I have a confession. I have a Friday night ritual. It doesn’t involve drinks with the girls or a movie with my husband. No, every Friday night when Annalyn is in bed and Mark is still working, I lay on my couch and watch Wife Swap.
It’s a ridiculous show. But I watch it. And I like it.
Now that we have that out of the way…
In last Friday’s episode of Wife Swap, one of the moms was an avid coupon clipper. She often purchased cartfuls of groceries for $10. The other mom…not so much. She was a spender. And when she discovered the coupon hobby of her new family, she said, “What is this? A coupon disorder?”
I had to laugh at that comment, but the truth is, when I hear or read about coupon moms, I am amazed and overwhelmed and a little bit jealous. I am all for using coupons. I occasionally clip them myself, and my parents and our babysitter are always giving me coupons for diapers and wipes and all things baby.
But…I always forget to use the darn things!
Last weekend, my cousin told me she’s gotten really big into couponing. She has four young kids, so it makes a lot of sense to be more frugal. It sounds like she’s being more practical than some ladies I’ve read about – just buying things she will actually use and not driving around town to every single store each Saturday (hard to do with 6-month-old twins at home!). But she was still able to give each of us a parting gift before we left her house on Saturday night – tubes of toothpaste that she had gotten virtually free (in bulk!).
It’s a ridiculous show. But I watch it. And I like it.
Now that we have that out of the way…
In last Friday’s episode of Wife Swap, one of the moms was an avid coupon clipper. She often purchased cartfuls of groceries for $10. The other mom…not so much. She was a spender. And when she discovered the coupon hobby of her new family, she said, “What is this? A coupon disorder?”
I had to laugh at that comment, but the truth is, when I hear or read about coupon moms, I am amazed and overwhelmed and a little bit jealous. I am all for using coupons. I occasionally clip them myself, and my parents and our babysitter are always giving me coupons for diapers and wipes and all things baby.
But…I always forget to use the darn things!
Last weekend, my cousin told me she’s gotten really big into couponing. She has four young kids, so it makes a lot of sense to be more frugal. It sounds like she’s being more practical than some ladies I’ve read about – just buying things she will actually use and not driving around town to every single store each Saturday (hard to do with 6-month-old twins at home!). But she was still able to give each of us a parting gift before we left her house on Saturday night – tubes of toothpaste that she had gotten virtually free (in bulk!).
I have not been good at using coupons, even though I constantly struggle to stay within my grocery budget. What about you? Do you use coupons?
