I just came across this great post at Be Thrifty Like Us. If you are new to bargain shopping (or even if you have been at it for awhile), this is a great reminder that you have to do what works for you and your family...you don't have to do what everyone else is doing.
Pace yourself, pick and choose which deals you want to go after, and be careful not to set your expectations so high that you are destined to fail (and then beat yourself up about it).
I was on the brink of "frugal burn out" myself not so long ago, so I really appreciated what S.B. had to say. :-)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Avoiding Frugal Burn Out
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*nods* I was so very close to frugal burnout very early in the game. The CVS deals really fried my brain because the ECB's were always on stuff we didn't really NEED. But the deals were SO GOOD.
I've since learned to modify and shift to only buy what we need at the stores we need. I'm not reliant on CVS, but I will try to obtain a good deal on something we need.
If anything, it makes the frugal shopping MORE challenging (and in turn, more exciting to lessen the chance of burnout) - and finding the deals even more exciting!
Thanks for sharing!! I was close to burn-out. I was doing all the deals I was reading about and spending way more than I should have been. My marriage actually started to suffer from it. Matter of fact just the other day, my hubby in shock asked why there was 16 tubes of toothpaste in the closet of all different kinds and why in the world did we *need* all of them!! One has got to make a choice on what is important and is getting that deal going to be worth it! I have definitely learned alot in regards to frugalness over the last couple of months.
Thanks for posting this so I could read it. I am SO burned out on frugal shopping. I was spending way to much time on trying to find that SUPER deal. I have 5 kids and dont have the time to run to 4/5 stores a week. What she said is so true "Do what works for you and your family"
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