Couponing

I’ve been using The Food Storage Network to help me plan, acquire, and use food storage.  They have great advice, books, posts, and downloadable spreadsheets to help you out.  This weekend, since I’ve finally gotten my homework under control (for the present), I’m going to do some massive couponing, studying of grocery ads, and grocery [...]

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Changes in How I Will Use Coupons

I’ve been reading Beating the High Cost of Eating by B. Salsbury.  It’s a great “course” on marketing and advertising.  I’m learning a lot about how grocers and food companies work to convince you to (1) buy their products, (2) spend more than you planned to at grocery stores, (3) stick with one grocery store, [...]

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More About That Cake…

Remember that chocolate cake I made the other day?  The one where I stacked two (single-layer) slices on top of each other to make a bigger slice?  Keep in mind that it was a new recipe, and it wasn’t from a healthy foods cookbook.  It used a lot of sugar.
After sitting down to eat my [...]

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How Do I Keep My Multiple Copies of Cut-Out Coupons Organized at the Store?

As I’ve said in previous posts, I’ve discovered The Fun with Food Storage Network.  One of the sites that links to this is The Obsessive Shopper.  They mention acquiring mutliple sets of coupons, organizing them by date and type (Smart Source, etc.), and keeping a spreadsheet list of coupons you’re interested in (instead of cutting [...]

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How my couponing organization is going

Recently, I made a new coupon organizer:

Click here to view How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 1.
Click here to view How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 2.
Click here to view How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 3.
For those of you that don’t have a sewing machine, I recommend buying a large photo [...]

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How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 3

This is Day 3 of How to Make a Coupon Binder.
Click here to view Part 1.
Click here to view Part 2.
Last week, I got fed up with my previous coupon organizer and decided to create a new one to fit my needs.  I needed a coupon organizer that allowed me to view every variation of [...]

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How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 2

Yesterday, I explained my previous, not-working-for-me-anymore coupon photo album.
Click here to view Part 1.
My new coupon organizer is a binder with sheet protectors.  I divided them into compartments with my sewing machine.
Here are the first steps to making my improved version.
Materials:

Binder
Sheet Protectors
Printer Paper (different colors if available)
Sewing Machine
Craft Knife

Step 1 – Fold a sheet protector [...]

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How to Make a Coupon Binder, Part 1

Last week, I shopped from home and created a personalized coupon organizer with sheet protectors and my sewing machine.  Over the next few days, I’ll show you step-by-step how I made it.  Check back each day!
First, let’s start with my previous coupon organizer.
As you can see, my previous coupon organizer was a small photo album [...]

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