Couponing 101: Lessons Learned in Couponing

Yesterday Marcy talked about Lessons She Learned in Couponing. The final post in her "All About Couponing Series". Be sure to check it out! Thanks, Marcy!

Coupon Organization 101

Today Marcy over at Stretching a Buck is talking about Coupon Organization. If you're new to couponing you'll want to read it. If you're wondering, I use the binder method to organize my coupons.

Thanks, Marcy!

Couponing 101: E-Coupons

Today Marcy over at Stretching a Buck is talking about E-Coupons. Go here to read the article.

Just a Note: Marcy doesn't promote using an e-coupon with a paper manufacturer coupon. I think we as individuals need to decide how we feel on the issue. I have come to decide for myself that it's okay. I can't find anywhere on the cellfire website and shortcuts website where it states not to use it with a paper manufacturers coupon. Jenny over at Southern Savers also has a article regarding e-coupons here.

New to Couponing? Read this!

Marcy over at Stretching A Buck has a series this week called All About Couponing. Over the course of this week she'll be talking about coupon inserts, printable coupons, e-coupons, coupon organization and lessons learned in couponing. So far it's been very interesting. Be sure to check it out! She's already talked about coupon inserts - here and printable coupons - here. Thanks, Marcy!

Organizing your Coupons

Wondering how to keep all your coupons organized?

When I first started clipping coupons I kept all my coupons in one big file folder, in no certain order. The more coupons I accumulated over time the fatter my file folder became and the more time I spent going through them when it was time to go grocery shopping. I decided I had to come up with a better way to keep my coupons. I choose to go with the binder method. Basically it's a 3-ring binder with baseball trading card holding sheets to file my coupons. I got my binder at Wal-Mart and at the time was feeling frugal and got a cheap one. About a month later it was falling apart. I guess you get what you pay for? :) I would recommend paying a little bit more and having a good sturdy binder. Now's a good time to buy a binder since there's a lot of back to school sales. The baseball trading card holding sheets I found at Staples. They were a little costly but it has been worth every penny!

Since I'm using the binder system it's so much easier and efficient! Usually before I go shopping I get my list ready and go through and pull all the coupons I think I'm going to use and stick them in an envelope. I still take my binder with me shopping because Kroger will sometimes have unadvertised specials.

I hope this gives you a good picture of how I organize my coupons. Now if you're not planning on clipping many coupons I probably wouldn't go with the binder method. I would probably try to find a wallet sized, accordion style organizer.

To read more about coupon organization, you can here on Rachal's blog.

Couponing 101

Where do you find your coupons?

I've been asked this question so I thought I'd try to do a short post explaining where I find most of my coupons but then I decided Rachal has done such a good job explaining this already I'll let you read her post. Go here to find out about the different kinds of coupons and where to find them. Thanks Rachal !