MRSW94
Thanks! I'm excited to be here!
I managed to get a paper last weekend, the first one of 2011, AND the one with 5 inserts, so I'm still clipping away!
I'm curious to find out how you all keep your coupons organized? I have a holder, but I'm wondering if it will get overfull, overfast?
Thanks!
You joined on a great week with all those inserts. Wish every weekend had five inserts in the paper.
I use three plastic accordian holders so I can have more categories than one would hold. I tried a paper one first from the Dollar Store and that held up for about four minutes.
Then at CVS one day I found these wonderful large plastic holders on clearance.
They work great because they're big so they hold a lot but not so huge to be awkward and clumsy so they're still nice and portable. They also don't rip or show wear and tear like the paper one did.
Once I go through all the Sunday ads, I write out lists of what I want to buy at each store. I write a separate list for each store and then paper clip the coupons that match up with the sale items in the ads. What I love most is an item being on sale, having a store coupon for it, and a mfg. coupon for it.
Some couponers swear by the binder method where you use a 3 ring binder and put baseball card holders in it and then store your Q's in their little compartments but I don't think I'd have the patience to get them stored that way in the first place and then wouldn't want to be pulling them out of those little compartments all the time.
Others seem to like the recipe box method and that seems like it would work pretty well, be compact to carry to stores, and be easy to get coupons in and out of.
I hope a few more of us will share what method works for you to organize your coupons. You might have to try a couple different organizers to find out what feels best for you.
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