Couponaholic support thread

[everprincess]

My name is Jana and I am a couponaholic! I find myself not being able to sleep at night when I have a big "fix" coming the next morning...ie. night before HT triples or some other great sale. I shop HT and other stores in my dreams. I even argue with managers in my dreams...how sad is that!

This is me in a nutshell. I think about it all day and night. I contact companies, dumpster dive (come on spring! :hectic1:), trade like crazy. I can't wait to see next weeks ad on a weekly basic. DH says I have brainwashed our son because he loves grocery shopping! My family thinks I'm crazy but I'm not hurting anyone and I have fun doing it. Come on triples! I need a bunch of stuff free.

[mcscheatzle]

Hi fellow couponaholics! I almost cried b/c I could only go to Shoppers for their double/triple event ONCE before the snow hit. Yah, I have a problem!

[mrsefird]

Hi! I am Kimberly and I go by several names "coupon n*zi" , addict, or just plain crazy! BUT I also have people emailing me now and stopping me in the hall at work to ask me coupon questions :) I love it and I spend my free time looking for more deals to keep stockpiling :) Thanks everyone on here for helping!!!

[KenyaMK]

Well, the manager at my local Harris Teeter flagged me down today to come through the lane she was in because almost every time I go she has to come over and override something!

She flagged me down and said, "Come over here! Come through the lane I am standing in and save me the steps!"

I told her I hadn't gotten the $1 off my milk yesterday when I bought the pop tarts and she didn't even want to look at the receipt to see if I was correct, she just rang it through as another $1 off!

Yup, I am KNOWN!

[ryansmommie]

Hi, I'm Michelle, and I'm a couponaholic, and I've definitely warped my children. This week-end, DS decided he wanted some animal crackers. He said, "Mama, do you have any coupons for animal crackers? I told him I did not. He pulled out some construction paper and crayons and made his own coupon so he could get some animal crackers.

Also, when we had bad weather, as soon as I could see tire tracks on the road in our subdivision, I sent DH out to buy my SUnday papers.

Michelle

[thompson589741]

Hi my name is Beth and I am a couponaholic! and darn proud of it too!
I figure this is my addiction, it gives me an awesome "savings high" when I get stuff free or even overage or get more catalina cash back than I spend!

I talk about coupons and saving so much my manager asked me to explain it to her so they could cut down on their grocery spending. I check receipts that I find in the parking lots or shopping carts...just in case it's one I can use. I can't stop thinking of the deals sometimes...and I can't rest until all of my coupons are clipped and put away--safely in my bin.
I worry about the next deals when I get down to 5 of something...like I am now with cereal....I can't believe I only have 5 boxes.
I too have affected my DS. if he asks for something from the store he will always start "mom do you have a coupon for.....?" at least he knows that saving money is important lol.
I have to say I can't stop talking about coupons...it somehow gets into nearly every conversation I have with pretty much anyone.