There are few things that are more frustrating than finding out that your cents-off coupons have expired or they home when you are at the store. Here are some easy tips for organizing your coupons. These tips will help you not only use coupons before they expire but can help make sure they go to the store when you are purchasing items.
- Sort by expiration - The first thing you should do is to sort your coupons out by expiration date. This sorting will allow you to quickly identify coupons that are expiring soon. You may clip them with a paper clip and put a sticky note on them with the month of expiration.
- Sort by type - After you have sorted your coupons by expiration date, sort them out by the type. Sorting coupons by categories such as paper products, cereal, juice, etc. will allow you to quickly identify commonly purchased products. When you do this, put the products that you purchase regularly at the top of the stack of coupons.
- Grocery list - If you keep a grocery list on your computer, attached to your refrigerator or use another method for making lists, use an asterisk, check-mark or other identifying mark next to an item indicating you have a coupon. This will help you remember to use them when purchasing an item.
- Storing coupons - We have all done it. We have a cents-off coupon for a specific item and we put it where we are sure we will find it on shopping day. Lo and behold we get to the market and the coupon is not to be found. You have several options for storing coupons that will help you remember to take them to the store. You can attach the coupons directly to your list, you can put them in a sturdy pouch that can be attached to the ring where you keep your rewards card or you can put them in your wallet. Any one of these methods can be helpful to store your cents-off coupons.
It is helpful if you keep your cents-off coupons well organized. This will prevent you from losing money that you could be saving. There are many ways to organize your coupons to ensure that they are used in a timely manner and not forgotten at home when you head for the market. Use these tips for organizing your coupons or other methods that you find work for you.
