It seems I just keep falling behind on things lately, and the more behind I am, the more I avoid those things.
The most notable casualty has been my coupon stash.
I've got 2 weeks worth of Sunday inserts cut out and quite a stack of IPs (internet printables) cut out, but none of them are sorted or filed, which renders them pretty much useless as far as helping out the grocery budget. Also, there's quite a backlog of coupons that I haven't even printed because I don't want to have a stack of them on my desk waiting to be cut and sorted. Pathetic, no?
Because of this behind-ness, I haven't been shopping (with coupons) for nearly 2 weeks. I'm going to work on catching up today. I'll be loading up my MP3 player with a few knitting podcasts, and powering through. I may even pay my oldest (in media cards--more on that later) to help me out.
Does anyone out there have a good system for this task? I love using coupons and the 'rush' of saving a ton of money at the register. I don't even mind sitting quietly and cutting them all out. But I dread the sorting and filing. Guess it's just another one of those things that just has to be done, so I might as well learn to like it, huh?
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13 hours ago
Girl, do you clip all of your coupon inserts? I file mine in different colored folders. I blogged about my system here: http://auburnchick.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/time-to-organize-the-coupons/
ReplyDeleteThat saves an enormous amount of time! I do tend to get a little behind clipping the internet coupons, but I've found that if I can allow myself five minutes here and there, I get them clipped. Filing them only requires about an hour. Of course, the best thing to do is file them immediately. Then they don't pile up.