Day One: Making Your Coupon Binder

Happy Monday!

I'm so excited to begin this journey!

Okay, so today we will be going over your coupon binder. I am a very organized person (well, I like to be). I like to have all my coupons in order in my binder so when I hear of a good deal all I have to do is run to my binder and see if I have that particular coupon. 

What you need for your coupon binder:

-A binder ( I have a 3 inch)

-Baseball card holder pages-I suggest like 3 packs to start off (can be found in the office section of Walmart)

-Dividers for your different categories. 

For my categories I have:

1. Produce

2. Salty Snacks

3. Granola Bars/Fruit Snacks

4. PB & J

5. Fruit

6. Vegetables

7. Pasta

8. Soup

9. Baking

10. Breakfast

11. Prepared Sides & Rice

12. Condiments/Salad Dressing

13. Drinks

14. Refrigerated

15. Yogurt

16. Freezer

17. Candy

18. Baby

19. Reynolds Ziploc

20. Paper Products

21. Surface Cleaners

22. Laundry

23. Dish Washing

24. Miscellaneous

25. Air Fresheners/Candles

26. Cold/Allergy Medicine

27. Vitamins

28. First Aid

29. Beauty

30. Oral Care

31. Soap & Body Wash

32. Hair Care

33. Lotion

34. Shaving & Deodorant

35. Feminine Hygiene

36. Pets

This works well for me but as you go along and get more comfortable with it you'll find out what categories you may need to change so it'll work better for you. 

Homework:

• Make coupon binder with different categories. 
• Cut out all coupons that are not expired
• Organize and put away coupons in their right category in your binder

**Tips**

*If you have multiple of the same inserts, just staple them or hold them together while you cut them.

Also, one way that has helped me sort mine into categories is to take a plain piece of paper, take a marker and draw a line down the center from left to right then from top to bottom so that it makes 4 separate squares on the piece. I then write one category in each square that way while I'm cutting I just put the coupons in that square so when I'm done they are all in categories and are ALOT easier to put in the binder! 

Hopefully everyone can get there's cut and organized tonight! If you have any questions feel free to post on our facebook page or email us at heatherworley0821@yahoo.com 

-Heather