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I’ve been attempting to save money with coupons for the last six months or so. It’s been a HUGE learning experience. I’ve actually saved lots of money at CVS, which is my favorite store to use coupons at. But I haven’t saved much on groceries. I think part of the reason is my organizational methods.
You may remember me writing about a couple different coupon binders I reviewed. The first binder I reviewed was from The Coupon Binder Store & it is the traditional coupon binder. I like how it came completely put together. I just had to start adding coupons and begin saving. The second one I reviewed as Mrs. A’s Coupon Organizer, which is similar to the traditional binder but with a very interesting twist in the way the pages hold coupons.
While I can see the benefits of using a binder, and I loved the products I was able to review, I can see downfalls in the binder method too. I find myself putting off organizing my coupons because of the time it takes. I hate having to fold and snip the coupons to make them fit into the baseball pages in my binder. To be honest, I have ended up just clipping my coupons, sticking them in a ziplock baggie and sorting through them before I shopped.
The other night I started thinking about this and thought I’d go searching for a better way of organizing them. I ended up stumbling upon a great blog post on The Homespun Heart called “Saving in Style” where she wrote about making and using a coupon box instead of a binder. What a fantastic idea!! I then continued to scour the internet for other articles and videos about using the coupon box method. Wow – what fun!
So what is a coupon box? Well, in many ways it is very similar to a coupon binder. You make categories and sort your coupons accordingly. The difference is instead of putting them into baseball card holders you simply file them behind the correct divider. No more folding and stuffing! Plus, another great feature in my opinion, you can add as many subcategories as you’d like. This is going to make filing and using my coupons so much quicker and easier!
I haven’t set up my own coupon box yet because I’m actually working on finding and reviewing some premade coupon boxes. I can’t wait for they to arrive! Be sure to keep you eyes out for the reviews…..an maybe even giveaways too! Of course, you could make your own coupon box relatively easily too.
So do any of you use a coupon box instead of a binder? What do you think of it? I’d love to hear your opinions!
Bye,
Lisa
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I have tried alllll organizational methods and have found that the box works best for me. I usually clip coupons for groceries and toiletries. I am not one of those shoppers that is always looking for the DEAL of the century to stock up. I just do it once a week. I used to be crazy about couponing and deals. But, it became a tad toooo overwhelming for me. Because my style of shopping changed so has my style of organizing coupons.
I use folders that takes 1 min to do every week. Coupons expire faster then they did years ago and I don’t want to spend time cutting them out and filing them every week so I just put the new coupons in a file and date it. I get rid of the old coupons that are an older date and reuse the folders. Each week I check two site that have the deals of the week and what date there is a coupon for it and go to the right folder and cut the coupon out and put it in an envelope that has my list on the back. I love to save money but I don’t have hours to spend doing it. I found out over the years that sometimes I would not cut out a coupon that I wish I would have to buy something that had a really good sale on a few week after the coupon came out in the paper. I have been doing coupons for over 30 years. Way before computers. I find that I save 30 to 50 percent of my shopping bill a week.
I use coupon boxes. I actually have 4 that have lids and I use envelopes with product names. I take all 4 boxes with me to the store, they fit nicely in the back of the cart. This way, if I run across an unadvertised sale I have my coupons there to save more. (This happen ALOT) I like this method. I go through about every 3 months of so and throw out the expired coupons.
I do my coupons a little OCD LOL. When I get my inserts, if there’s something in there that I know for sure I’m going to use this week, I clip it and put it in my binder. I don’t put every coupon in my binder, because I’d need a 15 inch binder. We have 6 people in our house, and I get 6 inserts each week. Since on my matchups the inserts go by date, I have my inserts in my filing cabinet filed by insert & by date. I take a black marker and write the insert date on the front of the insert and then file it every week. Then, when I’m going through matchups making my own lists, I can go to the cabinet and pull out which insert the coupon is from and find it, instead of searching through each page in my binder. See, I told you, OCD! Now if only I could apply that organization to the rest of my house!
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