Coupon Binder!

I have redone my coupon binder. I was filing by insert and was running into issues with not knowing exactly what I had and I could not take it with me and shop clearance deals very effectively. Now, Terri's Coupon Tracker did make it easier to find what I was looking for and if you do file your coupons by insert, then definitely check it out. I decided to redo my binder and clip all the coupons. It will take more time, but I believe it will help me to find what I need much faster and I can bring it in with me and see what I have right away! Now for pics.

Just a regular 3 ring binder.

On the left: Current weeks sale ads, store coupon policies (always a great idea to keep them with you just in case you need to "educated" an employee), and receipts.

This is the right side of the page. As you can see it has a spot for this weeks coupons and coupons for checkout. On the next few pages I have spots for my stores for the on your next order (OYNO) Catalinas (cats) that print out and reward coupons I get in the mail.

I have:

• 5 divider tabs: Freezer, General (like for canned good, cereal, etc.), Health and Beauty, Household (batteries, toilet paper, etc.), and Refrigerator and Dairy. You can organize it by the order your store is laid out in, but I shop at several different stores which each decided it would be wise to have their stores laid out differently, so this layout was easiest for me.

• Many pages of photo sheet protectors which I use to hold the coupons. The spot that holds the coupons are 4x6. It is large enough I can easily put my hand in and pull out what I need and it can hold a lot of coupons in one pouch without ripping, but it's small enough that I'm not loosing coupons in a super large pouch.

•  I gave each section it's own color (to match the tabs). You do not have to do this, but I thought it added a bit of personality to it. Took much longer to do as I had to cut the construction paper that we had to fit into our printer, but if you had colored card stock it would be much faster, but I used what was on hand. 

That's about it. Nothing to difficult, but it did a bit of time. Easily can be done in one day or spread out of a weekend. I'm just happy to say that it is done and I love it :-)