Coupon Binder Organization | FAST AND FURIOUS STYLE!

I do things much the same as you. You have a lot of good ideas. I really need to get one of those slicers though as I am still using scissors. I have been stapling my coupons together before cutting them, as it is very hard to cut 4 copies with scissors. I like the stapling, it keeps the like coupons together very nicely and then I just tear them off as needed like a tear pad. I always staple at the edges so it doesn’t matter if it tears just a little, but most of the time it doesn’t tear.

I do not cut & file all coupons. There are a lot I just know that I will not be using and don’t want to spend the time. So for those I file them according to date & insert and they stay in a file pocket in my zip up binder. Occasionally, I have used one here and there, which I used the coupon databases to find if I had it and then I could go right to it. But the rest I do cut and file just as you show.

But…I do not take my binder to most stores. It’s so heavy and cumbersome now I just hate to take it!! Most stores, I don’t shop around and rarely come by a deal I didn’t already know about…..so I have a little 13 pocket coupon file in my purse organized by store. I have a CVS section, which has my CVS card, my Extra Care bucks & my list & coupons I want to use there that week. I put in all coupons that I might use & if I decide not to use them once in the store & put them in the back to be refiled later into my binder. I have the same pockets for Walgreens; Target; Safeway. It’s so nice to go into the store with this tiny coupon file that fits in my purse, yet has every single coupon I need!! However, it does require a lot of pre-planning my trips, which I want to do anyway. As little time out roaming the store aisles the better!!