Showing posts with label Couponing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Couponing. Show all posts

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!

New to Couponing?

For everyone out there new to couponing, here are a couple of my favorite sites to access printable coupons:

Red Plum
SmartSource
AllYou
Coupons.com
e-centives.com
Shortcuts.com
Valpak
Cool Savings
Coupon Bug
Delicious Living
Eversave
eclip.com
Start Sampling
upons.com
Volition
Coupon Loop
Coupon Surfer
ufindlinks.com
My Savings

Remember, some of the above sites will send you to the same coupons (usually the ones at coupons.com), but it's worth trying them all to see if there is anything different.  Also, try different zip codes as some coupons appear for others!

Store Coupon Sites:
Kroger
Meijer (accepts store coupons stacked with manufacturers coupons)
Target (accepts store coupons stacked with manufacturers coupons)
Walgreens (accepts store coupons stacked with manufacturers coupons)

Company Specific Sites:
SC Johnson (Glade, Windex, OFF!, Scrubbing Bubbles, Shout!...)
Betty Crocker
Pillsbury
General Mills/Box Tops 4 America
General Mills/Eat Better America
General Mills/Everyday Saver
Kelloggs
Campbell's Soup
ConAgra
Mambo Sprouts (organic/natural foods)
Wyeth (Advil, Robitussin, Dimetapp, Centrum, ChapStick...)
Nestle