I’m a dumpster-diving coupon queen — and I take my kid with me to help
A mother-of-three is willing to dive into some pretty unclean places to provide for her family.
In a resurfaced clip from a 2011 episode of TLC’S “Extreme Couponing,” Callie from Colorado takes her toddler son to help dig through recycling bins in hopes of finding coupons.
“I like to save a lot of money,” the then-28-year-old stay-at-home mom said. “I don’t care how many dumpsters I get in, we’re gonna find that coupon.”
The duo’s findings helped add to a stockpile of items, including 165 bars of soap, 500 razors and 1,500 bottled beverages, such as energy drinks and vegetable juices.
But Callie wasn’t dumpster diving for fun — there was a method behind her madness. At the time, her husband, Jacob, had just been accepted into a prestigious engineering program, and the family’s money was going toward his student loans.
“Right now, we’re completely broke,” Callie candidly told the cameras.
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“There definitely is pressure on me to coupon because if we want to eat that night, if we want a home-cooked meal, it’s on me.”
The clip’s resurgence comes as millions of Americans are dealing with the price hikes for almost everything due to inflation.
Two-thirds of adults in the country think inflation will get worse this year — prompting many to slash their savings while cutting back on going out to eat and finding ways to avoid driving, according to a new poll released Thursday.
The national survey of more than 1,000 adults in late April and early May found that 66% expect the prices of essential goods and services to increase in the next year, the Washington Post reported.
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