Wednesday, May 18, 2011

How do you organize your coupons?

Some people organize their coupons in binders using baseball inserts and some carry a box of coupons.  How do you organize yours?  Do you use a binder, an expandable file, an accordion style folder/wallet, an index card box?  I do a binder and also carry an accordion style folder/wallet.  I will post pics in the next couple of days, but I wanted to share (by request... you're welcome Billie Jo) how I categorize my binder.  Now, the amazing binder I have has 2, yes 2 sets of rings, so the front section is food and the back section is non-food.  The categories are alphabetized and divided using a small label folded over on itself on the edge of the page with the name of the category on it.  I use a page labeled "HOT DEALS/FREEBIES" as the first page where I keep high value coupons and free coupons so that they do not get lost in the mix!

Food Categories:
HOT DEALS/FREEBIES
Baking
Boxed Meals/Sides
Cereal & Granola Bars
Candy
Canned Goods
Chips/Dips/Salsa
Condiments
Cookies/Crackers
Dairy (not including Yogurt)
Drinks (not including Soda)
Frozen Food
Pasta & Pasta Sauce
Produce
Soda
Yogurt

Non-Food Categories:
Air Fresheners
Allergy/Cold/Flu Medicine
Baby
Beauty Supplies (not including Makeup)
Body Wash/Soap
Cat Food/Treats
Cleaning Products (about 3 pages)
Dog Food/Treats
Dental
Feminine
First Aid
Hair  (takes up about 4 pages separated by color, products and shampoo/conditioner)
Laundry
Makeup
Misc. Meds (stomach, heartburn, eye/ear...)
Nails
Pain Relievers
Paper Products (2 pages, 1 for disposable utensils and another for TP/Paper Towels)
Shaving
Skin Care
Vitamins
Misc


I hope this helps!

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