[wither16]

Alright guys, I am in need of your advice!! I am always looking for the next best thing even if I am super organized. My question involves the sorting of your manu vs military q's. I am currently using a binder for my "regular" q's and a small accordian file for my military q's. However, I am starting to realize that this is not working the best for me.

Do you combine the q's? Or if you keep them seperate, how do you do that? Any advice is super welcome!!!

Thanks!

[akastephens]

All my coupons are in my binder... on my excel spreadsheet, I do have a column that designates between the two...

[wither16]

I cannot believe you have spreadsheet, talk about taking organization to another level! You deserve a medal!! I am starting to think that since I mainly shop at the commy anyways, I should just combine the two into my binder. Plus I have this urge to fill up my binder so I look really cool....sad I know.

[akastephens]

I'm just a nerd (I used spreadsheets for a lot of things)... I hate flipping through my binder at the commissary... I can just look at the spreadsheet and know if I have something and then I mark on it how many of the q I used that visit...

[bellasmama]

Originally Posted by wither16

Plus I have this urge to fill up my binder so I look really cool....sad I know.

When I removed all of my 12/31 exp'ds, my binder felt naked!

[pilesoflaundry]

I keep the mil and man. coupons together. I have 2 accordion files, one for food and one for non-food and then it's abc order.

[wither16]

You gals are just putting me to shame with your orgnization! I thought about sorting even further into catagories, but it seems that I am always rotating q's and wonder if it's worth the hassle. On the up side, my binder looks a little fuller today!! I might even need some more insert sheets!!

[allenyoli]

I just put together my binder this weekend. My accordian file was falling apart, so I figured now was a good time to change over. I put my military and manu q's together. I already need more insert sheets. My husband and kids were impressed. I must say it looks really cool.

[bellasmama]

Originally Posted by wither16

You gals are just putting me to shame with your orgnization! I thought about sorting even further into catagories, but it seems that I am always rotating q's and wonder if it's worth the hassle. On the up side, my binder looks a little fuller today!! I might even need some more insert sheets!!

My categories are pretty general (ie: dental care, hair, face products, meds, cleaning. That keeps me from doing a lot of moving around as opposed to ABC order. Mine really only takes me a few minutes a week and I'm a fairly heavy couponer. I also do spread sheets for savings. Googledocs rock! Free and easy!

[gatertot]

Before we moved here, I had all my food coupons organized in my binder by aisle in the commissary. I also had a pencil pouch in front for my only commissary coupons that I use all the time, so i would pull from my binder and then bring that in when I didn't want to lug it all in. Now that I probably wont shop anywhere but the commissary I will just put them all together.

[island_girl]

My binder is set up by aisle in the commissary - depending on how many items I buy in any aisle there can be 1 page per aisle or 4-5. I only shop the commissary so this works well for me - probably wouldn't make sense in any other store though . I keep extras is a zipper pouch in the back, If I have a lot of a coupon - I put a round dot on that slot to remind me that I've got more in the back if I find a free or mm while I'm shopping

[LinzluvsGJ]

I keep them all together in mine. I sort my binder by category (frozen, canned/jarred/boxed, pet, bath & beauty, etc) and then just stick them in the pages to flip through. It works easiest for me as opposed to ABC (I would always be obsessing if I did that...should smucker's jelly go by jelly or smuckers? and then would I need to dig to compare it to a different brand in cost? ).

[pilesoflaundry]

LinzluvsGJ, sometimes I do obsess or sometimes I have to check two categories because did I put the Kellogg's cereal coupon in c for cereal or k for kellogg's :. But categories didn't work well for me either. My brain is a little nutty .

[Random2302]

I have mine set up in my binder by category. Then I have 3x5 cards in my inserts so I can use the front and back. I use the front of the insert page for man. qs and the back side of the inserts for mil qs