On Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:08:45 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 10/5/2012 10:35 AM, The Cook wrote:
>
>> Extreme couponing is for the birds. We stopped getting the Sunday
>> paper that has all of the coupons in it. I doubt that we have
>> increased our grocery bill by more than $5. We do check the store ads
>> in the local papers and I am signed up with our favorite grocery and
>> get an email each Sunday listing of the things that are on special the
>> coming week that we buy frequently.
>
>Same here. It's why I like to stock up, so I don't have to continually
>look for a sale. Certain items are jacked way up if they aren't on
>sale.
>
>> The big problem trying to "coupon" is that you end up with more than
>> you can use before it is out of date or spoils. Then you have wasted
>> money that would have bought what you needed at regular price when you
>> needed it. And unless you have very accessible storage some of the
>> stuff will get lost and/or forgotten.
>
>My problem with couponing is that the vast majority of the ones
>I see aren't useful to me. I do that Troopon thing, so I do go through
>all the inserts. I might keep one or two coupons for myself. Maybe.
>The rest are not for anything I use.
>
>It might be different if I had kids, of course.
>
>> If you really want to buy in large quantities, be sure to go through
>> everything about twice a year and plan meals with all of the things
>> are nearing expiration. And keep the oldest in the front or on top.
>>
>> Of course all of that goes out the window when the spouse decides to
>> buy some groceries and puts them away newest in front and on top.
>
>I hear ya, loud and clear. And you don't want to be that anal-retentive
>nag that's always going on about You put the canned tomatoes in the
>wrong place again! (laugh)
>
>nancy

I probably would but I know that it does absolutely no good.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)