Oh, My Aching Fingers!
I love couponing. Love it. I feel such a sense of accomplishment when I see that total go down as the coupons get scanned! And when I get a really great deal on something with coupons - Whew! It's like I won the coupon olympics or something! (And I'm not even one of those extreme couponers who manage to buy $500 worth of groceries and walk out of the store with a $2 credit in her pocket.)
There's only one thing I don't like about couponing - the cutting.
Ugh... all the tedious trimming away of excess paper. My fingers start getting tired and sore after a while. I do not like it one tiny bit. (I could break out into a a whole Green Eggs and Ham parody here, but I'll resist. You're welcome.)
I know there are actually places you can purchase coupons, pre-trimmed and store ready. But the entire concept of buying coupons makes no sense to me. It just seems to defeat the entire purpose of saving money if I am paying for them.
Any other couponistas out there have brilliant ideas for making the task of cutting the coupons any easier?
I agree that it seems to defeat the purpose of couponing to pay for coupons--I'd never even heard of such a thing! I'm not a big coupon girl though--I think I'm just too picky of an eater that they never have coupons for the kind of food I want to buy. :P
ReplyDeleteI'm currently in school for cosmetology though, so I know that using scissors all day can really make your hands tired, that's for sure!
Ohhh.. cosmetology... I think I just felt my hand cramp up! So you really do feel my pain! ;0)
DeleteI'm not much of a clipper either, as Rachel said, I'm too picky. I shop almost exclusively at Trader Joes, and their prices are good, without coupons. My hands hurt just thinking about tackling the Sunday paper coupons!
ReplyDeleteOh to have a Trader Joes... *sigh*
DeleteI can online imagine how painful it must be to cut all those out! I sometimes have to cut some things from newspapers or magazines for my scrapbook and it tires me out already!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up!
*rubbing my fingers* Yeh.. It's not the best.
DeleteI absolutly love that show Extreme Couponers! I think its awesome these people are getting great deals and supplying not only there families but helping others as well!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you'll find a coupon for a hang massage! :)
Amber
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A hand massage... That would be lovely! :0)
DeleteI don't cut out coupons but if I see something that I like, I either printed them out or teared the whole page off. I know ...I know ... I am just messy when come to coupons. But hey, I don't need to spend time cutting :-)
ReplyDeleteI do that from time to time. But often there are a few coupons on the page that I want to use, so I have to clip them apart.
DeleteI don't envy you, though it certainly doesn't seem worth while to pay for already trimmed coupons. My husband does most of our coupon cutting. It is a chore. Soon he'll be looking for a coupon to pay for carpel tunnel surgery. I was thinking I could get the big boys to take over the job but they'd just cut coupons for cookies and ice cream.
ReplyDeleteI know, right!? Paying for coupons just doesn't make any sense to me. I have tried to recruit family members for clipping from time to time. But all the "do you want this one? what about this?" and ending up with coupons I would NEVER use just makes it seem easier to do myself. (I should probably get over that. LOL)
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