This tip of the week is for a lot of my newbies. I have recently noticed while attending coupon groups and things that many newbies want to compare themselves to others. You CAN'T do that!!! If you do you're going to give up on yourself or go about it all the wrong way and buy things you don't need or spend too much money or something. You need to look at it like I did when I started out. As long as you're saving some money it is better than not saving at all. Now with that being said, don't go out and make a list of things you truly just have coupons for because that isn't going to help if your family don't need them but make use of the ones you have. What items do your family use that you can switch brands or cut out? Personally I can't use many laundry soaps since my boyfriend breaks out so we miss out on a lot of the good deals on Arm and Hammer, and anything with OXI in it. So I stock up on the other brands when I can. I don't spend anymore than $2 a bottle.Also we have cut out a lot of junk food. He eats a lot of the protein snack bars because I score them for free or super cheap.
Just remember that the main thing is don't compare your savings to others or your stockpiles. Mine looks like crap as you can see from the pics posted the other day but that is because I haven't really been couponing and stocking up in a while. I just go and get the bare minimums when I go out. So we have used a majority of those items and now it is time to stock up again.
Just remember no comparing. Compare with yourself, set goals. Printing off that list previously mentioned in another post will help you have a goal for each item in the stockpile. Set a limit of money you want to put toward your stockpile each week. Try and score the best deals. Remember also that sometimes just because you have a coupon doesn't mean it is a good deal. You sometimes can find a better one without a coupon if it is an item you can switch brands. Keep all this in mind when couponing.
As always,
HAPPY COUPONING.
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