"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> Going off on the coupon tangent here--
>
>
> I got into coupons for a while. They seemed like a good deal. It took
> me a while to realize that coupons are usually for highly processed
> foods that aren't a nutritional bargain. I like junk now and then, but
> mostly cooking from scratch is better. Since I enjoy cooking anyway, it
> is a double bargain, cheaper than therapy. Besides, the coupons were
> often for items that I didn't particularly like. The brand of potato
> chips that I like for $1.39 strikes me as a better buy than the brand
> that I don't care for as much for 99 cents. Naturally that brings in
> the unquantifiable business of how much more do I like something versus
> how much do I hate brand X.
>
>
> --Lia

I still scan the papers for coupons for products I consistently use like
salad dressings Mayonnaise etc. I think the trick here is to purchase only
what you would normally use.

Dimitri