Hoarding

Alternatively titled: What??!! He likes Cheerios!!

I like to buy in bulk when things are on sale. I especially like it when I can stack the in-store sales with coupons, preferably coupons in the $0.50 - $0.95 range, so they can double or even triple (!!). We don't eat that many processed things, which does cut down on our coupon use, but when the stars all align, this can happen:

A good buy can make me SO HAPPY (and also talkative about my coup) and after scoring this particular deal I was positively full of glee.

I didn't know that I would grow up to be a normal girl who lusted after pretty dishes and high thread-count sheets, but I've always known that I would be a girl who longed for a pantry - the bigger the better. (In my more lucid moments, I do admit that I probably shouldn't be trusted with a pantry, much to my sorrow.) It's partly genetics (I think the hoarding instinct in my family indicates that we are descended from squirrels. The womenfolk, anyway.) and partly, er cheapnessthriftiness? I do so love a bargain!!