I am LIBERATED......Maybe.........

Months ago, my good friend, Gaby, turned me on to a few blogs about super deals and coupons. I was feeling so like the Holly Homemaker. I was fired up and so excited that I could hand my wad of double coupons to the clerks in Target. I knew the key to couponing was to stick to the list and only buy what I need. After months of living like this, it began to be a nightmare. Here were/are the nightmares....

Nightmare #1: I tried at least 4-5 ways to organize my coupons.....none of which I liked.

Nightmare #2: I couldn't go anywhere without feeling guilty that I didn't have my coupons and what if there was some great deal that wouldn't be a great deal without my coupons.

Nightmare #3: If I didn't get to my Sunday coupons right away, the coupon booklets because an even bigger paper trap.

Nightmare #4: "Should I really throw this coupon away? I don't use this, but some day I might read on the blog what a great deal it might be if I use the store coupon, the manufacturer's coupon, etc. etc.?"

Nightmare #5: "I can't buy this now because there might be a coupon next week that will save me even more money." OK, folks, we are talking about usually 40 cents....yes. 40 cents!

So, today I went through ALL of my coupons that were organized in my nightmarish way. MOST OF THEM HAD EXPIRED AND I COULD THROW THEM AWAY!!! YEAH! I AM FREE OF THEM!

I read my favorite blog one more time before I had my liberation happy dance. Oh, look, I can print the Target coupon for the Glad Forceflex kitchen trash bags, the manufacturer's coupon , find them on sale, and I pay $1.50. Oh, wait, and there is the Special K Target coupon and the manufacturer's coupon, find them on sale, and I pay less than a dollar. Oh, I must print and go.

I am pathetic.