This weekend you can expect to find 3 coupon inserts in your Sunday paper. The P&G, the Red Plum and the Smart Source! This is a good week to pick up a few extra papers as the P&G is so nice to have a few extra of!
** FIRST – I want to tell you something you already know… when you have a clean, organized binder or storage method and coupons cut out, life is soooo much better! When you need to go to the store and have no coupons to take with you ready, it is frustrating as you know that you are just wasting money. Start off the New Year by giving yourself the gift of saving money by being able to find those coupons!
If you have inserts just piled around start by getting them all together by insert. OR this also applies if you get really behind in cutting them out.
Always start by cutting the most recent inserts out first. These can be the most import ones to get cut out for a few reasons.
- Have the furthest expiration date
- You are not yet sick of cutting and will cut out more
- None are expired
- Coupon matchups are currently out for them
I store my coupons 2 different ways. Each week I cut out 3 of my inserts (every coupon) and I organize them in my binder. You can see how I organize my binder HERE and how to make one. The other 6 or so inserts I store in a file box as whole inserts.
I label in big huge numbers the date that the insert came out. You can find the date by looking on the spine of the insert like in the picture above. Then I store them in the file box until I need a coupon and cut them out as I need them.
I started doing it this was because my binder was getting too big when I cut out about 10 inserts a week. Plus it was taking me too long and I was putting off doing it. If I can have at least 3 of each coupon with me in my binder I am really happy with that. If it is a HUGE sale and I have planned ahead I can cut out the additional coupons I will need and add them to my binder OR I might have to actually try and come back to take advantage of a deal if I don’t have enough coupons on me.
If you get too far behind get some help, or just start over! No worries just jump on in where ever you can! Last night I paid this little girl $5 to pull all the inserts out of the papers and sort them for me. It took her 2 hours, it would have taken me an hour, but sooooo worth $5!
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Great advice about not cutting them all out if you have several of the same insert! I’m bad about getting behind because I get OVERWHELMED with all of the clipping and putting into my binder.
Thank you, thank you!! I needed this post today badly. Last night I finally sat down and must of had the last 4 weeks worth of inserts piled up and my gosh was that pile BIG 🙁 I had no idea how to attack it 1st. I ended up going through them all and just getting rid of all the advertisement pages and all the ones that had an expired date. Then I weeded out all the ones ending tomorrow (3/31) and then left everything else to attack on another day. Now I know how to attack my pile this weekend. Thanks again!!!
I am so happy you posted this! I always clean my binder the last Saturday of the month so I am prepped for the new coupons, and the rule of 3 is a good one.
Lol. I had to reorganize my binder on the day you posted this. I only cut the coupons as i need them. I go through the blogs looking for upcoming deals and cut only those coupons unless there are coupons i know i will use. I do not have the time to cut out every cpn. So instead i put each weeks inserts in a folder and label the front of the folder with the corresponding date. When i head to the store i have my shopping list with matching coupons along with my folders and a charged phone. That way if i see possible deals i look in the coupon database for any coupons that can be used.