Hello, my name is Brandy, and I am a coupon addict.
Yes, I am a coupon addict – I love clipping coupons, printing coupons, trading coupons, and searching through the Sunday ads and grocery store circulars for the best possible deals to help me stretch my dollars. I could tell you stories upon stories of deals I’ve gotten – and I could even show you pictures of the really good ones! LOL! I have organizers and a whole system – and yes, I have been known to *freak* out when I can’t find my coupons, especially when I am en route to a sale. Coupons have been a part of my life for quite some time. I remember very clearly when my love for coupons started – we were in Germany and I loved helping my parents grocery shop. Usually, we had a standard list of items we would buy, and I would stand at the front of the commissary next to a little basket they had that was filled with, you guessed it, COUPONS! Most of them were expired – but it was okay – because we were allowed to use them. So, while my mom got all the produce I would go through the basket and take out coupons for things we would buy, things I thought we might buy, and things I wanted my mom to buy! We were in Germany for 5 years and England for 5 years – and throughout that 10 years – I helped my mom and dad out with the grocery shopping by getting coupons out of the expired coupon basket and collecting them throughout the commissary. It’s funny, I remember getting the coupons and always wondered where they came from – but I didn’t put too much thought into it. Now that I am stateside and enjoying couponing here, I finally figured out where those ooupons come from. They come from people that are stateside, who love couponing, and who also love to help out military families.
So, with that little story, if you have coupons, that are expired or current, and would like to help out a military family – you can check out this website and send them to an address listed here: http://www.grocerysavingtips.com/expiredgrocerycoupons.htm
This is a great way to *give* to a military family and take part in the 30-day Giving Challenge!
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