Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Steps 1 and 2 Coupon Clipping




Step 1: Of course will be faithfully getting the Sunday newspaper. If you miss it one week trust me you will miss out. Do remember that the Sunday that has holidays there are no coupons in the paper that week. Two weeks ago I didn't get the Sunday paper and now I regret it. It was the one with the P&G insert in it. That week there was huge sales at CVS for those items. To bad for me.

Step 2. You need to get yourself a something that you can organize your coupons in. I have tried many things. I tried one of those accordion folder things. I would stand in the isle forever flipping through it. Knowing that I had a coupon for something but couldn't find it. I would just give up and keep on walking.
A friend of mine bought a very fancy coupon organizer off of E-bay. I wanted one so bad. It was a 3 ring binder with pockets and it zipped up. Well I am not an E-bay person. So I invented one just like it. YOU CAN DO IT TOO!
Just go to the dollar store and buy a regular 3 ring binder. Then I bought the plastic baseball card protector sheets. You get 10 for a dollar at Wall-Mart. Then I bought some sticky labels. I put the pages in the binder. Then I made categories that I wanted to put my coupons in. Example:Breakfast,Frozen,Canned, Toiletries,Cleaning,Baby,and Candy/ Snacks. Then I just started putting the coupons in it.
I LOVE IT! I can see all of the coupons that I have. I am not wasting time flipping through that foldy thing. So now I am saving my time and money. Here is a picture of what mine looks like.















If you have notice the Cents-able Sawyer button at the top of the page. Just click on it and it will take you another blog. This Blog is awesome! She has great things to help you save money.Free samples and how to get the best deal at CVS.

2 comments:

Little Jaden BIG World said...

Mandy,
this is such a good idea i read how you ben saving money with coupons and it kinda woke me up to how much money I could be saving and now a days We need to pocket more. Im gonna clip coupons for my shopping trips that i do weekly and start a book like yo thanks for the great motivation and idea.

Kim said...

Mandy, This is great. I am a true bargain hunter myself and always use the super saver cards in the store and CVS.