OK I understand that manufacturers and others who offer coupons want you to either use them promptly or not bother with them at all. Once upon a time coupons didn't expire or if they did it was, maybe, in a year. Now what do they do? I have seen coupons with 14 days validity (and I don't mean ones issued by a store in conjuntion with a sale). Some of the coupons have the expiration date so slyly hidden that I think the issuer is hoping that if you get to the cashier with an expired coupon you will go ahead with the purchase anyway. Have you ever seen a coupon for only the size that costs more per unit than other sizes of the same product? Even with the coupon, you end up paying more per unit - take your calculator or math savy brain to the store with you. Even better check other brands of the product unless you only want the brand on the coupon.
Probably the hardest thing about using coupons is remembering you have them and can actually find them. I have used more methods of organizing than I can recall. Just the other day I decided to file my latest batch of cut out coupons in my current file. First I went through the ones already in the folder and discarded all of them since they had expired. Then when I started to file the "new" ones I found that about half of those were expired. Now I know I have more time now-a-days to spend as I wish, but what a waste of time that I could have used quilting, reading or napping!
I could go on and on but I still haven't cut out the coupons from Sunday's paper and it's Thursday already. Time to find the scissors!
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