I used to use a traditional accordian style coupon organizer, but it was lost when we moved to our new home. I honestly never liked it much anyway because it was hard to tell what coupons I had, and even more of a pain to separate the expired coupons from the usable ones. So last week I racked my brain to come up with a better system and I think I found it!I purchased a 1" 3-ring binder at Wal-Mart for about $1, two packs of loose leaf paper for 82 cents each, and two sets of page dividers. I organized the divider tabs as follows:
Food
Baby
Home
Bath/Body
Pets
Restaurants/Misc
CVS
Christmas Reciepts (to keep track of the Cha-Ching!)
I then divided out the loose leaf paper between the tabs and taped my coupons onto the paper according to their category. Now my coupons are on display for me when I open my organizer. I can see exactly what I have, and when a whole page expires - I just tear it out.
Of course, carrying this large book into the store is not very practical, so I plan my shopping trip and tear out the coupons that I need to take with me. It may not work for everyone, but it certainly "Works for me"!! For more great tips please head over to Rocks In My Dryer!
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4 comments:
That looks like a good system to me! Anything to simplify the coupon monster!
Bless your heart for posting this! I was going through my huge stack of coupons on Sunday and I told my husband "there has to be a better way." I will attempt to make my own book next week. This looks like a good plan!
I tagged you for 7 things. Happy Thanksgiving.
What a great idea! Thanks so much for taking the time to share your wisdom :)
I'll have to add this to my list of projects. I HATE my accordion coupon carrier.
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