Coupon Binder

About a year and a half ago I decided I wanted to look intothis whole couponing craze that was going on. So I started to buy the Sundaypaper and cut coupons. I’ve become addicted and can’t help but crave thechallenge to save. About 6 months ago, my coupons were getting a so out ofcontrol, that I needed to get better organized. A coupon binder was the answer.

Things you’ll need:

3 ring binder

Baseball card holder (perfect size for coupons & goodprices found on eBay)

Tab dividers

Coupons

The first thing I did was sort my coupons by categories.I used sticky notes to help label them.

The categories I have used myself are:

Pantry

Fridge

Baking

Frozen

Drinks

Sweets

Meats

Cleaning Products

Paper Products

Dish Soap

Laundry

Hair

Body Soap

Lotion

Oral Hygiene

Personal Care

Make-up

Medicines

Office Products

Baby/kids

Dog

Places

Restaurants

Miscellaneous

These categories seem to work well for me.

The next thing you’ll do is to put your tab dividers andbaseball card holders into the 3 ring binder. After that start inserting yourcoupons into the baseball card holders behind the proper tabs.

If you are serious about couponing here are a few tips I haveto offer:

-         Only cut the coupons for the things you use. If youcut out coupons for items you don’t normally use, you’ll end up spending moremoney than you’ll be saving.

-         The exception to this would be if you know youcan get an item for free after the coupon.

-         Sometimes you’ll get coupons for free items; I keepthose at the front of my binder so I remember to use them.

-         Find a good blog to follow for couponing. Two I useare www.hip2save.com and www.moneysavingmom.com. These blogslay out exactly how to use your coupons at particular stores.

I hope this helps. Happy savings to you!