Today is a surprising and special day here! Mr. Cutting Back, Daniel, my husband...is doing a guest post! I received strict instructions that nothing was to be changed on my part. So, as hard as it was...I left it as is...even though it makes me look like a total freak!!
Photo Credit: Jenny Walters PhotographyWell, it’s taken a year and a few days for it to finally come to this.
The keys to The Cutting Back Kitchen have been given to yours truly for a guest post.
Normally I toil away behind the scenes, acting as Head of Quality Control for all the wonderful recipes that grace The Cutting Back Kitchen…but today…I run the show.
So Katie asked me an interesting question, “how has your life changed or what have you learned since I started couponing and blogging?”
Here are some of the highlights…
-We are Christians, and not ashamed of that, so in our house one thing has always happened before we eat, we pray. But now, two things happen…we pray and then take a picture of our food…
-My vocabulary has greatly expanded. Basically, I have learned that you can take any word and replace the first half of the word with “blog” and you have a new word! Thus I now know about the blogosphere and blogiversaries, but for some reason I get funny looks when I say things are blog-tastic, or blog-errific…I’m so blog-fused.
-Coupons are currency. Very valuable currency. I often say that some episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond hit a little too close to home. Have you seen the one where Frank yells at Ray for stealing his coupons? Yeah, that’s how valuable they are! (not sure it’s very blog-erful of me to compare Katie to Frank Barone?)
-Speaking of currency, I’m a CPA, so traditionally I think that people, businesses, stocks and other investments have the ability to make money. Imagine my surprise when I found out that products like PreparationH wipes can be money makers too!
-We now have a stockpile, which we never have had before. It’s quite large, so large in fact that I think we’ve been designated as a fallout shelter in our community…
-Speaking of the stockpile, everything is painstakingly marked with the expiration date and put in order in our basement. What I didn’t know is that if I were to pick something out of order, well that’s just not allowed…
-I have found myself standing in the grocery store, all alone, looking for something that I have been sent to purchase, and there are multiple options. In that very moment, I have often wondered if the answer to “what would Jesus do?” is easier to determine than “what would Katie buy?”
-The last thing I have learned, that all cashiers should be aware of is that the words “I’m sorry, I can’t accept that coupon” are fighting words!
In all seriousness, there are too many positives to mention that have happened since Katie started on this journey of couponing and blogging. I’m so proud and impressed by what Katie has learned and accomplished in such a short period of time. Congrats to Cutting Back Kate for a great year, and I hope that there are many more to celebrate!
