[barryswife]

I have them on an excel sheet on my grocery list, laid out by my Walmart in 2 columns. My binder has a tab at the very top of the 9 up ball card pages on the Pharmacy and aisle 14 tabs. My tabs have the same titles that my binder does, make it simple. HTH someone

Walmart

Pharmacy

Cards/books/magazines

HBA

Seasonal

Housewares

Hardware

Toys

Shoes

Womens/Mens/Lingerie

Boys/Girls/Baby

Electronics

Office

Crafts

(column 2 starts here on my list)
14-eggs,water,dairy

13-cokes,chips,etc.

11-12 cleaning,paper

10-plasticware,bags,seas.candy

9-crackers,candy

8-oil,splenda,cake mix

7-canned fruit,cereal

6-meat,soup,juice

5-pasta, veggies,cheese whiz,potatoes

4-condiments, mexican, rice

3-coffee,pb,bread

Meat

Freezer

Produce

Bakery










_ Heather Campbell

[kobosky123]

Wow! Thanks for sharing.

[Chesney]

Sounds AWESOME!!!!
I would love to see a pic!!

[loretta12974]

[barryswife]

I attached a copy of my grocery list. Feel free to copy it out. I will try to get a picture of my binder in as soon as I can.

[pascale07]

Thanks for sharing

[Shumom]

Thanks for sharing

[ChelleMorty]

Wow, very awesome!! Thanks for posting the XL sheet too. I am downloading it now. I always love tips on orginazation. Lord knows I need all the help I can get!

[barryswife]

You're not alone. I think we all need all the help we can get on organization. This sheet keeps me from back tracking in the store 5,000 times, especially nice when I have the children with me!!! LOVE IT!! Hopefully I will get pictures of my notebook in soon.

[sytipton]

I'm new to this site but I'm not quiet sure what this is for. Can you explain?

[sleepyshopper]

Awesome job!!

[cotinkandy1]

cool cool cool, Love to be organized!! And you seem to have it down pat!!

[barryswife]

Originally Posted by sytipton

I'm new to this site but I'm not quiet sure what this is for. Can you explain?

This is my grocery list and binder headings. Some of us use a 3 ring binder with baseball card holders for our coupons. I have mine divided by these headings, in this order b/c that's the way Walmart (the place I do most of my shopping) is laid out. My grocery list (which is attached) is laid out the same way, ending in freezer and produce so nothing melts or gets bruised. It saves time for everything to match. As I walk to the next aisle, I flip to the next page. Especially great when I have the children and want OUT of there! HTH
BTW, let me know if you have any more questions while you're on here.

[sytipton]

Oh, duh. I do most of my shopping at Walmart too so this is great. I have a three inch binder that is super heavy. I think I carry way too many coupons. Most of my HBA shopping I do at CVS or Walgreens (when I'm not mad at them). I'm wondering if I should have a binder just for them. Any thoughts?

[barryswife]

I do most of my hba, and a lot of cleaning, shopping at Walgreens. I still keep them all together in 1 binder. As sure as I don't, 1 of the stores will have something cheap that I have a coupon for in the other binder. Mine is 3", FULL, FULL, FULL. It gets heavy, especially until last night when I cleaned it out! Mine has a shoulder strap and I LOVE that! (It's a case it from Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more ) Makes sure everything is current. If the q is for a small amount and you wouldn't use that item unless it was being given to you, then maybe get a small binder for those items or trade/give those couopns. You could keep a small folder with pages in it for store specific coupons and only put that folder in when your going to the store (make sure to keep them in a bag in your car- just in case you get the urge to go in 1.) Otherwise, just think of the money it's saving you to apply to your chirporactic bill! (just kidding)

[sytipton]

Thanks. That was kinda my thought. I'm afraid if I don't have everything then I might miss a good deal. That has happened before when I don't take my binder, only certain coupons in. I would love a binder with a strap. I'm going to check out that site.

[sarahboo1979]

Great job! Maybe now I can sort of get organized.

[sandalz4life]

Thank You that is awesome!!! going to try it out tomorrow!!!!

[barryswife]

Let me know what you think.

[ROBERTA1985]

Sorry I have a quick question where on the forums would i look to find pictures and info on setting up a binder or something like that???? I have no idea how to set it up? I need to get organized because i dont want to spend hours going thru q's every item i find ... Please help thanks!!

[barryswife]

There is a section called couponing 101. You can get to it from the main page. Also, I will try my best to get a picture of mine posted tomorrow. Let me know if you have any questions in the mean time.