Don't beat yourself up about it - I fell into the same trap when I first started. I think to save that much money, you have to be really flexible about what you buy. I am not - I almost talked myself into buying Van De Kamp fishsticks today (2/$4, $1 coupon off 2), but then I had to take a step back and ask myself if I would have bought them otherwise - and the answer was no. Buying cheap food that's no good for you is worse for me than buying more expensive food where you get more nutrition for your money. I try to only collect coupons I will use, so that I'm not tempted to fall into the coupon trap myself. Been there, done that!
(I've still got two bags of Malt O Meal cereal in the trunk of my car because they were free with a coupon - nevermind that I don't eat cereal anymore! What good is it if you are not going to use it?)
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