I wanted to share with you my technique for organizing my clipped coupons. I clip them while sitting at the sofa watching TIVO or a movie with the hubby after my son is in bed on Sunday night and then I lay them out on my island on Monday morning and sort them. I normally have 2-6 inserts so I have found this system works for me. After I sort them I file them into my binder by section. This method takes much less time as far as sorting goes and keeps my binder organized and ready for shopping trips. If you keep up on filing your coupons weekly you will not become overwhelmed and will always be able to get in on all the great deals!
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How do you organize your coupons?
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I usually do just about the same process as you do. I will sit and clip them while watching TV and then either sort them that night or the next day and then put them into my binder. As I go through the binder I will remove any expired coupons.
I swap a lot of coupons that I don’t use for ones that I do. To save time, I don’t clip those coupons. I will write the date on the Sunday inserts and clip them as I swap them.
Me too! I don’t clip what I swap.
My husband usually does the clipping (he is awesome). He uses a paper cutter. He separates the ads and cuts them all at once (usually on Sunday afternoon or evening while watching tv). The coupons are then filed by category into our binder. Any coupons we don’t typically use (but may use if an item is free) we put in a clasp envelope for possible future use.
Nice! I need to get one
Thanks for sharing!
I don’t clip…I just keep my inserts in tack and clip when it’s time to shop.
Sometimes I take one of my inserts and clip coupons I know I may use, but I dont like to clip unless I know I am going to get that item.
Oh Heather…you miss out on so many clearance finds and unadvertised deals though…just my 2 cents!
I use the same method as Jessica. I also try not to get behind because it can certainly get overwhelming if you do. I go through my inserts on Sunday and clip the q’s that I think I will use, or ones that I know could possible net me some free stuff. I file them in my binder and pull expireds out at the same time. Works for me!
Awesome Michelle!