tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384533959928097593.post3757767711889068992..comments2010-10-13T14:55:31.627-04:00Comments on The Happy Cheapskate: Untangling my coupon mess....Happy Cheapskatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06583286577931626987noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384533959928097593.post-15970908246808539732009-07-20T16:56:34.184-04:002009-07-20T16:56:34.184-04:00Im crazy about my couponizer .. its very well brok...Im crazy about my couponizer .. its very well broken down by store aisle , and you can customize it as well . If i am clearance shopping , which i do almost every time i shop i can quickly find my coupon. There is also a section for soon to expire coupons . The only thing i do different is paper clip my coupon sections with the most volume , like personal care : which i have paper clipped for shampoo, styling and cosmetics, mouth stuff, and all others .<br />You can get more info on it at http://learntocoupon.com/PoorMomProducts.html . When i teach my coupon classes I sell it and all my customers love it too. There is a video that breaks down the couponizer system there too.PoorMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727981521094335667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384533959928097593.post-1638511086234235722009-07-20T14:09:07.056-04:002009-07-20T14:09:07.056-04:00I like the idea of taking the binder for a test-dr...I like the idea of taking the binder for a test-drive, just doing one section at a time. My non-food stuff is probably the worst to manage- because there's so many coupons for that kind of stuff, and so many different categories. Right now, I have a "Household" category and a "Health and Beauty" category, which is just nutso- it's so disorganized!<br /><br />I've contemplated tweaking what I do a little bit- maybe having a separate non-food file, clipping like coupons together, and putting new coupons at the back so older ones are in front... but, yeah, the more I think about it, the more the binder system might be the way to go...Happy Cheapskatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583286577931626987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384533959928097593.post-49316139670853391032009-07-20T00:22:23.743-04:002009-07-20T00:22:23.743-04:00You get out of your filing system what you put int...You get out of your filing system what you put into it. You pretty much already covered in your post how much you are handling and rehandling your coupons so why not take the time and handle them all up front once and have a big binder? <br /><br />I spend anywhere from 1-2 hours each Sunday cutting & organizing 8 newspapers into my binder. That's it. <br /><br />Then, when I'm in the store all I have to do is flip pages to a certain category. Yeah, cause I'm so OCD that even my breakfast section is broken down by sections (cereal bars, cereal, oatmeal, etc.). <br /><br />Anywho, while I'm looking at cereal all I have to do is flip a tab and I'm done. I don't have to pull out a stack and flip flip flip or try to remember if I used it or not.<br /><br />So, I've spent <i>maybe</i> a little more time upfront organizing into those little baseball card holder pockets but I'm saving TONS of time in the store by just flipping pages to my little categories.<br /><br />I will admit that if you switch to a binder system that it does take lots of time to setup the first time. My advise if you just want to test drive is to try a few categories at a time and see if you like it or maybe do your whole food section. If you do non-food I would wait until after the current set of PG coupons expire so you'd be inserting brand new ones since they always expire in 30 days. ;) Just saying.<br /><br />Hope that helps give a little more of my personal opinion on my method. <a href="http://www.couponmommie.com" rel="nofollow">Jennifer ~ Coupon Mommie</a>Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08394935335155590792noreply@blogger.com