Coupon Notebook

Well I've been couponing since Summer and I have accumulated quite a collection of coupons. I get the paper almost every Sunday and usually get three at a time. I sort the coupons and put like pages together. Then I staple the coupons together before I cut them out. This makes it so much easier to keep them together and not have them get lost or messed up. Wyatt's favorite thing to do on Sundays, after we get the newspapers, is to march all over my ads while I'm sorting and cutting them out. So stapling them together is a must! Then I can easily sort through them. I have three piles that I put them in: me, Sammi, and other friends/family.
Let's start with my pile! I take that and I sort it into my notebook. Some people like to categorize them into different isles of the grocery store but I like to put them into ABC order. This is so much easier for me. I put each letter on a different page and then add pages if needed. My notebook is filled with baseball card pages which are the perfect size for most coupons to go in or folded once and then in.

Ads on the left for the week.

Friends/Family pile are any coupons that I know that my friends or family will want or have requested. I know Lindsay likes baking items, Stacie loves organic or natural baby items, and my mom likes Bounce and hair dye coupons. I don't always have coupons for them every week but a majority of the time I do. I don't mind keeping the postal service in business!
Sammi's pile are any coupons that I have leftover. This could be anything. She lives on Post at Camp Humphries in South Korea. Commissaries on Post overseas will let people use coupons that are six months expired. Groceries are very expensive overseas so I know that any little bit will help them. She sorts through them and uses the ones that she wants and then takes the rest to a center for spouses on Post to use.
I love being able to help so many people save money on things that they need/want!