When I first started to use coupons, I ended up spending more - TopicsExpress

When I first started to use coupons, I ended up spending more money than I was saving. Every Sunday I would hear the thump of my Sunday papers getting thrown on my porch at 4 am, some days I would be so excited that I couldn’t fall back asleep. I would get up, head outside in the dark of the early morning, and comb through the inserts with excitement. I was anxious to get home from church that day because I knew that I would be able to hit up a lot of great deals. After a couple years of being this way, I got tired and sick of dusting off all of the products in my basement that I didn’t use, and wanted my time back to do other things. It was hard to pass up deals, knowing that I would be getting something for free after rebates. Having to pay $0.50 was HARD, knowing that I could have gotten it for free! (Nevermind that it might have taken me an extra 45 minutes of work and planning to get it for free). I still coupon and LOVE to get a deal, but I realized that the way I was couponing was not healthy for me and my family. You can still save a lot of money couponing but you have to do it the right way- here are 5 ways that using coupons is making you broke. iamthatlady/5-ways-using-coupons-is-making-you-broke/