One time in JoAnn's I pulled out a rather dog-eared coupon that I'd been carrying around a few days. The lady took it and said you need to laminate this - and she took it and did just that! I was told, just to use it over and over for it will never expire and keeping it laminated won't let it get messed up. I am still using the laminated coupon and it's now in the second year!! Try it, you'll like it!!