Coupons

Reasons Why I Do Not Use Coupons

-Our family eats a gluten-free diet due to celiac disease. We can not use most of the processed foods that coupons are usually for. We tend to eat unprocessed whole foods for which there are rarely coupons.

-We are not so much worried about "how much we saved" off a large food bill of expensive brands, as we are about "how much we spent" for nourishing food.

-We would rather consistently spend $5o a week on groceries than have one great week with good coupon deals and the next spend more than we want because we do not have coupons for the items we need.

-Many products like diapers, laundry detergent, ziplock bags, etc we have completely eliminated all together by making our own, using reuseable instead of disposable, or substituting with something much less expensive.

-We do not eat boxed cereal.

-As a very busy homeschooling mom of six, I do not have the time couponing requires.

-We do not get the newspaper and do not want to spend extra money on one. We are not interested in going through other people's garbage or recycling bins.

-We are not interested in stockpiling toiletries and packaged food items that we do not use. One of the most difficult concepts for people to comprehend with couponing is that you will be buying a lot of things you don’t want or need in order to get the things that you do want and need. -Lazy Couponing

Do we really think we are smarter than advertising professionals and grocery store managers? It seems that coupons are usually for store brands of items I do not use. I do not want a stockpile of toothbrushes and hamburger helper to show for hours and hours of clipping, organizing, & shopping. I prefer the method of saving money as described in Living On A Dime. However, everything I've read on frugal living describes incredible savings using the coupon game. My favorite websites are www.moneysavingmom.com, http://thekrazycouponlady.com/, http://www.becentsable.net/ The first thing I would do if I were to coupon would be to find free coupons. Recycling bins? Dumpster Diving? : ) I checked with my local library and they will not save inserts for patrons.