Print Coupons You Won't Use Right Away

When I get coupons in a newspaper or through online clipping services such as The Coupon Clippers, I find myself more likely to hold on to coupons that I may not use right away. However, if there's a really good coupon online, like a high value coupon (such as $1.00-$1.98 face value that I know would be great to double the next time a store does Super Doubles) or even just a coupon for a product you use all the time but want to wait to match it up with a sale, print it! There's no telling if that coupon will still even be there tomorrow!

Let me share a few cases in which I was glad I saved some coupons!

I found $1.50 off one frozen Mystic pizza, around the last time Harris Teeter did Super Doubles. I printed several, even though I knew I wouldn't use them all right away. (My freezer tends to get pretty packed when there are Super Doubles or Triple Coupon weeks.) I used one at the time, getting a pizza for around $2 or so. But the expiration date wasn't until the end of the year. I held on to some of those coupons for the future... and boy, was I glad! That coupon can no longer be found online! This week during Super Doubles, these pizzas were on on sale, buy one get one free. Normally, they are $5.45, but this week they were $2.68 each. The $1.50 coupon doubled to take up to $3 off, making these pizzas FREE!

I did the same thing with the bagged Voila frozen dinners from Bird's Eye (which my husband loves). These are usually $5.39, but BOGO this week during Super Doubles. Yes, there is an internet coupon for these at the moment, but it's only for $.55. I still had the old internet printable coupon that was worth $1. So the sale price this week is $2.70, and my $1 coupon doubled, making this product a mere $.70!

So if you see a coupon that you know you might use in the future but not in the immediate present, print it anyway! Also see if you can print it more than once, as often you can print internet coupons twice, and sometimes more. One day, you just might walk away with something for spare change, or even free!