When it comes to making purchases in our household, it usually comes down to two things. First, is it a necessity and second, is it on sale? An added bonus is when an item you purchase is already on sale and you have a coupon to use at the same time. That is when you really feel like you found a good deal.

My family does not use coupons as faithfully as we could. If it is a fast food coupon, that is more my style. My mother does the grocery shopping and gift buying for our family. She does her very best to be a thrifty shopper and definitely looks for the bargain or good deal. She will go through the Sunday paper and pull out the store advertisements. She will also pull out the coupon section and set it aside to cut and sort the coupons that she needs. She even watches the shows on television regarding extreme couponing. She finds it fascinating that people can purchase large amounts of items and pay little to nothing using coupons. She has not mastered the art of …show more content…
My mother also has a coupon book which is sorted by product and date. After clipping the coupons from the Sunday newspaper she will restock her coupon book with the new coupons she just cut out. She will sort her coupons and circle the ads in the newspaper so she will know which coupons to use. The unfortunate part is that my mother would go to the grocery store and would usually forget and leave the coupons at home. She would be so upset and then to make matters worse, the coupons she forgot to bring would expire before she was able to use them. Some coupons have expiration dates. I would prefer that they did not expire. If companies provided coupons with no expiration dates then we could use them at any time. The coupons would be available whenever we wanted or needed to use them. Being able to obtain coupons on a timely basis and being able to use them when items are on sale is double