I'm right there with madhousenmich. 5 years ago, I used to walk the neighborhood on recycling day so I could fish out the coupon circulars from the newspapers. I'd walk my baby in his stroller & stuff the storage area underneath full of circulars. Then, I'd come home & spend the afternoon during his nap cutting & sorting multiples of amazing coupons & go to my super double ($1 face value became $2) store & buy $200+ worth of groceries for $40-50ish dollars. It was fantastic fun! I'd bring five or six bags of groceries to the church food pantry collection bin every week & still have more food at my house than we could reasonably store. For a new mom who'd quit her job to stay home, it was God's provision for us, living on hubby's income alone.

Nowadays, he makes a little more money, but we have another child, I'm still at home, & the doubles have dried up. So, these days, I just do the best I can with discount stores & buying short dated items on clearance. My mom got me a Sam's Club membership for my birthday so that's been helpful with buying diapers at a reasonable price & a few other things. It used to be a game & was very enjoyable! But, now honestly, it's become more of a mundane chore these days. I wish I could get reenergized.