Tackle it Tuesday - Organizing Coupon Flyers

I recently joined a "Tackle it Tuesday" group over at 5MinutesforMom.com. Every week, bloggers make posts, share ideas on getting organized or special projects. I wanted to share this with those that have taken one of my classes as well as others who may be trying to organize.

Each one of us has to find our own organizational system that makes couponing simple and fast. I have changed my system a couple of times over the last six months but I think I have finally fine tuned it to where I can pull coupons rather quickly. What works for me, may not work for you. I urge you to try several methods until you get organized. If you are not organized, you will waste a lot of time and also grow frustrated.

Some couponers elect to cut all the coupons out in advance and store in a notebook system. For me, this is too much work and requires more cutting. I prefer to keep flyers intact and cut as I need the coupon. I hope this helps you get organized!

Because I buy more than one paper for stockpiling purposes, I have quite a few of the same flyer.

Spread out like coupon flyers -- i.e. Smart Source in picture below.




Pull like pages as seen in picture below. Do this for the entire flyer. This is also a good time to go ahead and trash all the advertisments and get rid of the clutter. When finished, you should have just one flyer for Smart Source for that week.



Make sure Sunday date is marked on top of flyer for future reference. Now, when I get a grocery match-up for Duracell batteries 3/15 SS, I can go direct to the corresponding flyer and have all the like coupons organized and ready to cut. Quck and Easy!