I'm here to help! Let's get organized!

So yes, I'm guilty!  I'm that crazy couponer that posts all those pictures of the deals I get and don't even tell you how I got them.  So i've received facebook messages, texts, even people approaching me asking me how I do it.  So this blog is for you!

This is just a disclaimer.  Couponing is not like it is on TLC's Extreme Couponing.  Many of those stores bend their rules just for the sake of the show, so just keep that in mind.  Couponing takes a little work, but in the end, if it saves your family some money, the little time is worth it.

I know a lot of my friends are just beginning to coupon so maybe you don't have any coupons yet, but you must promise me that from here on out you will at least get 1 Sunday paper a week so you'll have coupons.  Deal? Deal!

I personally get 2 papers each week.  I get two, because sometimes the deals I get require me to buy two of something like Buy One Get One deals for example.

You can get the Sunday paper for just 99 cents at Walmart or Walgreens.  I promise you that you will earn your money back and then some!

Until you build a good collection of coupons, I'll try my best to give you deals and scenarios that have some online coupons.  Using online coupons are great when you are starting off, because you can still take advantage of deals even though you don't have some of the older coupons.  So get your printers ready!!

Here is how I organize my coupons:

I have a coupon organizer (they sell these in the $1 section at Target) for all of my food coupons.  I organize them by types of coupons so they are easy to search through when I'm looking for specific coupons.

I have a coupon organizer for all of my toiletry and home products.  I also organized these by types.

Then I have a coupon organizer (a larger one) to separate all of my store deals.

I take all of these and put them in a Thirty One Zipper Pouch and it sits perfectly in the baby seat of the shopping cart.

I've tried the coupon binder method like you see on those Extreme Couponing shows, and it just didn't work well for me.  It was big and bulky and honestly annoying putting each coupon in each little baseball card pocket.  But all in all, do what's best and easiest for you!


I hope these tips are helpful for getting you organized.  I'll be posting some deal scenarios for different stores later.