Really?

I have gotten really into the whole couponing thing as I have mentioned before, but with the holidays and everything I really was slacking on my commitment. Well this week I bought a bunch of papers because we were promised lots of coupons and I got them all clipped and organized before dinner Sunday night, I must say it's a new record for me. When I clip coupons I'm not a 'clip everything just in case' kind of girl, or even 'save the whole insert just in case' kind of girl...which means that I miss some deals because the things I throw away end up being pretty worthwhile. Which brings me to this post and why I felt the need to preface it with that little explanation.

I get online this morning to check and see if there are any creative ways to use my coupons and sure enough there is a fantastic deal on dishwasher detergent and even more perfect I threw those 6 coupons I had for it in the recycling last night...naturally. Sigh, I'm such a dork. And wouldn't you know it Jer was on top of being wonderful and remembered to take the garbage and recycling out because today happens to be our garbage day. Oh the dilemma...do I dig through my own recycling (at least it's not the garbage right? right!) to save a buck (more like 11.25, but who's counting?), or let it go because we don't NEED dishwasher detergent right now. I debated with myself for probably over an hour assuming that the recycling guy came already and not wanting to be seen by the neighbors rifling through my own trash.

Callie came by to pick up her pack 'n play and said she wouldn't judge me...yet still I resisted. After she left I figured, I might as well just check and see if he came or not. So I bundle up because it is literally freezing outside and lift the lid. Jackpot, still there all my couponing remains scattered nicely on top of flattened cardboard...too bad my stumpy legs wont allow my equally short arms to reach in swiftly and rescue my precious savings. Internal debate...do I bring my step stool out to the curb? What if they come while I'm out here...that would be just too embarrassing. So I wheel the massive container into the garage and grab my handy stepladder and look through the pages 6 at a time. A minute or two in I hear it...the rumbling of the trucks...but how far away are they? There's no way to tell....faster Heather, faster! Am I seriously doing this? What is wrong with me? Well I'm committed now! And around the corner it comes...are you kidding me?! At least I had the forethought to face the back of the bin to the street and prop the lid up so it blocks what I'm doing but sure enough right when I find my treasure I peek up through the crease of the lid and see he's already past us...drats! I run inside to call and recount my story to Callie (hands still fuh-reezing cold) when I realize it in fact was not the recycling man but the garbage...fantastic, I can't describe the weird sense of relief I felt. I hang up the phone and calmly, the couponing freak I now realize I am, walk my recycling back outside and then bring in my empty garbage can like a totally normal person.

I went on to get the deal .75 per container! And I was 'that person' who cleaned out the store's stock. So after I get the two coupons that should be coming my way I wont have to buy dishwasher detergent for over a year!