Friday, August 15, 2008

My Coupon Organizer


This is my current and wonderful coupon box!
I've been a seriuos couponer for about 15 years now. Over the years I have had quite a few different organizers. I started small, like most people do, with envelopes. I quickly advanced to a small velcro one. That one last a year or so. About that time, I found a large, cumbersome one that held all my coupons with lots of room to spare. I loved that box, although it was akward, and not very durable. It last about 5 or 6 years. It finally got stepped one too many times by my boys and I knew it was time to find another solution, as that box was no longer available. I had heard alot of talk about "the binder method". It's essentially a 3-ring binder with baseball card sleeves for holding coupons. There are lots of people that love this system....I am NOT one of those people. I always have way to many duplicates of coupons and they would not fit in the sleeves. That, and I was tired of always having to fold the coupons to fit them in. After just a few months of trying that, I knew that I had to find another solution.....AND FAST!!

I ordered my current box from Refund Cents. I love, Love, LOVE it!! I highly recommend it!
Having your coupons organized in a way that makes sense for your really is key to big savings at the store. I have mine organized by category (baby, beverage, canned, cereal, etc...). Some people organize them by the aisle of their favourite store, still others alphbetically. The point is, to organize them so that you will know where to look when you are looking for, say a coupon for bacon.

How do you have yours organized? What?? They aren;t organized yet?????
Well what are you waiting for? Hop to it!!! :)

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