Freak-a-licious

Yep, that’s me. :)

No, I’m not trying to say that I’m a “lady in the street but a freak in the bed” (oh, Ludicrous). I mean more of the OCD variety (think people that have to touch light switches 5 times before leaving a room). I’m not quite that extreme…but it’s getting a little crazy up in here.

I’m sure you’ve all seen the TLC show Extreme Couponing…heck, the whole world has…and now there are weirdos stealing newspapers and crap. Thankfully, I haven’t gone that far off the deep end.

I have, however, spent approximately 6 hours finding coupons, organizing them, researching prices and making a spreadsheet of what all I’m going to buy and how much it’s going to cost me and how much I’ll save (in dollars and a %). I told you, I’m going a little crazy…but let’s face it. I’m a 26 year old female that makes jack crap and likes to eat well and use name brand bathroom products, etc. I call this “balling on a budget.”

I’ve had some extra time on my hands…and the way I see it, I might as well use that time save myself money instead of turning my brain to mush with more reality television. Just to let you know that this time was pretty well spent…considering I had nothing else to do…here’s a rundown of what I’ll be saving this week.

To be upfront, it is super doubles week (andu coupon up to $1.98 is doubled) at Harris Teeter (our local grocery store) which makes for some pretty freaking sweet deals…hence the 42% savings…I’m not really that much of a rockstar couponer...yet…lol.

I spent the better part of my morning working on this and just realized I forgot to eat. This never happens to me…I am an eat every 3 hours kind of girl…and when I’m not eating, I’m thinking about what I’m going to eat next.

For those of you wondering, yes I made an Excel spreadsheet…sorted by section of the grocery store. I also made 3 different shopping lists (you can only use 20 coupons a day…and I’m using 57) and organized the coupons in the order of the lists…then paperclipped the coupons to the lists…just in case.

See? I told you…freak-a-licious.