Most people hate going because it's usually crowded, but I LOVE me a commissary trip. Infact, food shopping with Paul is one of my most favorite things to do. Seriously. I'm crazy
While most commissary trips are uneventful, this week's trip inspired me. Check out what my hubs spotted:
A girl walking around with a four inch binder, itemized by aisle, full of coupons. I've never seen anything like it. A-mazing. Are you green with coupon envy? I am.
I stink at coupon clipping and, to be honest, wasn't sure where to even find coupons outside of the commissary aisles. So I had to inquire as this girl was obviously an expert. If you know me, you know I have no fear in going up to a stranger and striking a conversation. Clearly, I also have no problem asking someone if I can take a photo of their coupon binder. So, faster than you can say "buy one get one free," I made a beeline to pick this coupon phenom's brain.
Here are the minutes from our
-Most people use a two inch binder for their coupons, my guru uses four.
- The best way to store the coupons is in baseball card sheets.
- If you have a numbered and itemized coversheet with the aisles of your grocery store, you can number your binder to find your coupons quickly.
- The best place to get coupons is in a Sunday newspaper and if you hit up the dollar store early, you can get the newspaper for $1 instead of $2.
- Websites for coupons include www.coupon.com, www.redplum.com, and www.smartsource.com
I am absolutely in awe and am completely inspired to make a coupon binder of my very own. So, I have to know, are you as inspired as I am or do you already have your own way to organize coupons? Are you a coupon clipper, or just suck it up and pay full price? Any other tips to share? Help a girl out!
Hah, Mary carried around a binder like that for a long time. It was even alphabetized by product name!
ReplyDeleteI joked her mercilessly about it, and I think the amount of time it took to find/clip/organize all those coupons finally became too much for her to handle, once school started back up.
It's quite a bit of work!
Adam- that does not surprise me even one little bit that Mary had a binder like this. Gotta love your wife :)
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, that binder is amazing. I've never seen such a thing!! I have binders full of recipes and magazine pages, but coupons are a new one! And I'm super impressed. I don't cut coupons for a couple of reasons 1. we don't get the newspaper 2. There never seems to be anything I buy in the coupons!! But since you listed those websites, I'm totally going to look!! Keep us updated!!
ReplyDeleteoh wow! I'm your newest follower! I go to the commissary too, but I didn't know that you could bring in manufacturer coupons as well. I thought you could only use the in-store coupons! I'm an idiot.
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