Extreme Couponing

So, as you have probably gathered by the subject matter of my blog, I'm kinda broke. I've become fascinated with the show "Extreme Couponing" and have recently become determined to use more coupons to save money. One problem is that most of those things have little nutritional benefit, like getting 75 cents of 2 boxes of Hot Pockets. I know I could get them because they're on sale, but why do that if it's bad for me? I might have more money but I'll be less healthy, and to me that's always worth it. Secondly, I do not understand why those people have to have 2034238 boxes of EVERYTHING. Who in their right mind needs 3 crates of toothbrushes?? Yes, I saw one the other day with that. I know that in order to get it for completely free you need to buy multiple items because of something with how the coupons work, but really, do you have to have a small grocery store in your basement? People can use those supplies, you know, people that don't have anything? On a lot of episodes, however, many of the items are donated to charities, and those are always the best episodes to me. However, all of those women seem to have hours and hours of time on their hands to put these massive shopping lists together, and it's extremely strategic. They research sales, then collect tons of store coupons which they then combine with manufacturer coupons, and calculate how many they need to buy in order to get them for free. Not to mention the fact that they spend the majority of their time either dumpster diving for coupons or researching sites on the internet to find deals, and usually have to divide their lists into transactions for the store. I have neither the time nor the math skills to do any of this, so for now I think I'll just stick to using my Kroger card and using the random coupons I get in the mail. Any money I can save helps, even if I can't get a small grocery store for free!