Okay, so yesterday I officially crossed the line from having a passion for couponing to being Psycho about couponing. And due to this, I am afraid, it is time for me to step away from the coupons for a few days….
Let me explain.
The past year or so, with a few of my neighborhood ladies, I have begun “couponing”. We buy in bulk things that are on sale, and that we have coupons for. Therefore saving a good amount of money and as well as getting name brand products. Between the 3 of us, we usually are aware of a majority of the good grocery deals in the area.
Yesterday, I was going to get a good deal on cereal and milk, when I walked in our Local Albertsons, and was thrown completely off my kilter by 90 Crazy Coupon Ladies.
I was in shock….What in the world were these ladies doing here, and what were they buying?!?! How could I be so completely unaware of this sale where Ladies were literally fighting over products. If it was that big of sale, how did it slip past my radar. When I looked at the Ad, I realized it was the Quaker sale. One of the biggest sales of the year.
I didn’t have any of my coupons with me, and by the looks of the ladies there, I highly doubted that I would be getting anything by the time they were through.
I called my husband, very shaken, and asked my self a gammit of questions– How could I have missed this sale, how did it slip past me? Am I loosing my touch? Am I going to be able to get any Quaker products? Usually if you don’t get them the first day, you have little chance of getting them with out stalking the grocery store. I don’t want to be a stalker.
I continued through my very busy day, continually stewing over this sale….
That is how I know I have crossed the line: IT IS ONLY A SALE!!!! I have a pantry stocked with food. If I don’t get the product, OH WELL. But yesterday I had a one track mind. I couldn’t get my mind off the sale, and I just wanted to get the sale.
That is how I know I have crossed the line, so no coupon talk for me. I am taking a few days off, and I am off limits to good deals. My Psyche and my husband don’t have the time/energy/patience to deal with it right now 🙂
Just in case you are wondering-I did make it to another Albertsons and found most of the things I had coupons for. I spent $70 and Saved $280. Not fabulous, but not bad either. But definetly not worth the stewing I did all day long worrying about a STUPID sale.
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