Despite tons of advice not to, I clipped all my inserts my first few months of couponing. I ran out and bought a binder and baseball card sleeves and put together a beautifully organized system. As my coupon stockpile began to grow I quickly ran out of sleeves, which cost $8/pack of 30. I waited until I had a 40% off coupon and paid $4.80, but at the rate I was going this was going to get expensive, defeating the whole purpose of couponing in the first place. Clipping every insert every week was also taking way too long, and by the next Sunday I had a fresh new pile of inserts to go with the pile of half clipped inserts from the week before. Coupons were everywhere! This method was not going to work for my family and I.
I cleared out a shelf in the bookcase I use for craft supplies. I began sorting my inserts by type (RP or SS), date, and paper (different papers have different versions of the same insert). I then clipped my sorted piles together, wrote the date in black marker on the front cover of the top insert, and stacked them on the shelf. My coupons are still organized and easy to find, but the time I save is invaluable.
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