Some coupons are more morbid than others.
Everybody knows if you get the Sunday paper (or steal it from your neighbor’s porch), you can find a ton of little coupons inside it for stuff you use everyday. Well, let me tell you, those really add up. I mean, over time, if you use them consistently, and don’t mind spending hours cutting them out for 25 cents here, 40 cents there.
Well, actually, that is a thing of the past. If you know what a blog is and realize your reading one right now, you probably know you can get coupons on the internet and print them out-no Sunday paper needed. That’s not to say there isn’t other reasons why you would want to read the paper (warning, mildly crude joke). However, in all seriousness, I didn’t really realize how easy or beneficial this can be. There’s this lady out there called the “Coupon Mom” who has an entire website devoted to coupons. I mean, it doesn’t really sound like I’d want to hang out with her on a regular basis, but you can’t beat saving money. Other, frankly better, sites that rocks my socks are www.retailmenot.com and www.smartsource.com. I found this great blog that has many resources, but she mentions a 6 good places to get coupons. If you can get coupons to buy stuff you already have to get, that’s more money for other stuff (like those backed up child support payments)!
Now, as geeky as it may sound to go around clippin’ digital coupons, it actually works. Right now is about the time I’d usually inform you of some outlandish tale of someone getting more back from their coupons than they actually have spent. Well, unfortunately, all I could find was this measly middle classer saving $1000 a month with coupons. I mean, it is no free car, but you can’t sneeze at a grand. Well, I can’t, because I’m not sure I have a grand. Nor is it dusty in here.
I think the main point I am trying to make is that although coupons may only save you fractions of a dollar, fractions of a dollar add up. I would rather save money than spend it, wouldn’t you? And hey, this is something you can really hide from the neighbors. How are they ever going to find out you (gasp!) use coupons? If they do find out, however, your social life is going down in flames. Nobody wants to be friends with a ‘clipper’. So, keep it on the down-low at all costs. Shred the newspaper after your done with it, and burn the remains. Erase your hard-drive and browsing history. And darn it, make sure you wipe down your scissors with alcohol after your done using them!