I am the dork queen of coupons. :) I admit it - I buy Sunday papers just for the coupons. I also print coupons from the internet, scour the shelves at the grocery store for boxes with them or the handy little dispensers that pop them out at you. I admit - I pull them off boxes to use later and will take several from the dispenser to store away if they have a long expiration time on them. My kids have even started to notice them and will grab them from the shelf to give to me. Obsessed -- maybe?? :) It drives my hubby nuts and he hates to shop with me which is fine by me. I think he is embarassed when I hand the checkout clerk a stack full of coupons. Plus I am guilty of spending 2 hours in the store digging through coupons if I see things that have a good price.
My biggest problem has been organizing them. I have read tons of blogs with different methods and for the longest time I used a 3 ring binder with all sorts of photo and baseball card pages. I loved it when I was in the store but let me tell you it is painful to cut, clip and organize and then remove all the expired ones later. I was getting to the point where I would drag my huge bag of coupons and resuable bags into the store becauase all my valid coupons were clipped together with a paper clip. Not good!
For Christmas Santa (aka my mommy whom I adore) bought me The Couponizer ( The Smart Way to Organize Savings )
OMG - I have had it for a week and am absolutely in love with this. I have been eyeing it for a year now but I couldn't bring myself to spend $20 on it. I hadn't seen one other than on the internet and I felt like I would be wasting my money. Well - I think next year I am going to be buying one for everyone I know that saves coupons! The clip mat alone saves me at least an hour on Sundays and when I went to the grocery store this week I was only there an hour. :) I also saves 48% off my bill. :) woo hoo!
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