Coupon Organizer & Deal

So Sunday I went to Meijer, excited to purchase a binder and baseball card inserts so that I could start my new coupon organizing venture. With 'school starting' season right around the corner I had no problem finding binders. I found a really cute pink and purple binder with 4 pockets inside and now I just needed the baseball card inserts. I started searching in school supplies, no luck. Went on to the sporting goods section, the crafting section, picture album section, etc. and couldn't find them. After searching all over the store for these baseball card inserts and unable to find one employee to help me find them, I gave up (very frustrated) and went for Plan B. I didn't really have a plan B, but by this time I was over the binder (even though the binder itself was very cute). So I went back to the school supply section and started browsing all the accordian file items, and I finally came across a colorful accordian file that would work great for holding coupons (see pictures below). It's bigger than the average accordian coupon holders and it seemed more durable (plastic), so I'm hoping it will serve it's purpose well. Plus the designer of this item is named Jackie, and since I have a bff named Jackie, I thought this was "the one" :) The more I thought about it, the more I was glad I didn't find the baseball card inserts... I mean I really didn't want to have to put every single coupon into a clear baseball card size sleeve... seems more time consuming! In the end, I'm happy with my choice for organizing my coupons.

Now it's onto finding coupons, printing coupons, and cutting coupons. Luckily I have two kids that are old enough to use scissors and who can cut straight on a dotted line. They often say (especially this time of year) "I'm bored". Well now they may think twice before saying that because the next time I hear those precious words, I'm going to hand them a stack of coupons to cut out! I love being a mom :)

As I was searching around finding coupons to print this evening, I came across (in one of the blogs I follow) a deal for a free one year magazine subscription. I was excited about the 'free'part and I was also equally excited about the magazine... It's called 'Working Mother'! I had to answer a couple questions and they prompted a couple advertising links that I had to at least view and then scroll down to "skip", but after all that, I'm now subscribed to a magazine that I could totally relate to. I'm very excited!