Ahhh...the Smell of Coupons in the Morning

I think Sunday is my favorite day of the week.  Not because it is a family day or a day to relax (although those are close to the top), it is the day the coupons come.  Yes, I really do get THAT excited!  And why wouldn't I?  Someone is throwing a couple of hundred dollars at the end of my driveway.  That's how I look at coupons.  If someone was printing dollar bills in the paper, wouldn't you cut them out too???  It's the same thing.  I am also lucky to have several neighbors who help pacify my coupon addiction by giving me their coupon inserts as well.  So every week, I get between 7-9 copies of each insert.  Sound a little much?  Maybe...but I am happy to report that I am nowhere as crazy as those couponers on TLC's "Extreme Couponing".  They give us couponers a bad name...but I am sure I will rant about that in a later post:)

So before I can even start clipping this weeks goodies, I need to purge my coupon organizer to make room for all my new little friends.  This is what my organizer looks like after the purge and before todays clippings.

If you are a Seinfeld fan, I like to call this "George's Wallet".  I can only hope that it doesn't explode on  a street corner and spew all my little friends into an oblivion, that could be cause for a mini-meltdown.

Since we are talking about min-meltdowns, my newspaper carrier has failed to deliver my second (yes, that's right...my second) Tribune this morning.  I have now called three times and yet no redelivery!  I think I may need a drink to calm my nerves...LOL.

Now, back to rounding up my little friends and planning our weekly field trips.