My
husband and I used to fight about money all the time. He set a budget based on
how much money we had left after bills, savings, etc. I felt like it was waay
too low ($50 for 2 people for a week), so I would just go and get what we
needed and let him deal with "making it work." It sounds horrible
now, but the way I felt was that we NEEDED food, but the other things, like
saving for retirement, were not as important for a pair of twenty-somethings. I
would always look at the circular and set up my menu around the sales and I
would almost always buy generic. I thought I was a savvy shopper and if I
couldn't make $50 a week work, then it must be impossible. I would regularly
spend $100-$150 dollars per week and it would inevitably lead to a fight. While I was complaining to my sister one day,
she told me..again…to try couponing. She
had been following Jenny’s blog for a while, but I thought it was too
complicated for me. Finally, I decided
to try CVS/pharmacy. I watched all the
tutorials and read all the “getting started” information and then I waited for
a week that Jenny was excited about to try my hand at it. It only took 2 weeks of free stuff for me to
get hooked on using coupons. Now, a year
later, we have added a baby and I have a comfortable grocery budget of $75 per
week. For that, we get all the
essentials and even have money left for non-essentials, like body wash and ice
cream. I really feel like I’m “living
the life” and I feel that coupons make our lifestyle comfortable. It’s funny because I live better “in this
recession” than I ever did before. I
have more in my pantry and more in my wallet than I had a year or two ago; I feel like a complete coupon success story.
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