I have been having to play catch up with my coupons for a while now. I don't have all of them cut and filed. I do have them neatly in one place waiting to be cut. I have tried to catch up on it this past week. Trying and really doing it is two different things, but my motivation has now increased.
As you all know I shop at Shop Rite. A few weeks back I purchased 15 Yoplait yogurts which caused a $1.25 off your next order coupon to print out. This coupon had an expiration date of 4/20/13 on it. I went to Shop Rite on 4/20 and did a little shopping. I was reminded of the coupon when I walked past the yogurts. I pull the carriage aside so others could get past me. I look through my binder to come up empty. I was hoping that the coupon did not expire that day since it was not with me, but I had a feeling it did. I come home look in my box (where I put the coupons waiting to be cut and some register coupons waiting to be filed), but I still can't find it. Where else could it be? Well the day I got this coupon it was colder out and I had a jacket on. Hmm...could it be that I just shoved it in my coat pocket and forgot about it. Yup, sure enough that's what happened. I was disappointed when I saw that it had expired that day and I could have used it if I had only filed it when I came home instead of stuffing it and forgetting about it.
Now if that wasn't enough, as I am cutting the Smart Source inserts that I am behind on I find a .35 off coupon for Land-O-Lake Eggs. Gee in that same shopping trip on Saturday I got Land-O-Lake Eggs for .99 with the Shop Rite coupon. If I had cut and filed this coupon earlier I would have only paid .29 for my eggs instead of .99. Grrr....
Finding out I had coupons for items I just bought and I didn't use the coupon really bothers me. I am working on catching up with my cutting and filing of coupons. I know that organization is the key to saving, and I strive to get better at it.
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