I’m a coupon shopper. I like getting 40 cents off here and a dollar off there. Who doesn’t like a bargain? Coupon shopping is like getting a bargain on certain items. When you use a lot of them at a time, it can really amount to quite the savings.
I cut coupons from the newspaper. I get store coupons mailed to me from my favorite market. I download coupons from the internet.
Now I’m not the kind of coupon shopper who buys something just because I have a coupon. That’d be silly. Although, I have, on occasion, bought some things that sounded interesting or yummy or that I’ve always wanted to try just because I did happen to have a coupon. I figure it’s the best way to rationalize buying that thing – just to try it. Right? The old “it was on sale,” argument.
Oh sure, some things aren’t a bargain even with the coupon, but I like how it all adds up at the end of my receipt when the cash register just keeps printing out numbers with minus signs in front of them. It’s especially thrilling when an item that I actually need and have a coupon for is on sale!! Bonus! Score. I’ve been known to make some very savvy purchases for very little money. Sometimes stuff is buy one, get one free. If I happen to have a coupon on top of those savings, I feel like I’m getting 2 things for next to nothing.
Well folks, I’m sad to report that my local market is on to me. They know my game.
The last time I shopped I learned that if an item is already on sale, I can no longer use my coupon on top of that savings. Say what? That never used to be the case. Glumly I stuffed my coupons back in my purse and grumbled under my breath that I might just have to start shopping elsewhere.
On top of that – are you sitting down? They only let me use 2 of my internet coupons at a time. Outrageous! I had a whole handful of coupons that I couldn’t use on this shopping trip. Asinine I tell you. Who made these new ridiculous rules? I was allowed to use the paper coupons from the newspaper – you know those colorful glossy ones – and I could use the coupons sent to me directly from the store, but they limited my internet savings. I feel cheated. My shopping euphoria has been vastly diminished.
But, never fear dear readers – I figured out how to beat them at their own game. Next time, instead of doing one big shop for the entire week, I’ll go every single day and just pick up a few things and will use 2 coupons every single time. I’ll show them I will. I’ll get my savings one way or another. Ha! Take that greedy supermarket villains!
Are you bargain shoppers? Do you use coupons? Does your store limit your savings? I’d like to know if this atrocity is only happening against me or if it exists everywhere.
Word of the day: Ogive
Fun fact about me: Sometimes I shop without using coupons. (Gasp!)
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, November 2017. Photos courtesy Google Images.
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Hope you have gas coupons, too, to pay for all those extra trips.
Our Walmart, where we buy most groceries, has no such limits as that, however, they did something recently that really hurt. For years, they have matched prices of other stores if we had the ads with us. We figure we saved $10 to $15 a week from price matches. They recently stopped honoring them, directing us instead to their “Savings Catcher” app. Using it, we may save 57 cents or $1.09 or some such amount, but nowhere near what the price matches used to save.
BTW, I couldn’t figure out how to work a pointed arch into the conversation.
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Alas, I detest Walmart so I do not shop there. My husband will go there and pick up a few things once in a while, but I HATE the Walmart. Sounds like everyone is on to the savings racket we savvy shoppers have acquired.
I don’t need gas coupons because the store is only about 5 minutes away. I so rarely drive anymore it takes me about 3 months to deplete a tank of gas.
Thanks for stopping by and at least contemplating how to incorporate the word of the day into the comments. I appreciate your efforts.
Have a great week.
Patricia
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I salute your frugal ways, Patricia! I usually don’t take the time or energy to hunt down coupons, but if one is mailed to me from a store I like, I might stuff it in my purse. And I usually forget about it, only to find it after the expiration date. So bothering with coupons is usually a waste of my time, and isn’t time money, anyway? See, I’m saving money by avoiding coupons. 🙂
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I like how you think. Saving time is indeed saving money. But, I do enjoy my coupon shopping. I have a little green plastic envelope that I keep my grocery list and my coupons in along with my supermarket super saver discount card, so it’s all in one handy dandy little place when I get to the check out. Of course, I have to remember to bring the little green envelope, or I’m screwed, but usually I don’t forget that.
As always, thanks for stopping by and sharing your wit and wisdom. It’s always nice to see you. Have a great week.
Patricia
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I admire people who are organized enough to keep up with coupons and save lots of money by using them. I’m not an organized person and I hate to shop. Hubby like to shop, but he buys too much junk. Sabotages my healthy eating! We use coupons if we have them, but not often enough. I, too, have gone to use a few coupons and noticed it was past the expiration date. Grrr!
Yay for you not using a lot of gas. Otherwise, those short shopping sprees would end up costing you more than you’d save. So good for you figuring out how to get around their new tactics. Happy shopping and happy savings!
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Actually Lynn, I don’t really like going to the supermarket so I probably will continue my once a week “big” shop. I just like to think I’m getting away with something.
My hubby also comes home with a lot of stuff that we neither need or have the money for, mostly in the form of ice cream and sweets, which I really don’t eat and he doesn’t need. That’s why I do the shopping.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great week.
Patricia
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