How do you organize your coupons?

[mackysmama]

I'm going to start using coupons. What has stopped me before is having a bunch of coupons laying around and never being able to find the ones I needed. This time will be different!

I bought a coupon organizer but I'm still stumped. Do I organize it by dairy/breads/beverages/cleaning/etc. How do you do it?

[lilgsmommy]

Right now I have a coupon box that is a mess!
Mainly organized by type:

Baby
Cleaning
Frozen foods
Health and Beauty
Makeup
Pantry
Toiletries and Toilet Paper

Anything that doesnt really fit into these categories goes under its starting letter. So under B you will find baby stuff but also batteries.

Im going to work my way up to a binder next month though......gunna sort into baseball card holders, then sort into like groups....then gunna get pencil holder bag thingies for the front to seperate coupons into by store...so say I have a walgreens trip planned out, then all I need to do is put it all in the walgreens bag thingie and its all right there where I can get to it.

[lovesdaffodils]

I don't have enough to warrant a complicated system. I just keep mine in a baggie in my desk drawer. When I do my big shopping trip every other week, I just go through and see what I have.

[elsie]

I keep mine in a dollar store photos album (4x6?). Anyway, I organize mainly by category - cereals, drinks, yogurt, etc - and then more specifically by brand for health and beauty for my CVS stuff.

[Pancakes]

I have a binder with baseball card sheets. I have them divided into two parts, food and non-food all filed alphabetically by brand. I have blank dividers that I've labeled A-F, G-K, and so on.

I do some major couponing, so this method may not be for everyone.

[VisionQuest]

Mine are in a plastic box in alphabetical order (I'm such a geek)! Any coupons for free items go in the front of the box.

I'm constantly searching for a different way but so far that works for me.

[Norasmomma]

I've been wondering this, I've been thinking about using a recipe box with dividers for the items based on what they are, foods, dairy, pets, etc...Now I need to get the box, my envelop just DOES NOT cut it. I have a bunch of awesome coupons and I am not using them, plus my store will take computer generated ones, so I have got to start utilizing this more.

[mlleoiseau]

I just started using coupons and right now they are sorted into food, non food, and eating out. But it was so much a pain sorting through the food ones at the grocery store. I'm thinking of sorting into dairy, cereals, frozen, etc.

[Knittin' in the Shade]

I've got a flexible plastic folder (like a report folder, from staples) that has the posts to hold three hole punched paper. I've got 4 x 6 photo page protectors (3 pockets to a page), and each category goes in one pocket. The first page is the three major stores I go to: CVS, Giant and Pathmark. When I'm planning a grocery trip, I'll pull out the coupons I know I'm goign to use and put them in the particular store's pocket.
The next page has Dairy, Bread, and Drinks. Next is Grains (this is pasta, rice, etc) Cereal, Snacks. Then Meat, Frozen, Canned. Then Baby, Cleaning/Laundry, and Hair Care. Next page is Body care, health and something else I can't remember! Last page is take-out, treats (like ice cream parlor, etc) and activity (like a bouncy place, etc) Then the last page has a "random" pocket where all the coupons I can't file but know I'll use go. When the circulars come each week, I slide them into the front pocket inside the folder so they're ready when I need to look at them.