My system and my record

Here is how I organize myself. I can't use one of those little filer things...it just doesn't work for me....I have to visualize what's in my book.

I have a regular binder and baseball card inserts.
In the front I put coupons I have to put away.
The first plastic page is things I definitely want to use (Walgreens register rewards, my Target rewards and other things that will expire.


I have colored tabs to separate my binder and only have 5 real sections...I have a simple mind, so I need a simple system. Also, putting them in this format, I see them a lot as I flip through and it helps me remember what coupons I have because I see them all the time.

My brain separates the store into 4 areas where I use coupons the most and that's how I set up my book:

Grocery (things that aren't refrigerated or frozen..cereal, cans of whatever, etc.)
Refrigerated & Frozen
Health & Beauty
Home (light bulbs, batteries, toilet paper, paper towels, ziplocs, etc)

My 5th section is for snacks (candy, soda, chips, crackers and things we don't buy a lot of)

Here's my receipt from my recent personal best savings...



Here's my bags and receipts from my record trip. If you look closely, you can see where the receipt changes about half way down from things I bought to coupons. When I stood the receipt next to me, it went from the floor to my chest.