I do have my weekly Photo Show and Tell to post soon, but I wanted to post this picture to show what stockpiling can do.  I started really getting into couponing this past summer (mid-summer).  As I’ve learned how to save money, I realized that (for me) buying 2 papers each weekend wasn’t enough.  So, I buy 6 – 8 newspapers each weekend.  As I’ve bought 6-8 newspapers, I am able to gather 6-8 copies of each coupon.  This allows me to really stock up on items that are cheap and/or free.  The picture above isn’t earth shattering – it’s probably only
$150.00 or so worth of groceries and toiletries .  But, I wanted to show this to really motivate you.  I donated everything in the picture above to the Kimberly Home (a home for women with unplanned pregnancies and/or troubling pregnancies).  Before I started couponing, I never would have had the financial resources to buy everything in the picture above because let’s be honest, money is T I G H T!  But, since I’ve been couponing, I’ve been able to not only drastically cut my grocery/toiletry expenses each week while at the same time tripling the amount of products I buy each week!  Because of this, my stockpile is sufficient enough that I can go through it and give tons of stuff away and yet still have a large enough stockpile to sustain my family.  What a blessing!  My challenge for you is to do the same!  As you learn how to save and as you increase your stockpile each week, start to set aside items to donate.  If you are new to couponing, wait a few weeks until you start to gather a large stockpile.  And, once you have enough to share, do that, share it!!  There is no reason to have hundreds of boxes of jello if you aren’t going to use all 100 boxes (like the guy in the video from Nightline).  Like I say in the Addicted to Saving 101 classes, there is a fine line between stockpiling and hoarding!  I guarantee there are people out there who would benefit drastically from something as simple as a few boxes of jello (that may be a luxury item to them)!  Or, when we get pasta for $0.15 a box and sauce for $0.30 a jar, let’s give it away – there are so many people who would love to have these items for their family!!  As we gain more, let’s give away more.  That’s my challenge for you.  God Bless!