How do you organize your coupons?

[mkmommy]

I'm clipping lots of coupons but now sure how to organize them. If you fellow couponers don't mind sharing your methods and what works for you, it'd be much appreciated!

[LadySivitri]

I keep mine sorted by insert date (when it was in the paper). I buy four papers every week (one for each family member). When they get to be four months old, I take out the pages with Qs that haven't expired yet and toss the rest. I look up coupons in online databases when items go on sale and it makes it easy to find the right Qs. The only ones I will clip in advance are Qs for things we constantly use, in case it doesn't go on sale before they expire. Those (and extra Qs) go into a long photo holder I got from Tupperware, sorted by categories. I think I have a pic somewhere...

[mikeswife0621]

I use the binder system. I clip every coupon and file it in a binder in baseball card holders. When I get ready to shop I pull all the ones I need and put them in an accordian file sorted by store.

[mkmommy]

I've been thinking about doing the binder system. How do you have it organized? Do you have one type of coupon in each holder or combine. Example: do you have all toothpaste in one holder or one holder has Crest and another holder has Colgate? etc...

[mikeswife0621]

I organize mine into categories:
Grocery
Baby
Personal Items
Meds/Vitamins/First Aid
Cleaning Supplies
Air Fresheners
Misc.

And then I have sub categories in each section.

Everything in the same brand goes in the same pocket.