Coupon Organizing Stickers

This past weekend I finally organized my coupon binder once and for all. I had grown so tired of going back every week and pulling out all of the expired coupons, so I decided to find a better solution. This is what I finally came up with: 4 color-coded stickers representing the month. Example: blue = Jan., pink = Feb., green = March & yellow = April. With these stickers I can quickly distinguish between coupon expiration dates and the best part, I only need to go through my coupons at the end of each month!  If blue is in the back of my binder, I simply take out the expired coupons and transfer the empty blue inserts to the front of the stack. Then I add my coupons that expire in May and repeat the process.This should make couponing a lot simpler! Don't toss your expired coupons, donate them! Military families outside of the USA can use your manufacture coupons up to 6 months past their expiration date! You can find all the details here

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* I used Avery 5353, but you can use any self-adhesive full sheet label. 

I also decided to expand my coupon categories from 17 to 26, this way it's a lot easier to keep organized. For example, cleaning items and paper products now have there own sections, which means I can find things a lot faster without having to look through one giant coupon section.  

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