My postal carrier hates me. In addition to signing up for every freebie I can find, I have subscriptions to 10+ magazines. WHY? I ask myself this every month when the new issues arrive. I curse at myself while hauling all my magazines to work. (That’s the only place I have time to read. shhhh!) My family thinks I’m nuts. My co-workers love me though. FREE MAGAZINES!
Again, why? It’s cheaper to get a subscription. Most issues are sold for anywhere from $2.49-$9.99 an issue. Even if you don’t read Cat Fancy, Glamour or whatever every month, most of the time, just buying one issue can pay for nearly half a yearly subscription. I refuse to pay more than $1 per issue. Down the road If you are a repeat subscriber magazines will usually offer better deals to try to keep you. With me, it’s not too hard. I do love bonuses though! I recently renewed my subscription to Allure for $10. When I got the bill they offered two extra years for an extra $2. That’s roughly 34 cents per issue! YAY ME!
I don’t know about you, but many times I’ve been at the check stand and as I’m glancing at all the crap they have to entice you (Yeah I usually grab candy/gum too. BASTARDS!) I see a magazine with an article that I must read or a celeb I must read about. *rolls eyes* LOL I don’t have time to read it there, so I buy the damn thing. BTW I think it’s rude/wrong to read entire magazines at the grocery/book store.
Why not get them on my Nook? I’d be saving a tree, right? Well right now it’s cheaper for me to kill some trees, than to get monthly digital issues. Sorry trees! Besides, I stare at screens about 80% of my day. I need a break!
There is also something about physically holding a book/magazine and flipping though the pages. Can you dog ear a Nook? “Bookmarking” isn’t the same. Can you rip out a perfume sample and rub it all over yourself until you feel like puking from the smell? (This also annoys my cats, so sometimes I do this at home.) No. Can you rip out pages with your favorite celeb and hang it in your locker. Wait, I’m not in high school, I don’t do that anymore. 
Can you rip out coupons? Uhh that’s not so much of an issue now with Smart Phones and such. You would miss out on samples though and that would be a crime! There are sometimes more than just perfume samples. In my newest issue of Glamour (June 2011) there was a Carefree panty liner sample and a Garnier Moisture Rescue sample. They had accompanying coupons too! I’m MizCouponista remember?
I don’t know about you all, but I think I’ve justified my million subscriptions to magazines. Sure I’d save even more $$ but just not getting them, but really, what fun would that be?
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