A while back, you may remember I gave you my thoughts on coupons and savings. Well I’ve put a bit more thought into the subject and again, humor me, would like to share my ideas about this whole coupon lifestyle.
1. Although I have come to realize that since jumping on the coupon wagon it has become quite a part of my life and therefore my family’s life, it’s ok to fall off the wagon. I’ve been so busy this summer that I hadn’t touched my coupon binder in weeks. When I finally pulled it out last night I realized that I had $13 in catalinas (basically free money) that had expired, but ya know what? It’s going to be ok. I beat myself up a bit and then moved on.
2. Use every last drop of that shampoo. This sounds silly, but as a woman I am prone to advertisements and commercial peer pressure, for example no matter what product I am using, as soon as I’m browsing the hair product aisle and a new flashy bottle catches my eye, well out with the old, in with the new (no matter how much of the old was still in the bottle). I am proud to report that I have been using all of one item before moving onto another and you know what? That bottle of shampoo really does last long!
3. Even if you don’t use coupons, money-saving blogs are a great resource for great finds! For example, I’ve been wanting a professional ceramic flat iron for years, however, the $250 price tag has always made me gag. Fast-forward a bit to a more savvy shopper and what do you know, I found my dream iron on sale at Amazon for $30, normally $250 (Mr. Dave has already ordered it for me for my birthday). Well, actually I didn’t find my iron, a saving blogger did and passed the word along. Yea!
So, yep there’s some of my coupon thoughts for the evening. You may or may not find this useful, either way let me know.
I also wanted to report that our garden is getting a little out of control. We’re definitely getting a lot of veggies from it, but it’s getting pretty crowded. Our zucchini plant is huge and taking over some of our tomatoes, our cucumbers are stretching into squash territory, and one tomato plant seems to really be some sort of crazy bush that keeps toppling over no matter how much string I use to prop it up (remember how I said I didn’t need those silly cages?).
