Coupons and Us

Since I moved to the United States Of America, I probably saw the word coupon more than the welcome sign in most stores I walk into. See, not all of us look at coupons the same way others do. So, how do we look at coupons? After all aren't they just little pieces of paper/or electronic codes that unusually save us money? The answer here is Yes, but I would like to get you to think out of that box.

Some look at coupons as way for producers to get rid of the excess, or sell what is not selling very good. Others say that coupons are only there to sell low end products or things that people don't pay attention to, and there are those that just never fall for them and they simply don't care, and there are those that really have no idea that they have a negative side to them, MY DEAR WIFE. (Highlight this empty space to the left to know who I'm talking about)

You see coupons do save us money, but really just SOME money, this is where the difference comes in and this is where all of us fall for it. We have developed a sense of excitement, a sense of "Seize the deal" kind of attitude. You've got to buy what is "A good deal" and comeback home happy. Even if it meant saving couple cents on a pack of soda. 

So what is the big deal here? Well let's look at it this way, think food, soda, noodles, spaghetti, meet and so on. These things are notorious for coupons. I just like you have these things in my household as well. But, I had a very unusual wake up call, my wife is American, and she always believed that coupon meant good deal period the end. I did as well seeing that i was more excited to hold one in my hand 6 years ago for the first time in my life. But as I watched my wife sit and read the adds every week seeking the "GOOD DEALS", I began to notice that we really were not saving AT ALL.

You are probably wondering, how come. Well you see, we have no kids it's just me and my wife and it turns out we are actually throwing money in the garbage. Look at it this way she buys the "good deals" and then next week even more "good deals" and so on. We end up with a full fridge and closet. I love fresh meet and so does she, so when she buys the meet that has a coupon of some $$ off (usually Cents), we end up eating whatever is the freshest meet, and soon we forget about the frozen one from three weeks before. Well soon enough that meet will change color and become less attractive than a fresh one, so to the garbage it goes, in other words there goes the $10 with the coupon that supposedly was meant to save us money.

So now you have the knowledge of only buying what you need no matter what the coupon says, unless you don't have that item at home, but still, look beyond the coupon. And I will pray my wife does not find this blog.