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I love seeing other’s coupon binders
I organize mine in a binder, too, only I do them by categories… like “baking” then I have these subcategories: ingredients, doughs/mixes, spices. Or “toiletries” then I have “femenine” “deoderant” “shaving”… Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much for posting this! I love to see how other people organize their coupons. I have mine in a binder, but I don’t actually clip them until I’m planning to use them. I keep them in a folder sorted by date they were issued. Any that I receive in the mail, peelies, etc. I keep in a separate place. Maybe I’ll try the baseball sheet idea though! That sounds easy enough!
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WOW! I’m amazed! I’m only about 2 months into collecting coupons and just keep the whole set that comes in the paper. I’ve heard of using binders, but could picture how it was done. You have done an amazing job, super organized. The video has helped me to get an idea of how I can now start my own. I’m having so much fun with all this and I love to organize so I’ll have to make that one of my projects… after the craziness of the holidays. Thanks again for doing such a wonderful job, on the binder and the blog!
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Thanks for all the sweet comments! I really do love my binder. I stopped keeping up with it for a few months and just filed my inserts in a box. I was going crazy! So, I started the binder back up and I’m so happy I did! It makes shopping for deals SO much easier! There are so many different ways to organize coupons (and I’ve tried A LOT of them! lol) and I’ve found that the binder is what works best for me!
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I think you have an awesome system going there! I used to use a binder but when I started to get 10 and 20 of each insert a week, the holder pockets just were not big enough. I think I might post mine on my next “what the heck do I post today” days lol Thanks for sharing, it is alwasy fun to see other peoples systems!
Toni-Lynn
GroceryPriceBooks.com
@Holly_GPB
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I like your idea for the coupon binder. I do mine by insert, but your way makes lots of sense to me.
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Thanks for sharing your vlog Stephnaie. Figuring out a way to manage coupons seems to be the only hard part to couponing. Thanks again for sharing.
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Neat idea and helps me out. I have been doing this between 3-4 weeks and am needing something better than the system that I have. I think I will be trying to implement this into my couponing! Thanks!
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I want to start this system but I am having trouble finding a good binder. Where did you get yours? I love the pockets. Also why did you decide to organize alphbatically instead of by category? Thanks for posting the video.
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fourboymommy,
I got my binder years ago so I don’t remember where I got it. If I had to guess I would say I probably either got it at Walmart or an office supply store like Office Max.
I chose to organize alphabetically because it just made more sense to me. I just get easily overwhelmed by some things and I wanted to keep it simple. This way I didn’t have to figure out all the different categories and then figure out if a cereal bars coupon goes in the cereal category or the snack category!
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I did a binder for a while, but it seemed a little tedious to make them fit in those little pockets. Do you try to collect multiples of the same coupon? If so, do you put all of the same coupon in one pocket?
Maybe I will get my binder out and try again.
I also have started keeping a database of all my coupons. When I get a new batch, I sit down and log in all the ones I think I will use. In that same database, I have columns for sales. That way as I log in a sale, I immediately see if I have a coupon for that item, because it is going in on the same line or “record” of the database as the coupon for that item. Does that make sense? Of course it is pretty time consuming.
So with the binder, how do you match up your sales with your coupons?
Thanks, Kathy
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Kathy,
I get multiple papers, usually 4-6, and the multiple Qs fit fine in the pockets (though it does make my binder pretty fat, lol).
I use HotCouponWorld.com and afullcup.com for their coupon databases. When I see something on sale, ie Birds eye vegetables, I will search their database with the term “birds eye” and it will give me a list of all available coupons for birds eye vegetables. It makes my job SO much easier!
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OM! You have made my job of coupon-ing So much easier. I started slowly the past couple of months and it paid off. I saved $97.00 on a total of $216 w/tax (prior to my stack of coupons). Your site has made it easier to understand the how too’s of coupon 101. Now I am able to stock up on freebies
Yay! Thanx Steph!
Jennifer ~ Nashville ~
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Jennifer,
That’s awesome!! Congrats on your savings! Glad I could help!
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This is sooo funny!!! I have been organizing my coupons this way too!! I saw your video and just laughed! I took my sons Pokemon card sheets (baseball card sheets), 5 plastic dividers with pockets, a zippered pouch (for my pen & scissors), paper to write my grocery list, and a large binder. I also made a cute sheet to slide in the clear front sleeve of the binder that says Amber’s Coupons. I did my sections for organizing a bit different. Food, Personal (makeup, toiletries…), Household (cleaning supplies), Dog, & Medicine (vitamins & otc meds). This works well with me. Thank you for having this site, it is awesome!!!!
Amber
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Amber,
The binder makes coupon shopping so much easier! I just wish it didn’t take so much time!
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Stephanie,
I have to go upstairs and listen to your explanation of your binder! I’ve started this 2 months ago and got the binder idea from a TV report about couponing. I was lucky to have all the supplies I needed to start – a binder, platic page covers and a large set of photo holder pages for a binder with 3×5 pockets. I divide by category (frozen, paper products, etc) and have about 2 of these pages per section. Each photo pocket is for a particular month to help with discarding out-of-date coupons. I’ve begun to paperclip like items together within that month’s pocket (paper towels, tp, trash bags, etc) to help with impulse buys at the store. It’s a rule that the note book goes in the store every time and sits in the kid’s seat. Here in NE Ohio, only one grocery store accepts Internet coupons and no stores double over 99 cents, so there are limits on what a couponer can do. But we spent $49 dollars yesterday and got another $16 of goods free with coupons, so we are doing better than not doing this at all. I follow the Coupon Mom’s online booklet on how to improve the deals on our coupons, but all of this has to be a serious hobby to make it work. We were already of the “storage” mentality when we began. We keep a pantry in our finished basement and a freezer full of vacuum sealed food in the garage, so we were ready for this next step. I can’t wait to learn more at this site! Thanks, Stephanie!
Carol
Akron, OH
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Can I say wow I am amazed by your book if you saw mine I looks like it exploded with very little organization. I love your idea I am going to try something like it. Luckily I have a good memory of where I ‘ve seen coupons last my bill was $81 and I got it down to $42 but wit hyour organization I think I could do much better. I am so greatful for the idea thanks again. I also have found other info on site useful!
Nikki
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Great way to organize.
I started the binder method back in the late 90’s and boy has that method taken off and others using a version of it too.
Glad you are saving with coupons!!
Have a wonderful day!
Laura
formerly known at LWMSAVON
The Coupon Binder Method Creator
http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2007/07/lauras-couponing-and-refunding-hints.html
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Hi- I love how you do organize your coupons. The alphabatizing ALL of them makes sense to me too.
One thing that I would like to know… When you get new coupons… lets say you have…
Alavert in the first slot, Aveeno coupons in the second slot, etc. Now what do you do when you get a coupon for Act. You don’t move all your coupons do you? This is what is keeping me from doing the binder right now. I’m afraid I would be too anal about keeping everything in alphabetical order.
Or do you just keep all the A’s together and then all the B’s together, etc?
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Chelle,
Goodness no! That would be way too time consuming. I just keep all the A’s in the A section in no particular order. I usually only have to flip through a page or two before I find the Q I’m looking for.
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Thanks for sharing this. I’m starting to get more sophisticated with my couponing, and your guide and this video are inspirational!
I’m really shocked by how many you have! I don’t have quite a selection, but I’m building it! I have a couple of tips in response to your video I would like to share:
1) My local library (Portland Oregon) has free classes on many subjects, and I’m taking a Couponing class later this month. Maybe yours does too.
2) I find a lot of great office supplies (some brand new!) at the Goodwill and other thrift stores. Check there for super cheap binders, which can be very expensive new.
3) We stopped subscribing to the local paper to cut our monthly expenses, but I get the Sunday newspaper coupons from my office, which does take the paper. If I didn’t take them, they would just end up in recycling.
Thanks for sharing – I really enjoy your newsletter. (And there’s nothing funny about your voice! We all sound funny to ourselves!)
~Lizzie in Portland, Oregon
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Stephanie,
I have been couponing for years and try to have a coupon for everything on my shopping list but there are things that we buy that I know I have a coupon for at home. Right now I have three plastic shoe boxes filled with coupons, number and on an excel spreadsheet. I am going to go with a binder system now and was not sure how to organize them…I like the idea of alphabetic so I dont have to think where is that coupon. Thank you for that idea.
Deb ~ Buffalo NY
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Stephanie,
About a year ago our youngest child was diagnosed with celiac disease and we switched to a gluten-free diet. I began menu planning at a whole new level, for me, at least. However, even after several months with menu planning, I found our grocery bill, was taking up a huge part of our budget. I tried planning our menus around naturally GF foods as much as possible. I compared prices on-line and at local stores for the GF foods we needed to buy. Our grocery bill was still high.
One day, I was checking out $5 Dinners website and found your website. It got me to thinking about getting into serious couponing. That was about three months ago. I am now saving 90-95% at the drugstores and about 50% at the grocery store.
I am telling you my story to let you know what a difference your website has made! Thank you!
I am trying to continue to improve on my saving! I have organized a huge binder with my coupons. I take it to the grocery with me, but I find it hard to handle in the grocery cart. It sits down too far into the child seat section of the cart. Do you or your readers have any suggestions?
Thank you so much!
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Karla,
I am so happy to hear how well you are doing in your couponing! One thing I do with my binder is, I place my purse (a fairly large one) in the child seat, then place my open binder on top of it. That way it is at the right level to browse the pages.
Good luck finding something that works for you! And thanks so much for sharing your story!
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I loved seeing your binder. I also use a binder. I had a ton of document protectors on hand so I used my sewing machine and made mine. I put paper in them & made each sheet to hold coupons on both sides. I have plain document protectors in the front that hold the sale bills for price matching at WalMart. I put a stick it note on each listing what is to be pricematched. I also use a sharpie to circle item and expiration date of salebill.
I file my coupons by store aisles. Very short dated coupons are put in envelopes & labeled then held in special pockets in front of binder. I then concentrate on them until they expire.
People are always stopping me & asking about my binder.
Thanks for sharing yours.
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Stephanie,
I was wondering where to find the baseball card holders to get my coupons organized? I looked at Walmart but couldn’t find anything.
Thanks!
Erin
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Erin,
I found mine near the front of the store at Walmart with the Pokemon cards.
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I can’t wait until my son is home from school so we can go to WalMart and I can get a binder! LOL – it’s amazing how this money saving “addiction” has quickly become a hobby! I used to dread grocery shopping!
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I’ve been couponing for about a month and a half. Before I got back into this I spent a lot of time searching YOUTUBE and checking out everybody’s methods. I’ve gotten so many FREE items from CVS and WALGREENS that I get pumped up about it! I’ve taught one of my sister’s how to play the game, the others don’t get it. My sister, Deb, and I can’t wait to call each other to see who can find a better deal.
I too, am using the binder method with the baseball card holders (I got mine at a comic store for .25 a page). I put mine in catagories like frozen, bathroom, pantry, etc. I used my label maker to tag each space ex: first divider FRIDGE then on my pockets I labeled eggs, butter, cheese, deli meat, etc.
But sometimes that gets confusing because a coupon can be used on multiple items such as makeup: eyeshadow, foundation, lips, nails.
I might reconsider and do mine a-z. I know I’ll use less labels and filing will be faster.
I work 12 hr shifts so I have a lot of time to organize and search for freebies!!
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