Growing up my mom used to clip coupons at the kitchen table or in the middle of the living room floor with us. I have fond memories of my little sister leaving tons of clipped papers everywhere in the house. Over the years I was never embarrassed or ashamed to use a coupon but little did I know the secret world of EXTREME COUPONING.
Once i discovered this whole new world i immediately began teaching my family. and boy was my mom surprised about what i had stumbled upon...
It was about 6 months ago my mom called me and said "Thank you for teaching me this. The timing was perfect and your father and i couldnt have lived all this months without it."
You see my dad had been laid off and they were pretty much living on nothing and trying to stretch even that. I literally stumbled on this at the perfect time to help them live on pennies. Now their cabinets are full and they dont have to worry about food. Now if only we could figure out how to make coupons work for all the other bills in our lives.
My father just returned to work recently but its on a 6 month contract. they are both hooked on extreme couponing and excited that it will help them stock up while he is working to prepare for when he'll be out of work again.
It has felt so good to know i could help them out during this time and also teach them something that will be able to help them far into the future too.
How has couponing affected your life? Please share your story here.
2 comments:
Yes. I used to leave paper scraps all over the house. Now I try to contain them to my scrapbooking stuff or the recycling. Thanks to your coupon teachings, I have been able to use products that I would never have tried otherwise. Also I'll have to show you the pictures of my awesome donations I made to tornado victims.
send them to me and I can post them here. I would love to have a place to mail stuff to. cant afford to send money but boy do i have supplies that someone could use. Tried contacting Dave but he didnt ever respond. thought he'd know someone personally that could use things. even some gently used almost new dolls from Allie for some of the kids in his neighborhood that lost everything. I will have to poke him again to find out.
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