Okay, so how am I going to pull this off?

Short answer? I have no idea.

Long answer? Well. I still have no idea. But let me expound on that.

In addition to being poor, I'm also fat. That's an attractive combo, right? Anyway, I've been trying to lose weight for a while (if FOREVER is considered a "while") and I've done marginally at that endeavor. I may be oversimplifying things but I think if I buy less junk I will be less fat.

Ground-breaking. I know.

I like coupons a lot and desperately want to be one of those women who save an asston of money using them. You know the ones I'm talking about. Those women they show on the local news with the big caption of something like, "LOCAL WOMAN BUYS $411 WORTH OF GROCERIES FOR 22 CENTS. FILM AT ELEVEN." Or whatever. I mean, in all actuality those women might be getting things like, 216 boxes of Kraft dinner. And while Kraft dinner is delicious, one cannot live on Kraft dinner alone. Right? Okay.

So I have to be realistic. I stopped getting the newspaper (the newspaper coupons were craptastic anyway) but I order coupons from a few different companies. I'm fairly new to this, so I'm not sure who my favorites are yet. But I'm ordering coupons for what I buy already. I've done this for about a month now and found that it's definately worth the few dollars in handling fees I pay to get exactly the coupons I want.

I'm also looking at other ways...including cutting down on my diet soda. Which is generally something I would consider a fate worse than death.

I'm determined though! I can do this!