Now, my family and friends both know that I can be frugal if you are being nice and if you are my beloved mom, it would be cheap.

I really don’t feel the need to keep up with the Jones in any way, I love my farm sales, I love living the life that I have choosen, and while sometimes I have moments of .. I wish I had..  the truth, and I know it, is that I am blessed in so many ways! I like my life, even the parts I poke fun at sometimes..

So this morning, I was clipping coupon’s out for a store that I knew I wanted to get a few little things from, its a very nice craft store and I like to look but rarely buy, as their prices are way! to high but with the 50% off coupon, and the fact that the store is right by where I need to go anyway.. its worth it..

But it got me to thinking about coupons while I was cleaning litter box’s, dishes and throwing in the next load of laundry and so here is the issue I have…

When was the last time you can remember a coupon being available for someone who choose’s to live like me.. I don’t like to buy anything processed if I can help it, I like to buy the whole ingredents and then make the meals from them..  While if I watch VERY carefuly, I can find sales on whole food products but coupons.. how come they seem to only apply to processed foods.. You can find a coupon for bread but not for flour.. you can find a coupon for fruit filled crap yogurt in little cups but try and find one of whole plain large yogurt, you can find one for stove top stuffing, try and find a coupon for whole spices..

Its a rip off if you ask me, I am aware that there are a number of reason’s that our basic food costs are going up monthly, and I know that we live in a time and place were we have access to more food then any other time in history-at least for those of us lucky enough to be born in certain countries in the world. but is the processed food truly a blessing or a curse to our health, our land, our water, our planet..

That remains to be seen..