Fantastic Giveaway at Southern Savers

One of my favorite blogs BY FAR is Southern Savers. Jenny helps me every week, whether she realizes it or not. I stalk her on Wednesday mornings just waiting for her to get that Publix list up with all the sales and coupon matches. And she never disappoints. One of the reasons I appreciate her so much is that she even includes links to all the printable coupons to go with the sales as well. Do you know how time consuming that must be?

Well, right now she is hosting a giveaway for TWO $50 gift cards to a grocery store that she covers on her blog. The winners will be asked to report back to her (with a photo!) and let her know just how far they were able to stretch that gift card.

It's really a fantastic giveaway. If you want to enter, go here for the guidelines. Good luck!

Organizing Coupons

A few years ago I began collecting coupons. For a long time all I needed was a small index card box and just a few categories. However, now I am buying multiple papers each week as well as collecting coupons from other sources, especially online. I outgrew my little box.

My new system is one that I have copied from so many other couponers...both online and real life friends. It is a huge binder with a zipper around it. Coupons are placed into baseball card collector pages and filed by category. I LOVE this. I can see all my coupons and it is SO MUCH EASIER to take along with me.

Here are the categories I use, but different people use different categories. Whatever makes the most sense to you is fine.

• Baby
• Baking
• Beverages
• Bread
• Candy/Gum
• Canned Goods (not soup)
• Cereal
• Cleaning Supplies
• Condiments
• Dairy
• Deodorant
• Feminine Products
• Frozen foods
• Granola and Cereal Bars
• Laundry and Dishes
• Make Up
• Meat
• Medicine
• Miscellaneous Food
• Miscellaneous Toiletries
• Razors/Shaving
• Paper and Plastic Products
• Pasta and Rice
• Restaurants
• Rose (our dog)
• Snacks
• Soaps and Shampoos
• Sauces and Salad Dressing
• Soup
• Toothpaste/Oral Care
• Non Food items (things like light bulbs and Ziploc bags go here)
• Vitamins