OK, I am learning a lot as I delve into the wacky world of "Extreme Couponing." One is that I most definitely do not foresee myself special-ordering 1000 (as in one thousand) boxes of Total cereal from the grocery store so I can get a huge haul of free cereal when matched up with coupons, as uber-couponer "Nate" did on TLC's "Extreme Couponing" show.
Above: Nate points to just a small portion of his huge household stash. (From the TLC Extreme Couponing web site).
Now, a 3 or maybe even 6 months' stash? OK, that I might do.
But what I do plan to do, after watching the first two shows (and also reading the KrazyCouponLady's book) is to from now on get multiple copies of the Sunday paper. You see, just having one clipped coupon for an item ain't enough. You have to have *multiple* coupons for what you want, and you also have to wait until the store where you shop puts on its deepest discounted sale for that item. So it's stockpiling the coupons, and watching and keeping on top of the sales, and *then* pouncing.
Now I get the whole multiple-copies-of-the-paper thing. You basically plan it so you stockpile your products each time they go on that big sale, enough so your stockpile lasts until it goes on that big discounted sale again.
Now, I think folks like Nate take it a bit to the extreme. I mean, renting a trailer to pull their haul of groceries home? Spending many hours in the store, essentially consuming whole days? I don't want to get that far out there. But I hope to do it enough to make a dent in my monthly grocery budget. Let's see how it pans out!
Now, a 3 or maybe even 6 months' stash? OK, that I might do.
But what I do plan to do, after watching the first two shows (and also reading the KrazyCouponLady's book) is to from now on get multiple copies of the Sunday paper. You see, just having one clipped coupon for an item ain't enough. You have to have *multiple* coupons for what you want, and you also have to wait until the store where you shop puts on its deepest discounted sale for that item. So it's stockpiling the coupons, and watching and keeping on top of the sales, and *then* pouncing.
Now I get the whole multiple-copies-of-the-paper thing. You basically plan it so you stockpile your products each time they go on that big sale, enough so your stockpile lasts until it goes on that big discounted sale again.
Now, I think folks like Nate take it a bit to the extreme. I mean, renting a trailer to pull their haul of groceries home? Spending many hours in the store, essentially consuming whole days? I don't want to get that far out there. But I hope to do it enough to make a dent in my monthly grocery budget. Let's see how it pans out!
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