4Hats and I think way too much alike sometimes, I was just thinking about doing an article on this exact subject and then she comes along with this amazing article! We are both in about the same spot, we have been doing deals for years now and have started to realize we don't need to do every deal. I personally try to only get stuff that my family will use or I can give away to someone that needs it. While I normally do have a decent size stockpile, in comparison to some pictures you will see, it isn't that huge, but its big enough for my little family of three. But it wasn't always this way, when I started I did every deal and I did them in excess which meant I had a TON of stuff everywhere, stuff I couldn't use. Yes everyone, sometimes you can get too much free stuff!

So check out her new article and I hope you enjoy it!

Outsaving the Joneses by 4Hats and Frugal!
When it comes to frugality, we do love getting great deals. We actually tend to search out those deals and do it with a passion. But what happens when we take it too far? When we start feeling like we just need to keep up with the frugal "Joneses" that seem to get all the deals, all the time?

This has been something that I have struggled with since I started on my frugal excursion. I was so gung-ho to get every single deal, online and in stores, that I started to burn out pretty quickly. It didn't help that once I saw someone post a great deal that they had gotten, I felt like I just HAD to duplicate it. If they made the effort, why couldn't I? Because of this attitude, I started to have mixed feelings about frugal shopping. This lasted for months, and got worse when I started to see newer frugal shoppers getting even better deals than I could even imagine as an "experienced" shopper. I just had to keep up, no matter what.

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