Ask a roomful of 50 couponers what storage and organization
method they use, and you’re bound to get 50 different answers. For every type of couponer, there is an
organizational method they swear is the best.
Only you can determine what’s right for you, however, and a big part of
that is determining what kind of couponer you intend to be. The basic rule of thumb is that the fewer
coupons you actually use, the simpler your system should be in terms of time
and investment.
The binder is considered to be one of the most common
methods of coupon organization. To make
one, create tabs for each of your main coupon categories and dividers for your
subcategories (if needed), and place them in a large, sturdy three ring binder.
Place the coupons in special divider plastic sleeves, such
as for baseball cards, or those designed specifically for coupons. Then, carry
your binder with you on all your shopping trips and flip to the right page to
retrieve coupons as needed.
A scrapbook works the much the same way as a binder. The scrapbook method uses sleeves designed to
hold pictures or whole scrapbooking pages instead of baseball cards.
The other option for organizing clipped coupons is to place
them in an accordion file, a coupon wallet, or coupon box. Basically, all of
these types of coupon organizer systems are portable filing cabinets for your
coupons where, instead of retrieving coupons by flipping pages in a binder you
thumb through the tabs and find the coupons where you filed them
.
Many people swear by this method of coupon organization, and
call it the "no-clip system" or similar words to that effect. They've
used it successfully for years, and you may like it too.
On the other hand, there are many coupon gurus who dislike
this method, and will tell you in no uncertain terms not to do it this way, but
instead to clip everything up front.
From: Week #7 Organized Home Challenge
Organize Coupons, Home Storage Solutions
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