Organizing your coupons By Coupon Contessa – Nora Kapche
Hopefully, you have been saving those Sunday Coupon inserts!
Now, What do we do with them? We need to be able to find the coupons for the items we are buying at the grocery store. need. Here are a few different ways to organize your coupons. I want to give
several ways, so that you can choose what works best for you.
- Expandable file folder: This is a great way to just drop the whole Sunday
insert into the file and keep for a later date. I file these by the Sunday date
they were delivered. This method is used for storing the coupons until it is
time to cut and use. - Pocket size expandable file: These are designed for coupons and are labeled
inside by categories such as: Beverages, Canned Foods, Cereals, Cleaning, Dairy,
Meats, Health & Beauty, Baking Products, Paper Goods, Baby Products,
Rice/Pasta, Condiments, Snacks, Pet Food and Miscellaneous. This is small enough
to put into your purse for your shopping trip. Coupons must be cut and placed
into each section. - Binder Method: In a three ring binder, I have place Baseball card inserts to
hold coupons and put them into categories as mentioned above. This way all of
the coupons can be seen and I can bring my whole binder with me on a shopping
trip. - The Envelope Method: Take only the coupons that you need for your shopping
trip. Place them into an envelope and head to the store. You have planned out
your trip and every purchase. This works very well to make sure that you stick
to only buying the products on your grocery list. - The Couponizer is a new product that combines several of these ideas all in
one. It is a small binder with all the categories well organized. It also some
very helpful tips to keep track of your receipts and coupons that you have. My
favorite feature of this product is the CoupStacker which is a pre-sorting mat
to use when clipping coupons.
If you are interested in buying a Couponizer for $10.oo US, I have some in my garage. They are not printed anymore and are Last Run packages, so they may have an extra missing like the scissors or a small pamphlet. I will try to make sure that everything is included if you would like for me to open the package and check for you. Just request that be done and no problem at all!
Please email CouponContessa@yahoo.com
