[bedinky1207]

When I first started collecting coupons back in September I immediately thought of my Dad in Denver Colorado and I remembered he gets the Sunday paper every Sunday and throws the coupons away every Sunday. YIKES So I asked him if he would start collecting them for me and then send them to me when he gets a chance. It took a few Sundays for him to finally remember (pretty much until he saw my triples trip to HT). He sent me some coupons a few weeks ago and that was so exciting. But today he sent us a Christmas package and it had a stack of inserts in it. He had been collecting since the last time he sent them. YAY!

Sorry pointless post to you all but I had to share my excitement!

[foggy]

not pointless post... good post! How fun for you that he did that and so very sweet of him!

[Kayline]

Good for you! Not a pointless post at all, it's always nice to read about someone hitting the coupon jackpot! Hey...have you heard about triples at HT 1/1-1/4??

[bedinky1207]

Not going to lie, I was more excited about the coupons then the christmas money that was in the box for my Husband and I.

[bedinky1207]

Originally Posted by Kayline

Good for you! Not a pointless post at all, it's always nice to read about someone hitting the coupon jackpot! Hey...have you heard about triples at HT 1/1-1/4??

I did!! I'm so excited! The last triple event I was still in my beginning stages of getting a coupon collection so I wasn't able to get a whole lot. Now this time I should do much better. Plus I know triples will go a lot smoother than the K-mart doubles did. whew

[foggy]

Originally Posted by bedinky1207

Not going to lie, I was more excited about the coupons then the christmas money that was in the box for my Husband and I.

I know the feeling! I won a contest recently which was $50 paypal and I just ordered myself a purty 4" ring zipper binder called a Case-It. I blew a hole in the side of my old binder at the zipper. Went to another one and blew a hole in it and now I'm using two binders for my coupons and it's annoying me to no end. I'm more giddy over getting the new and bigger binder than anything because I'll be able to put all my coupons into one binder again and still have room to expand.

[morgansmom]

I do exactly the same thing! My dad works in the oil field, so he works in other states that get a lot better inserts than we do, plus he's a newspaper fanatic (he buys tons of different ones). I told him to save the inserts for me from every Sunday paper he buys, and every two weeks when he's home from work I go over there and get them!

[NoahsMomma]

I'm happy for you!

[IluvCoupons]

Originally Posted by bedinky1207

When I first started collecting coupons back in September I immediately thought of my Dad in Denver Colorado and I remembered he gets the Sunday paper every Sunday and throws the coupons away every Sunday. YIKES So I asked him if he would start collecting them for me and then send them to me when he gets a chance. It took a few Sundays for him to finally remember (pretty much until he saw my triples trip to HT). He sent me some coupons a few weeks ago and that was so exciting. But today he sent us a Christmas package and it had a stack of inserts in it. He had been collecting since the last time he sent them. YAY!

Sorry pointless post to you all but I had to share my excitement!

I know how you feel! My sister saves me all of her inserts and her coupons are usually better than mine. I always get so excited to get that think priority mail envie full!

[focadima]

my sister and my mom give me theirs--i was excited today to get their stack of inserts since thanksgiving--I immediately went thru them!--usually there are 4 sets of each insert!

[nattsgirl]

Congrats!

[wkfrank29]

That is great! Ususally my Mom brings me the Cincinnati inserts when she goes back to take care of her parents. It is great fun to get the different and usually much better coupons

[pumpkin seed mama]

Aw, how sweet of your Dad! My Dad saves them for me too.

[xmaspickle]

fun...my coupon heaven is the two semi truck cars that my local transfer station uses to recycle newspaper/magazines..I have permission to take any coupons I want..and usually within a half hour I can have a grocery sack full of inserts..I tell you..when there is a freebie in the mix and you get 20 of them I'm a happy camper...so easily amused!

[bedinky1207]

Originally Posted by xmaspickle

fun...my coupon heaven is the two semi truck cars that my local transfer station uses to recycle newspaper/magazines..I have permission to take any coupons I want..and usually within a half hour I can have a grocery sack full of inserts..I tell you..when there is a freebie in the mix and you get 20 of them I'm a happy camper...so easily amused!

That's awesome! I'm totally jealous of you!!! Jealous but happy for you!

[bedinky1207]

Thank you everyone for your kind words.

[Carina]

I get excited too when my friend and I swap coupons because she goes through her mom's newspapers for recycling and pulls out tons of inserts that her mom never looks at.

[bedinky1207]

Originally Posted by Carina

I get excited too when my friend and I swap coupons because she goes through her mom's newspapers for recycling and pulls out tons of inserts that her mom never looks at.

My Dad was the same way as your friend's Mom. Every Sunday he would read the paper and throw the rest in his recycle box. When I asked if he would start collecting them from me he said he didn't think they really got any but he would have my little brother cut them from the paper. LOL I said Dad, you live in Denver, CO. I know that your Sunday paper has coupon INSERTS. So I had to explain to him about the inserts, RP, SS, P&G.

I've also noticed that my next door neighbor, who is a really old lady, gets the Sunday paper and I'm so tempted to ask her if she uses her coupons. My Husband told me I'm crazy.

[maree9304]

That is awesome! How sweet of your dad to do that! I keep telling my parents but they keep forgetting! LOL

[cheryllsm]

i'm happy for you & that is very sweet that he would remember.....& i gotta say i'm a little jealous that you have a place that triples

[BAG1952]

Good post and good gift. Happy New Year

Originally Posted by bedinky1207

When I first started collecting coupons back in September I immediately thought of my Dad in Denver Colorado and I remembered he gets the Sunday paper every Sunday and throws the coupons away every Sunday. YIKES So I asked him if he would start collecting them for me and then send them to me when he gets a chance. It took a few Sundays for him to finally remember (pretty much until he saw my triples trip to HT). He sent me some coupons a few weeks ago and that was so exciting. But today he sent us a Christmas package and it had a stack of inserts in it. He had been collecting since the last time he sent them. YAY!

Sorry pointless post to you all but I had to share my excitement!

[Carina]

Oh no you should ask the little old lady about her coupons. OMG I can't imagine all the good coupons she might be throwing away that you can use. Maybe if she gives them to you, you can one in a while give her a little gift that you got from her coupons, i.e. hand cream.

Tell your husband you are NOT crazy because saving money is your new found hobby. I doubt he will ever say anything to you after you say that to him.

[lf5058]

I got two copies of SS, a copy of RP, and 2 copies of P&G from FIL, a newspaper fanatic who used to work as reporter. I also asked the neighbors live next to my parents in law in the retirement community for the inserts. They live 5 minutes away from us, so we just pick them up Sun or Mon. Though DH thinks I am crazy, that's how I got multiple copies for Free.

DH sometime picked up a few copies of inserts that lying around his office, but I wished he would do that more consistently. :-)

[nicole217]

Yah for you. Your dad sounds really sweet!

[MeganK]

Aww that's sweet of him!
I work in a grocery store and I'm always tempted to ask the customers on Sunday mornings if they are looking to get rid of all the inserts in their papers