Re: Didn't want to hijack the organizing binder thread... Pictures are bigger than I expected-lol! But gives you an idea. Inside each envie, like coupons are stapled together & in alpha order.
Another reason I felt I had to change was for the last couple of years, my other system worked great, but I didn't do alot of trades. Over the last 3 months I've been doing 1-2 trades or raok a week, so I had to come up with something that worked a bit better.
Also, I was worried about my accordian. I've had it for 2 years & never seen one like it. Well I asked dh to check Walmart for it (where I got it) & he found them in purple, pink or black & got me one of each; for when this one goes kaput. They redesigned them slightly...but just cosmetic. So when I go shopping, all of my Walgreens coupons are in my walgreens slot, Target in target slot, etc...As I shop, I put the ones that I've got items for, in the front; and I put the ones that I'm not going to use (I get to the store & find an item is no longer on sale for example) in the very back. Then when I get to the checkout, all my coupons are right up front. When I get home, I pull the coupons from the back and file away in my shoebox of misc coupons (from trades & blinkies & such). I think the shoebox may go the way of the dodo though, because as I get in coupons, I might just find out what insert they came in & add them to my new filing system (so everything is together).
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