Why I coupon and love retail

Do you coupon? I do! By couponing I mean planning your store trip(s) with the ad, and with your coupons and a handy couponing blog at your side. You might even use store coupons and manuf coupons...AT THE SAME TIME!!


I coupon because I do not want to spend my disposable income on things like paper towels, toilet paper, and soap. There are a lot of people who coupon waaaay better than I do. I know that with more planning, I could save a lot more $$.
It is not that I do not have $10 to spend on PAPER TOWELS (ugh) or $5 for some disposable razors. Its not that at all. The reason is that I want to spend my money on items for me and my family that will last and be beautiful. I want to support stores and companies that I really believe in.
For example, I really hate buying and putting my child in disposable diapers. By buying disposables, I am spending $15+ on diapers, per week. This is like going to the store, giving the cashier money, and then getting trash from the dumpster in return. Trash to the car, trash in the elevator up to baby's room, trash to the trash can, trash to the dumpster across the parking lot, trash (loaded with crap) to the landfill....and then over and over and over again. Not to mention the chemicals. Have you ever taken a deep whiff of a "clean" disposable diaper? EW
I will use a disposable in certain situations, but I will complain about it and feel terrible. I just hate disposables! I would rather spend that $15+ on ONE diaper that is beautifully made, that is from a company I believe in, such as sustainablebabyish/sloomb. Their fabric is made sustainably and the product is made to last. NOT just churned out in mass quantities in some awful factory.

Also, I love stores and companies like FORTY WINKS over in Cambride....the vendors are carefully picked, the merchandise is handpicked for their customers, service is wonderful, decor is beautiful.

I love retail and what it can do and represent.
Itsn't it amazing how the right products, all different, can come together and be beautiful, something to photograph, something to aspire to and bring joy?! So that is why I coupon, so I can save and spend how I WANT to save and spend.

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I must stay on task!

Ohh the long abandoned blog....

I am going to do an "I believe" post, started by one of my fave bloggers, over at

Exploits of a Military Mama

I BELIEVE

.....In the power of prayer and faith

.....that a bed with fresh clean sheets is one of the best things EVAHHHHH

.....in cloth diapers. I love them, think they are fun and functional. What could be better? Plus I get to be a steward of the earth.

......That it is totally worth $20 to have a professional cut my baby's hair...even if it took 5 minutes. (He had a hard time seeing through the hair in his eyes). I had originally tried to cut it myself and made him look like a little girl with bangs.