Wednesday, February 07, 2007
The coupon lady strikes again!
When I first learned how to coupon and bargain shop, I was overwhelmed with the vast quantity of coupons that I accumulated over just a few short weeks, just by getting one Sunday paper. Someone gave me the idea of using a binder to sort coupons into categories, and that kind of organization is EXACTLY my cup of tea. :)
Here is a picture of the binder I purchased at Walmart (yes, Walmart...and I'm proud to say that I haven't been there since! Doesn't that place give you a headache?)
Inside I have a pair of Lydia's scissors (yikes, I need to give those back to her!) for clipping coupons, my handy calculator, and all my dividers and pages of coupons.
I have divided the coupons into these categories:
- Laundry
- Cleaning Products
- Toothpaste
- Toiletries
- Paper Products
- Household
- Baby Items
- Medicine
- Freezer
- Baking Needs
- Grains
- Meat
- Canned
- Breakfast
- Dairy Aisle
- Snacks
Behind each divider, I placed a coupon clear plastic trading card protector sheets to house the coupons. This allows me to see what coupons I have as I am shopping.
That works for me! So now it's your turn. How do you organize your coupons?
Labels: coupons
19 Comments:
This is an organizer's dream post! Thank you for sharing this. You have done a beautiful job!
Nikki ALL OUT Valentine's Day
Ohh I LOVE it! I thought I was organized! That's amazing, I would have never though to organize coupons like that. Thanks so much for sharing! Happy Valentine's Day =)
I really need to get back into coupons! I gave them up for time because I have 7 kids. Now I'd like to feed them cheaper as the teens eat sooooooo much food!
yikes! i think i am getting a headache! i am sooo unorganized. but i love the IDEA of organization. go rachel!
I've been wondering where my scissors went!!! They look like they fit nicely in your book, don't worry about returning them!
I have one of those little coupon holder accordian things. It comes with different categories, so that's where I file them away. I always put them in order of expiration, so when I look through them I just take off the front ones that need to be thrown away. I never thought there was a different way, but I guess I was wrong!
This is how I have organized my coupons for a long time. I started using the binder method back in 98 I think it was.
Nice to see others using this method too. It works wonderfully.
Laura
(aka LauraW68 and formerly known at LWMSAVON on couponing forums)
oops I just looked at my post on my blog... it was 1999 I started using the binder method.
Laura's Couponing and Refunding Hints and Tips
My question about the binder method is for each holder do you stash only one coupon for each item?
So if you have 40 coupons for different items then you need 40 slots?
I really like this system better then mine as you can see them more clearly, and you don't have to pull out a huge pile and go through them looking for the ones you need.
Thanks!
Renee
Renee,
In some categories that works well, like laundry items. All the Tide coupons go together, all the downy, etc..
I guess it is mostly according to brand. I usually have several coupons in each slot.
Hope that helps!
This is amazing. I wish I had thought of it!
I like that binder idea,with the picture in detail I can see more &
like it.
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Wow! Great way to organize!
I LOVE this idea......I want one of those binders! Yes, Walmart gives me a headache, since I started couponing again and using CVS and Walgreens deals, I feel like I've been ripped off every time I go to Walmart!
I love you coupon binder! I wanted to know if you print coupons from the internet and if so where do you keep them(they tend to be larger than mf coupons)?
I am very impressed with your binder idea. What I want to know is if you print inter net coupons and if so do you keep them in a separaet place(they tend to be larger tham mf coupons)?
I am very impressed with your binder idea. What I want to know is if you print inter net coupons and if so do you keep them in a separaet place(they tend to be larger tham mf coupons)?
This is great. This is how I want to organize mine but I was having trouble figuring out what categories I needed. Thanks for posting this! Very helpful.
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