Back last March, Nightline had a segment on “extreme couponing,” which basically sums up my approach to shopping.  Jill Cataldo was one of the people invited to shop with $50 to see just how much they could get.  She used a balanced, healthy choice to shopping, obviously not what the viewing public wants, ’cause it’s the other guy (Nathan of the ABC/Jello logo in his driveway) who got the tv show!  Yup!  TLC will premiere Extreme Couponing on December 29 at 8 pm ET/PT.

I should comment here that Nathan shops in a state/store where double and even triple coupons are common.  This makes a huge difference in your ability to stockpile for cheap.  Even items you don’t need/use/want are purchased for the overage.  rather like Hallmark tissue paper *cough, cough*

and i just ditched the dish…