Where do you put your coupons until you use them so they don't get lost or forgotten? I tried getting a coupon organizer from Walgreens but they stopped selling them. Saw one at Target and it was real expensive. Just saw one I can order. Usually I put them in an envelope and they get all bent and ripped. I won't take a binder into the store so don't suggest that. Actually my mom was called the coupon queen when I was in high school. I should ask her. What about coupons from flyers sent to you? If I don't have it in my purse I forget it at home. Such as for craft stores or coupons for a dept store. Some times it's so hard to pull the cart over and look through the coupons without being in the way. I feel like every store I go in busy or not, I'm being in someone's way. can't even look for things without having to move the cart.
Come to think of it I just might have one! Yeap I found it. It's a nice black and purple zip around coupon holder. I forgot I bought this to use for something else.
I have a 3 ing binder that zips up with baseball card holder sheet protecters. I put 1 coupon in each slot so I can the amount and expiration date. I also organize it the aisles in the store. Like all my health and beauty coupons in 1 section and bread in another and condiments in another.
BTW.. wasn't recommending, this is just what I do. hehe. Sorry.
i use a binder, but i don't take it into the store with me... i get my list and coupons together beforehand and have a very small cloth envelope type thing that i take inside the store with me.
my little cloth envelope has several divided sections, so i keep store coupons and restaurant coupons in the back two diividers and that stays in my purse.
The sell small coupon organizers at Dollar Tree.
I keep my coupons in an envelope in my china cabinet. When I am going to the store, I pull the ones I will be using or plan to and then the rest stay in the envelope. Yes, I might have to look for something but not for everything. And I might not use all the ones I pulled out. For the flyer coupons, i keep them in my car. I hated it when I would make a quick stop at a store and then realize that I had a 40% off coupon--at home. If it is in the car and I forget, I can easily run out and get it. Some stores will even honor right after the purchase if I forget until I get back to the car.
I bought a little coupon organizer off ebay for like $6. That reminds me, I was going to organize that today. Its accordion style so you can seperate them. Fits in my purse.
I tried using one of those "coupon organizer" wallets a few times. It always ended up taking up lots of time trying to decide what category all the coupons should go in. And then the darn thing was too big to fit into my purse and I'd leave it at home, etc. Then, if I did remember it, half the coupons I had filed so meticulously would have expired by the time I tried to use them.
So, what I did, was just start putting them into the cash 'slot' in my wallet. I rarely have more than about 25-30 coupons at any one time anyway. I don't cut every coupon I come across, just ones I will actually use and would buy even without a coupon.
When we did the DaveRamsey course, the package you get with the class includes an "envelope wallet". I started just sticking my coupons in the front cover, loose. Since half my coupons are printed from online, they are all difference sizes and shapes, so it is easy to find what I am looking for. And I generally know if I have a coupon for something I plan to buy. The wallet fits right in my purse, and that is where I keep it. I set aside flyers with coupons on them to clip all at one time about once a week. When I clip what I will use the rest goes in the trash and the clipped ones get stuck right in my "envelope wallet" and goes right back into my purse. I have to get it out anyway when I go to pay, so the coupons are in my face and I don't forget to use them.
Oh. I keep my restaurant coupons in the BACK of the envelope wallet (behind the actual envelopes). And I keep my Bed Bath & Beyond coupons in my glovebox in the car. They never expire (despite what they say on the coupon... they will accept them even YEARS old) and I never am without a coupon for the store if I need something there.
Check an office supply store. I found a small organizer there. I have now moved to the binder that I carry in a tote bag, just easier for me. When I am in the store I usually go by the pet food or cleaning supplies to go through my coupons quickly. I am usually not bothering anyone else there. Plus, I go through the ads and have most of my coupons out before I go to the store.
I use Jill Cataldo's method. I file my coupon flyers by date in hanging file folders. Before I shop I cut out just what I need for that purchase. I know what I need because the websites I go to tell you the name and date of the flyer to look for the coupon in.
I have a small coupon wallet with dividers. I have divided it by STORE. When I shop I put the coupons for that store in that section. When I buy the product I move the coupon to the front of the wallet so I can hand the coupons to the cashier in a bunch.
I leave my 40% of coupons and restaurant coupons in the wallet and I keep it with me.
