“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted!”
*The act of kindness this week…show kindness by placing coupons around a store in
front of the item the coupon is for so that the next customer looking for that item will find the coupon and use it!!
I am a proud “coupon person”! I like going through the free
papers and ads we receive in the mail and cutting out coupons for food places and
items we buy at the store! My Dad and I have a Father-Daughter dinner date
twice a month on Thursdays. The majority of the time when we are figuring out
where we want to eat, I pull out the food coupons I have been saving in my car
and let him know the options. I believe I got this habit from my Dad because any
other time when we are talking about going out to eat or buying something he
asks, “Do we have a coupon?”
On the other hand, I also think I got my liking for shopping
with discounts from my Momma! Kohl’s is a great example of this! Kohl’s almost always
has their items “on sale” with a screen that says what the original price was
compared to what the sale price is. Plus, I usually have a 20% or
30% off as well! The discounts and sales at Kohl's usually always leaves my Mom and I buying something with the good feeling that we did not pay full price for it! :)
With all this being said though, I have watched a couple
episodes of “Extreme Couponing”, and I fall nowhere close to those “coupon
people”! If I had the time, it could be a fun hobby though because I am all
about being a bargain shopper and saving money!!
*My experience with the act of kindness…I intentionally cut out some
coupons of food items and put them in my car so that the next time I went to the grocery store I was ready to put the coupons in front of the food items and leave them
for the next customer to use! It was kind of fun finding the food items and
then being sneaky to leave the coupons without the people around me seeing!
I wanted the coupons to be a complete surprise to people! I again wonder who
found the coupons and if they did not think twice about picking it up and using
it or if it somehow brightened their day or made them smile! I know I would
have an instant boast of happiness if I found a coupon in front of an item that
was on my list to buy! The coupons were not for much but when you have several
coupons, it really does add up and saves some money!
As you can see on this blog post, I took just a couple pictures of my time at the grocery store putting out coupons! Next time when you open your mailbox and get some “junk mail”…before you recycle it, look through it and see if you can intentionally use a coupon to show kindness to a stranger! This is just another example of a way to show kindness that is free of cost but takes some time and effort! Happy intentional couponing!!
I few times I have seen these while groc. shopping. Now I will look at them now. and think Acts of Kindness.
ReplyDeleteA great idea to help the next shopper, Ang!
ReplyDeleteI do not do the shopping as you know , but I have saved and cut out coupons for the moms of the children I watch!! The diaper and wipes coupons, is what they really appreciate!
ReplyDeleteAunt Dena - that is awesome!! Thank you for sharing your own experience with this act of kindness!!
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