The Chronic Consumer

Since I get all of my news from the Internet or television, I don’t subscribe to or buy newspapers anymore. That wasn’t a problem or anything, except for the fact that I no longer received all those circulars and grocery coupons that were usually stuffed in the Sunday edition. As a result, my grocery bills have been steadily rising ever since.

I didn’t really care before because I always thought clipping coupons was a bit of a hassle anyway. But now that times are a lot tighter, I’ve started using them again. Only now I’m getting my grocery coupons online instead of from the paper. There are a lot of websites out there that offer printable coupons for national brands, which can then be used at local stores.

I’ve been doing this for a couple of weeks now, and have never had a coupon questioned or rejected. The savings have been awesome, too! While using coupons won’t exactly leave me with enough money to start snapping up prime Corpus Christi real estate, I am definitely noticing a difference, and now I don’t feel right about grocery shopping unless I have a bunch of coupons in my purse!