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Ultimate Coupon Binder

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February 8, 2014 By Couponing to be Debt Free 70 Comments

Ultimate Coupon Binder - awesome #printables for creating a #couponbinder #coupon #binder www.couponingtobedebtfree.com

If you have been thinking about starting a coupon binder or upgrading the binder you already have, I have put together my very own binder for you guys. It’s totally FREE – except the cost of your ink and paper 🙂 . I printed mine in color but you could also print in black and white – it just won’t be as cute!

I’ve also included links to items that I purchased on Amazon to put my binder together. I would also suggest you look at Walmart and office supply stores to see if you can find them cheaper. If you already have a binder and you simply want to upgrade it and make it look prettier, then all you need to do is print the files below. I placed all printed pages in clear sheet protectors so they would last and not rip out of my binder. You may not need all the categories I have included. For example, you don’t need the pet category if you don’t have a pet. 😉

Materials to put binder together:

  • 3 inch binder (I bought mine at Costco – but office supply stores often have great sales on them)
  • Clear sheet protectors – I used 31 (I put all printed papers in these protectors so they wouldn’t tear out easily)
  • Insertable Plastic dividers – I used 23 (I highly recommend plastic dividers as the paper ones tear up pretty quickly)
  • Plastic tabbed dividers with slash pocket – I used 6 (I love using these to keep the weekly flyers for each store)
  • 9 pocket pages used to hold coupons – I used 4 of these in each section except for the drug stores (total of 104)
  • 3 pocket pages used to hold drug store coupons and reward money – I used 6 of these (2 in each drug store section)

Files to print:

  • Coupon dividers section 1, section 2 and section 3 (the cover for the binder is located in section 1)
  • Printed tabs for dividers part 1 and part 2 (here are links to word versions of these files: part 1 and part 2)
  • Table of contents
  • Blank shopping list – can be printed multiple times and used to write your shopping list on
  • Printable shopping list – can be printed multiple times and used to check off what you need from the grocery store
  • Sunday coupon insert schedule – so you know what coupons to expect in the Sunday newspaper
  • Coupon Lingo – so you know what all the abbreviations mean
  • Stock up price list (mine) – this is my price list that you can use to help you create your own
  • Stock up price list (yours) – use this to create your own stock up price list
  • Price book worksheets – use these to keep track of prices in your ares so you know when a deal is really a deal

 

Instructions on how to put binder together:

  • Place the title page underneath the plastic sleeve on the front of the binder.
  • Then put the following in a sheet protector: table of contents, coupon divider sections, Sunday coupon insert schedule, coupon lingo, stock up price list, and price book worksheets.
  • Place the printed tabs in the inserts of the dividers (I followed the order in which they printed). I put the store tabs in the plastic tabbed dividers with slash pockets.
  • Now assemble your binder:
    • table of contents
    • dividers (follow the order list in the table of contents)
    • In the information section put the shopping list, Sunday coupon insert schedule, coupon lingo, stock up price list, and price book worksheets.
    • Behind each divider place category sheets that you already placed in sheet protectors.
    • Place four 9 pocket sheets in each category (except the drug stores – if you purchased the 3 pocket sheets).
    • Place two 3 pocket sheets in each drug store category.
  • I also keep a copy of store coupon policies in each store section.
  • At the very front of the binder you could put a zipper pencil pouch. Inside it, keep scissors and a pen.
  • Now it’s time to fill your binder with coupons!

I truly hope you enjoy this binder and it makes your life with coupons a little more organized.

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Comments

  1. angel says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    Thank you so much I love the pages and lists to print. That was awesome!! I printed 20 pages of the Shopping list. Thanks again for all your hard work. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Dora says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
  3. Lisa Sams says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    Thank you for this! I love it so much!

    Reply
  4. CORINNE SAINDON says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Thank you so much for all your contributions your changing lives. That is priceless 🙂

    Reply
  5. Michelle says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    I love this. I’m going to make some changes to my binder. I’m going to share this with my daughter too. Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Becky says

    February 8, 2014 at 8:51 pm

    Wondering how to get best bang for my buck in a state(Michigan) that doesn’t allow coupon doubling, etc. what do you recommend? Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Couponing to be Debt Free says

      February 8, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      We don’t have coupon doubling here any more and I can still save a lot of money by using sales, coupons and earning store rewards.

      Reply
      • Becky says

        February 12, 2014 at 9:52 am

        Thank you for your reply. Do you ever pay separate orders in the checkout when there’s limits on items you want more than the store allows? I always feel embarrassed to do this.

        Reply
        • Couponing to be Debt Free says

          February 12, 2014 at 1:53 pm

          I sometimes do multiple transactions at CVS (I always go to the back of the line for the next transaction if there is a line behind me). At grocery stores, I occasionally do separate transactions.

          Reply
  7. Pat says

    February 8, 2014 at 10:56 pm

    I don’t have a printer right now but I will save your page and print it when I do. Thank you.

    Reply
  8. Doris Smith says

    February 8, 2014 at 11:20 pm

    I’m not sure how to get started. Would appreciate any help you can provide.
    Would love it someone would have class in Dithan,Al

    Reply
  9. Korilynn says

    February 9, 2014 at 10:58 am

    I love the printables part of this. I have a coupon binder, but I dont have all of these printables. Thank you for sharing them. I think I will make that my Sunday project.

    Reply
  10. Nancy says

    February 9, 2014 at 11:28 am

    I’m not sure how to create my own stockup list. Now I just compare a sale price with my price list and if it’s cheaper I buy it. If it’s a good saving I buy several or a lot because I never know when it will be on sale again. Or when or if I have a coupon, which tend to expire quickly, I buy it for the savings even when it’s not on sale. Any suggestions?

    Reply
    • Couponing to be Debt Free says

      February 9, 2014 at 4:26 pm

      Keep track of the regular price for items you normally buy. Then notice the price it is when it goes on sale. Now look for a coupon. The price after the sale price and the coupon is your stock up price. When ever you can get that item for that price in the future, you need to stock up. Depending on your area, you can expect items to go on sale every 6 – 12 weeks.

      Reply
  11. Jeannie York-Muro says

    February 9, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Thank you for all your hard work. I just saved these to my computer and will be printing and re-organizing my existing binder. Again, thank you for all you do for us.

    Reply
  12. Tjwana says

    February 9, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks, this was a great start. I tried before but was never ORGANIZED CORRECTLY. Now i need to learn how to put this together so i can statr saving money…. Thanks again a Newbie

    Reply
    • angela says

      November 11, 2014 at 6:40 am

      I’m the same way.This site looks like it may help.Will let you know in the future.

      Reply
  13. Deborah Montagna says

    February 11, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    Hello!
    Just a thought – I laminated my shopping list so I can use it over & over- I keep it on the fridge (so we can mark what we need) till shopping time then place it in front in my binder- shop, wipe it clean & place back on fridge!
    I don’t use dividers or tabs, put have small white labels on the right front corners and organized alphabetically (almost) – I keep yogurt & cheese right behind dairy.
    Thank you for your tips too!

    Reply
    • angela says

      November 11, 2014 at 6:41 am

      thanks for tip

      Reply
  14. Angie says

    February 12, 2014 at 10:14 am

    Thank you so much for providing this and all of the hard work you put into this!! I have been struggling to figure out how to get all this organized and this is going to be a BIG help. Thanks again!!

    Reply
  15. Theresa Howard says

    March 9, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing everything that you do and all your hard work that goes into it. IT really has helped me with being more organized and the money saving tips are the bomb!

    Reply
  16. Mary Kelly says

    June 7, 2014 at 9:14 pm

    Thank you so very much for the help setting up my binder.

    Reply
  17. Bridget Coyle says

    December 7, 2014 at 6:00 am

    When does the schedule for 2015 come out?

    Reply
    • Couponing to be Debt Free says

      December 7, 2014 at 5:24 pm

      I should have it out in the next week or so.

      Reply
  18. Dale Hunsberger says

    March 30, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    This is great! Now I can feel more organized!

    Reply
  19. Dawn R says

    March 31, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    I do think that this is a good idea!

    Reply
  20. Diana C says

    April 1, 2015 at 12:54 am

    Now that is a serious way to handle all your coupons. I wish I was that disciplined.

    Diana C

    Reply
  21. lisa says

    April 2, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    I like the design. I have a small pouch type holder for coupons. I often miss a good sale because I have to pull all of them out of the pouch, and often forget. You can see what you have at a glance with yours.

    Reply
  22. Michele Ash says

    April 3, 2015 at 12:23 am

    Thanks so much for the Terrific Review/Information on Ultimate Coupon Binder! This is a really neat and well organized way to do your couponing! It’s a little bit too complicated for me though! I have a nice coupon holder with separation tabs which I filled out and can easily get to the coupons I need! I also take the flyer to the store where I am shopping along with me! Before I Go shopping, I check all the advertisements to the different stores, check my coupons, and check for online coupons as well! Once I know who has the better deals on what I need, That’s where I will go and take my coupons along! Thanks so much for sharing your terrific review and the information on how to make the Ultimate Coupon Binder with all of us! I truly do appreciate it! Thanks Again! Michele 🙂

    Reply
  23. denise low says

    April 3, 2015 at 12:56 pm

    Thank you for the hard work that you do.

    Reply
  24. lisa says

    April 6, 2015 at 12:38 pm

    I like the zipper pouch idea. When I bring coupons, I don’t always have them cut out. When I tear it out I sometimes rip it and it can’t be used.

    Reply
  25. Kat says

    June 9, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    My mother was a master at organizing coupons. I could definitely use this!

    Reply
  26. David Fultner says

    June 9, 2015 at 7:07 pm

    Wow you really have it together.

    Reply
  27. Cindy S. says

    June 9, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    Wow….this covers every angle. This is the organization my hubby and I need for our pile of coupons!

    Reply
  28. Holly Thomas says

    June 10, 2015 at 4:56 am

    I really need to organize my coupons and this looks perfect.

    Reply
  29. lisa says

    June 10, 2015 at 12:25 pm

    I use coupons and save quite a bit. It’s a chore clipping and sorting them. Half the time I forget to bring them.

    Reply
  30. vickie Couturier says

    June 10, 2015 at 5:16 pm

    ive got to make me one of these,,right now i dont have anything to put my coupons in

    Reply
  31. lisa says

    June 11, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    It’s good to have a binder. I used to have coupons cut and scattered all over the house. They’d usually expire before I’d use them.

    Reply
  32. Mary Czerczyk says

    June 11, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    I don’t have a binder yet but I am going to get one so I can be more organized.

    Reply
  33. David Fultner says

    June 11, 2015 at 10:35 pm

    WOW so many tips. i need to get it together.

    Reply
  34. Michele Ash says

    June 12, 2015 at 3:15 am

    Thanks for your Fantastic Review on Ultimate Coupon Binder! WOW! You are extremely organized when it comes to couponing! I thought that I was pretty good at keeping my coupons, however, after reading your review, my system is ancient compared to what you do! Thanks so much for sharing your fantastic review, the pictures and your personal and professional opinions on Ultimate Coupon Binder with all of us! Thanks again! Michele 🙂

    Reply
  35. lisa says

    June 12, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    I wish that the store and would price items correctly to begin with. Everything is over priced and they know coupons are a pain.

    Reply
  36. Betsy Barnes says

    June 12, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    These printables are fantastic! There is no reason I cannot be organized with this system, thanks! 🙂

    Reply
  37. lisa says

    June 14, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    I like using double coupons and a store rewards card. You can save a lot of money.

    Reply
  38. lisa says

    June 15, 2015 at 1:18 pm

    I rarely bother with coupons anymore. It’s too much trouble to clip and keep track of the dates.

    Reply
  39. Robin Abrams says

    June 15, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I am so unorganized this will really help Thank you

    Reply
  40. lisa says

    June 16, 2015 at 6:07 pm

    Can we comment on any article? I’m running out of thing to say.

    Reply
  41. lisa says

    June 17, 2015 at 5:37 pm

    I’m not a crafty person. I always appreciate how tos for different projects.

    Reply
  42. Michele P says

    June 18, 2015 at 9:11 am

    This is definitely a great idea, if you are going to use coupons and do rebates etc… it is imperative that you have a good system set up and be organized.

    Reply
  43. lisa says

    June 18, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    I’m happy just to go through and clip the coupons from the Sunday paper before the next weeks comes in.

    Reply
  44. Cindy S. says

    June 18, 2015 at 10:40 pm

    This looks like a wonderful solution to organizing our multitude of coupons! We need this now!

    Reply
  45. lisa says

    June 19, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    This is a nice project for coupon users. My husband bought me a small coupon holder.

    Reply
  46. Brandi Dawn says

    June 20, 2015 at 3:11 pm

    What a great way to stay organized! My coupons are a mess right now!

    Reply
  47. lisa says

    June 20, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    It sort of sounds like a lot of work.By the time the items are purchased and it’s put together. Maybe, if I had everything on hand, sure.

    Reply
  48. denise low says

    June 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm

    We are always using coupons for groceries and also for eating out.

    Reply
  49. lisa says

    June 22, 2015 at 5:20 pm

    You are much more organized and hands on than I am. If there’s a product out there that’s inexpensive I’ll pick it up.

    Reply
  50. lisa says

    June 23, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    You really put a lot of time and effort into making and posting this. Thanks.

    Reply
  51. lisa says

    June 25, 2015 at 5:36 pm

    I always appreciate reading about how tos. Crafts, cleaning, recipe ideas. All of it.

    Reply
  52. lisa says

    June 26, 2015 at 5:48 pm

    I have to check out more of your blog for new ideas. I especially like d.i.y and recipes.

    Reply
  53. lisa says

    June 27, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    I don’t have a smart phone but I’ve been seeing that instead of paper coupons, you can scan it on the phone and redeem at the store.

    Reply
  54. Laurie Nykaza says

    June 28, 2015 at 8:57 pm

    Love the ideas you gave so I can create a binder to help me when I’m doing this to save money for my family

    Reply
  55. Karen Jaras says

    June 29, 2015 at 10:56 am

    I rarely use coupons now that we are empty nesters. I will collect them to help my kids out but that’s about it as the 2 of us need very little.

    Reply
  56. Jerry Marquardt says

    June 29, 2015 at 4:13 pm

    Thanks for the suggestions to get a binder for coupons to work for me. I appreciate the pointers.

    Reply
  57. lisa says

    June 29, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    Even with a binder, I’m still not good about updating coupons. Maybe once a year I’ll go through and update.

    Reply
  58. Christy says

    October 25, 2016 at 4:25 pm

    thank you for your hard work!!

    Reply
  59. Moe' says

    March 22, 2017 at 9:57 am

    Has this been updated or is it still ok as is?

    Reply
    • Couponing to be Debt Free says

      March 22, 2017 at 3:18 pm

      It is OK as is.

      Reply
  60. Donna willis says

    August 17, 2017 at 11:51 am

    can you do a picture of how the inside of the binder looks? I’m slow. Lol. I like to see pictures of how the final project should look. Thanks.

    Reply
  61. Cindy Diaz says

    September 27, 2017 at 8:26 am

    YOU ARE AWESOME!!!

    Reply
    • Couponing to be Debt Free says

      September 27, 2017 at 3:13 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply

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