It’s Savings Sunday and I am going to chat about my couponing best friend… my Coupon Binder! Through my research of extreme couponing, I learned that (after the coupons) a couponer needs to have a coupon binder to organize and keep track of their coupons. Each person has their own method to their couponing madness so I am going to share my Binder and madness with all of you!
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To create a simple coupon Binder you will need:
1 Binder (I am using a 1″ Binder but I know others that use wider binders)
Scotch tape that has a matte finish because the shiny finish will wipe the pen/marker off
Sharpie or pen (I prefer a sharpie because it’s easier to write)
Clear plastic sheet protectors (I have a set of 12 but could use more to break down my categories)
Coupons of course (yes I am being a total smart ass now)
Now my preference is to use full size sheet protectors because I print a lot of coupons from the internet which tend to be on the larger size. Alot of extreme couponers use baseball card protector sheets because you can group the multiple coupons together. I tried this way and didn’t like that the sleeves required me to fold the big coupons in odd ways to get them to fit.
I use the tape to create labels for my sheet protectors. My categories are household, beauty, medicine, beverages, breakfast, pantry, frozen, meat, dairy, produce, baby, and miscellaneous. Ideally, I will get another set of protectors and breakdown these categories even more for easier organization.
The inside binder pockets are used to store my new coupons before I get them cut, the store flyer (when I can find them because our town doesn’t have them delivered to us which is just stupid!) and my receipts (because I like to keep track of my savings).
I now keep my coupon binder in the diaper bag so it’s always with me in case I need to make an unexpected stop for something.
This week’s savings update: I made this week a small trip because I was given the heads up, in the couponing group I am in, that this coming week was going to have lots of coupons and our local store was going to have super coupons. Better to get what we need and save the money for next week. What did I get? My deals…. 2 Chobani yogurts for free (could have been 3 but I forgot to take the coupon off of the printer), Orange juice for $.99, 3 boxes of cereal for $4.50, 6 pack of flavored water for Danyella for $.88 and waffles for $1.19. In total, I bought 13 items for $15! I can’t complain about that at all!
I can’t wait to see what this coming weeks deals will be!!
I am bookmarking this page so I can build one. All my coupons are in a zip lock bag. It’s such a mess and a lot expire due to being unorganized.
Such a wonderful idea ♥ it hadn’t occurred to me to store them like this
My mom always kept a coupon binder and she was always so organized. I need to make this for sure. Thanks for the tips!
We don’t get coupons in Australia, but I do love this idea.
I use to coupon when my daughters were babies. Having twins in diapers I had diaper sticker shock. When they were small I dreamed that they would help once they were older and could help me cut. Unfortunately, I can’t remember the last time I actually cut a coupon. I typically use my store card to add coupons or shop at Aldi.
Great thoughts, I just hope we have it here in my country..