What is your favorite coupon organzing system or device?
I need something that is easy to organize and carry...and shouldn't be "girly", since my husband will use it too.
Thank you!
ETA: Great thoughts so far. Thank you!
I should add that we need a system for organizing physical coupons. For groceries, I try to upload electronically to our card. That way when my husband does the shopping, he doesn't actually have to *do* anything for them to be redeemed, but without the physical ones added, we can miss out on $10-$30 savings/week.
I use one of those smaller sized "accordian" type folder file things. It has a bunch of separete sections and thing a flap that folds over the top and secures with a string. You can take a sharpie marker and write on the pockets for different catagories - ex. paper goods, cleaners, bread/cereal, dairy etc.
I have a little manila envelope that I keep paper-clipped to my planner. I go through the coupons every couple of weeks and take out the ones I'll use, and toss the expired ones. I used to keep the envelope in the car, but for the time being, I'm the one doing the grocery shopping. But in reality, I don't use a lot of coupons, so I hope you get some good suggestions.
If I'm just shopping at say, Walgreens, I will clip the store coupons out of their ad along with any manufacturer coupons I may have (double the savings), and paperclip them to the ad and just carry the ad in. For my grocery shopping, I use one of those accordion type things.
I use a zipper binder with baseball trading card sheets with tabs for different aisle of my grocery store. I coupon all the time...not to the xstream as some but it stays organized.
my iPhone with email, calendar, alerts, contacts
