]

good topic.
coupon haven't really changed my life though. But saved a lot of money.

[Candini]

They say money can`t buy happiness, but lack of funds sure can cause stress and grief! For sure couponing has brought me peace of mind since now can both eat and pay the bills.

sooooo true. +1

[coupon girl]

couponing hasnt changed my life -smart canucks has-i save more from trading coupons ,trains roaks etc- i have couponed since my daughter was born in 1982-30 years now -only back then it was small amounts-first year couponing i saved 131.00-not much compared to today -but my hubby was laid off -i think that is why i started -had no one to trade with -family couldn tunderstand why i couponed -some still cant be bothered-had to family members on hubby side and mine have deep financial problems -maybe they should have used coupons-nice thread sharkie-have net some wonderfull smart canucks friends too

[sharkie]

wow some awesome stories...thanks for sharing with the rest of us...