Tuesday, March 29, 2005
When Sophie was about a month old, we debuted her in Baltimore to friends and family. One of my elderly relatives gave us a fistful of baby product coupons that she had been saving. While I was thanking her, I noticed one coupon that had to have been at least 30 years old. It entitled the bearer to receive six cents off Johnson & Johnson baby care products. My relative beamed and pointed out that since the coupon didn't have an expiration date, it was still valid. Then with total seriousness, she said, "Every little bit helps!"
I never could bring myself to actually use the coupon. Even if I was the type of person to get all coupon-happy and ha HA, greedy manufacturer of baby care products, that'll teach you to not put an expiration date on your coupons!, the six cents saved there wouldn't exactly cancel out my habit of routinely buying bucket-sized gourmet coffee drinks. Besides, the coupon is vintage, or antique, or however you prefer to say "old piece of paper that will be lost in yet another house for 30 more years." It just didn't seem right to use it.
The coupon has been floating around in my house for more than two years now. It just resurfaced again recently and became the basis for the latest masthead for this site. Many thanks to my lovely and multi-talented friend Hannah for the graphics assistance!
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