Organizing a coupon binder

I love having a coupon binder so my coupons are organized and easy to find at the store. It drives me crazy to have to flip through a whole pile of coupons to find the one I am looking for. So yep, I'm the one people think are weird carrying a binder around. I get lots of funny comments about it but thats okay. :)

So here is how my binder is organized.... At the front of the binder, I have a divider for each store. If there are coupons specific for that store I put them there and will put my Register Rewards from Walgreens there too. I have 4x6 picture plastic sleeves that I put them in.

After the store sections I then have dividers with different categories for the coupons to be filed in.
Categories are-
Misc. Food
Canned
Frozen
Breads
Dairy
Meat
Personal Hygeine
Cleaners
Paper Goods
Baby
Medication
Misc.
That many categories, for me, covers pretty much everything.

Then behind each category I then file the coupons. I put them in baseball card plastic sleeves. I will organize them by expiration date so the ones that expire the soonest are at the front and then when the month changes its easy to pull out the expired coupons that I didn't use. I will try to make it to where the amount and expiration date are both showing.

At the front of the binder I have a 4x6 sleeve that I put the coupons in that I will use for that shopping trip so I don't have to keep flipping through the binder for them.

In the front pocket I also put the coupon policy for the stores I shop at. That way if there is ever a question about something you have the policy with you. I have used them many times!! A lot of the cashiers do not know much about coupons and what they will and won't take.

I hope this has helped. :) If anyone has any questions just let me know!

Have a great day!! Tutorial on Baby B's 4th of July shirt coming soon. :)

Inventory Sheet and Food Storage

Hello! After we moved I felt like our stockpile/food storage was a huge mess and I finally have it organized somewhat and the inventory sheet updated. (Expect for my Walgreens trip today...)

I started with a blank inventory sheet that I made. It had mostly non-food items on it. (If you would like me to e-mail it to you so you can just go in and add or delete a few things, let me know and I would be happy to e-mail it to you! :) )

Here it is after it is filled in...

These are some of the pictures of our stockpile/food storage. I love to shop sales with coupons so I don't have to pay full price for things. I also think it is important to have a storage because you never know what could happen and if you would be able to get to the store to get things. For the town I live in, if some major event happen and everyone ran to the store, our stores would only provide enough of everything for each person to have enough for a day and a half. That is scary to me! I like having a storage and knowing I'm prepared. Also, I write on the inventory sheet with pencil so I can update the sheet as numbers change. You could also put in a frame and use dry erase markers...

Baby B likes this part of the storage the best! :)

(Bottles of peaches, green beans and tomatoes that I bottled last fall)

There it is! I hope this has helped others get an idea on where to start on organizing food storage and knowing what you have.

Have a great Monday! :) Were off to play in the sunshine since its not raining for the first day in a week or two....