It's Not Hoarding If I Use It...In Two Years

Since starting couponing, I can't seem to pass up a really good deal. Seriously, a really good deal. I'm talking about 60-80% savings on a name brand item. Also, it just makes sense to stock up on items when they are cheaper than full price especially when it's something you use a lot . Because of this inability to pass on a deal, I have acquired a stockpile of items. This is my hoarding coming out.

--4 curl hair products
--4 nivea lip balms
--7 colgate toothpastes
--4 body washes
--16 shampoos/conditioners
--12 deodorants (not suave either, brands like old spice, right guard, dove and secret)
--4-12 pack razors
--4 pack ricola
--7 lysol cleaning wipes
--10 cans of cream of mushroom/chicken (we use these in cooking a lot)
--6 pasta sauces (used to have 10 thanks to Buy 2 Get 3 Free deal, add in some coupons and it's a must buy)
--12 boxes of assorted pastas (another B2G3)
--10 boxes of instant mashed potatoes
--5 boxes of brown rice (almost have some baged brown rice and bulgur wheat)
--3-48oz cans of chicken broth (we make homemade soup a lot)
--5-5lb bags of sugar ($1 each! Couldn't pass this up since I will be baking alot for XMAS and I'm sharing it)
--8 boxes of breakfast suasages
--24 bags of frozen steamable veggies (we eat a lot of veggies)
--11 laundry detergents (9 small bottles and 2 large bottles, if I add up all the loads and say I hypothetically do 4 loads a week, that means I can do laundry for 2.33 years without having to buy any more detergent. So I'm good in the laundry department.)

So that's it. It's not that big compared to some of the stockpiles you see on Extreme Couponing but for just Lee and I, I'd say it's pretty good. Like I said before I got these items for 60-80% off so how could I not stock up. In the case of the laundry detergent, I am donating some to a local animal rescue where my friend is a volunteer.

I try not to buy a lot of processed food. I'm not saying I don't buy it. Like the instant mashed potatoes but I use chicken broth to cut calories. They do come in handy for quick sides for dinners during hectic nights. What I have noticed on Extreme Couponing is that a lot of these people have TONS of processed foods from chips to sugary sports drinks/soda to candy to cookies. I remember yelling at the tv "No wonder you are obese! You have 55 bags of chips!"  So when I coupon, I try not to be a slave to stockpiling lots of processed crap but a box of wheat thins might be thrown in there every once in a while.