How to Effectively Use Coupons

Here is part of a tutorial I will be doing to help everyone get the most out of couponing. This part will be about how to get all those coupons into your binder and in an organized way! (That way you don't leave any great coupons behind on your next trip to the store.)

Step 1: Buy a Sunday paper...or 4....or however many you want! Take all the coupon inserts out. Make sure to double check so you don't miss any!

Step 2: Make piles of all the same inserts. For instance, all the SmartSource with the same cover in one pile. All the same Red Plums in another pile, etc.

Step 3: Take one pile, cut the coupons you want out of them and lay them out one by one on a table. Then take another identical insert, and cut the same coupons, laying them on top of the identical coupons. Make sure you match them up correctly!

Step 4: Put them in your coupon binder or folder. I have my binder organized into 4 categories, Health&Beauty, Household, Cold/Frozen Food, All other Food. You can buy coupon organizing pages at Walmart in the baseball card aisle. They specifically say they are for couponing and have different size slots for all size coupons. Or you can buy some by clicking the ad at the bottom of this post.

Step 5: Continue on with the next set of inserts. Don't forget to take a break if you need one!