I Heart Getting Organzied!!!

I am so excited to show you all my new coupon organizing method!  I LOVE to get organized and as soon as I start feeling unorganized and behind, I find I don't use coupons as effectively as I should.  My goal is save my family money and in order to do this, I had to get more organized.  I was getting frustrated with getting home and not using coupons I should have or just not ever being able to find anything.  Although I was organized before, check out my older way HERE, my new method of keeping everything in it's place rocks!  I showed several family members and they think I'm crazy, but I knew my fellow couponers would understand!

First, I bought a new binder!  It zips so my coupons don't fall out everywhere and had handy pockets to hold other things, like scissors and my calculator.  It was only $9.99 at Target.  Check out the slots in the front for current ads, my shopping list, and coupons I need to file.

Next I color coded my tabs with  my labels alphabetically!

Then I switched to the baseball card sleeve method, folding coupons, but am able to see them all.  They are in alphabetical order (roughly) behind each section.  When I first started couponing I saw others using this method and didn't understand why go through all the trouble, after couponing for about a year, I totally get it!  It's so much more effective!

Behind each corresponding tab, I added my Price Check (read info on that HERE) and my quick reference cheat sheet, which I'll be sharing with you all soon!

Here's one of my favorite new things...color coded shopping list!!  I pull this out and write out my list, putting a C next to things with a coupon.

Also, I am keeping a calendar and placing coupons that expire on their corresponding dates.  I just started this and am only doing if for the really important/high dollar coupons, including my Walgreens Register Rewards.

Last, I made a sorting mat!  When I am clipping coupons from inserts, I lay them out on here to help with sorting into the different categories, which I keep folded up in the back of my binder.  I used an old pillow case for this!

From my old method, I still keep all the left overs coupon inserts in dated  file folders and keep all my restaurant, shopping, entertainment, store coupons in the little organizer below.

I am feeling so good now to have everything in it's spot!  By the way... I used the idea HERE to create my binder.  I say, use what ever method works for you, go for it!

What do you think?  How do you organize your coupons?



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