Couponing

I've recently gotten back into using coupons. I've always used them off and on. Sometimes it's such a big job in organizing, cutting and using that they have piled up and expired. I've recently found a couple a great websites to help me maximize the coupon system when shopping at a store.

Quite often "after" I have purchased groceries, I would find several dollars I could have saved if I had taken my coupons with me. A dollar savings is a dollar savings and I'm going to try to get my act together again and get the biggest bang for my buck.

I needed to find a better way for me to get my coupons organized and ready for use. I've read how others organize their coupons and finally determined that I would get mine user friendly.

I found an old binder I had and baseball card holders that were excess from my boy's pokeman, magic and X-men cards and put them to use. I cut my coupons out and organized them by category. I put them in the baseball card sheets and now I can actually find them while flipping through the pages.

The other thing I've learned is to clip all coupons, even if I am not going to use them. You can sent them to the military to use if you don't use them. There are several great coupon sites on my side bar which are VERY helpful in getting the biggest savings possible.

My other thought is how much easier it will be to give to the food bank if I get tons of stuff for free. I'm excited to finally get a system that will work for me and that I will use. I love saving money!