The Stockpile and Monthly Results

I keep joking around that someone is going to have to post my picture at CVS and Walgreens and tell the clerks to not sell anything to me. I've been couponing for a couple months now and I'm definitely getting better and better at it and it's now taking less time. We're pretty much packed to the max with anything and everything. I've run out of room on all my shelves in the laundry room, my "drug store" under the bathroom sink is completely stocked, and we have "diaper depot" under Max's crib. Mind you that this is only the shelves in the back laundry room, this isn't even my pantry!




So yesterday I pulled out ALL of my receipts from the month of April to truly see how I'm doing on this coupon thing and if it really makes a difference. Well, to tell you the truth, I got a pit in my stomach when I saw how many receipts that I had. I was already trying to justify in my head why I had spent so much. "It's for food storage"..."I'm getting extra stuff, but saving at the same time"...yada yada yada. How am I going to explain this to Ry? Well, I had a huge relief when the tally was complete. I was $15 under our grocery budget, but had bought formula, diapers, and all personal care items with that grocery budget! And here's the kicker...I have saved $593.64 this month!!!! Holy cow! Basically I've tripled the amount of groceries, baby care, and personal items that we buy with my grocery budget alone! Now that I'm totally stocked we're going to be able to save even more since we don't have to buy pretty much anything and when I do get something it's only when it's a super deal or free. I was totally relieved and didn't have to justify anything at all. This past month has been a lot of fun since we get to try a lot of different and new products for a fraction of the price or for free. I've even been able to make free baby food for Max since apples are free this week at Target! I think I love this way too much!