You might be a PYPer if. . .

This was posted today on my favorite website Pinching Your Pennies. So many of these things are me! It made me laugh pretty hard so I figured it was worth posting here.

You might be a PYP'er if.......

....nothing in your house has UPC's This happened today at cub scouts. I brought the Rice Crispie Treats and we passed them out from the hole where the UPC used to be. I had to cut it out for my Kelloggs rebate which made them better than free

....you grab a snack out of the pantry your wife proudly tells you how much it cost. "That granola bar was only 4 cents, honey!" This pretty much happens all day with everything we eat.

....you can't remember a single birthday, but you know how much you paid for every item in your pantry. So true I do remember how much everything cost but I do still remember birthdays.

....you have food stashed under your bed, in your closet, or taking over a room in your house. Not here yet but we do have a lot of food in storage containers and in all the cupboards!

....your wife flies out of bed at 4am- jumps into her clothes- throws makeup on & styles her hair- just to run to the store for FREE cereal, but she can't seem to wake up every Sunday @ 9 a.m. to get ready for church on time! This is sadly totally us!

.... your kids come home from the neighbors (another PYP'er) and ask why they have all the same toys and snacks that you do!

....your coupons weigh more than your purse.

....your kids introduce you to their friends using your screen name instead of your real name!

....you ask your daughter what she wants for her birthday and she replies, "I dunno. What ya' got coupons for!" This has happened with Parker.

....you gasp at the shopper in line behind you and exclaim, "You should NEVER pay for gum, EVER!"

....you come home from a shopping trip and lay out your groceries on the table with the reciept and your before/after totals circled, take pictures of it, and post it on your blog. Done this too several times.

....when nobody has to ask who put 27 full-size tubes of name-brand toothpaste in the church donation bin for the needy.

….it's 6:08 AM and you're on your 2nd transaction at Albertsons. Or 3rd or 4th.

….you reschedule your wedding because that’s the day the Target markdown is 90%.

….'Penny for your Thoughts' is your only source of information.

....you think the zebra at the zoo looks like a bar code.

.…your husband has ever had to ask you to move the cases of toilet paper so he could take a shower.

….you own more tubes of toothpaste than pairs of underwear.

….the local Disaster Preparedness Class instructor asks permission to hold a field trip in your basement.

.…your idea of a "quiet, romantic evening at home" involves scissors and inserts.

….your kids take a 6 ft register receipt to "Show and Tell."

….Betty Crocker makes your list of most admired people.

....you get an adrenaline rush from reading next week’s printable shopping lists. This is so me every Monday.

….you did all your Christmas shopping online…. in February. I'm not that bad but mine is 80% done!

….you’ve ever woken up from a nightmare screaming “I lost my Binder!“ I have had couponing nighmares and Brandon thinks I'm nuts!

....you know what "Guru math" is If you don't know who the Grocery Guru is lucky you. He's not very smart!

....you feel naked without your binder

....men send their wives up to you in the store asking "how did you do that?" This has happened. :)

....you no longer write out your own shopping lists, you just print it off right off the site

....you leave the hospital a day early after giving birth because the Quaker sale starts in the morning.

....your daughter's classroom always wins the pizza party for the most boxtops. Both my boys classes did win last year! I like to think I helped. :)

....your cashier has to have a manager over-ride the register because you have so many coupons.

and one more

....You might be a PYP'er if instead of your kids pictures or artwork, your fridge is covered by beer rebates and other MIR forms with receipts waiting to be mailed in. Lately we always have at least one rebate form and several receipts on the fridge.