The Burlington Thread

[PinkLincoln]

Hello! Yay another new girl from Burlington!

It's addictive isn't it? After discovering smart canucks I had to increase my data plan, lol.

[rain4ever]

I got some at the Dollarama on Burloak. I can't find the bigger ones. I have coupons that don't fit into the baseball sized pockets. Any ideas?? I got some from Walmart for photos but the coupons slide out of them! Making a binder is harder than I thought!

[PinkLincoln]

I use paperclips to hold them in the photopages and for the mid sized coupons if you're careful enough you can tear the seem between 2 pockets an make 1 bigger one.

[PinkLincoln]

Handle and outside pocket for coupon shopping.



Dividers to organize my flyers, trades and coupons I am too lazy to sort lol.



Pen, slots for points cards, calculator, coupon clipper.

Baseball Card holder, notice Kozy Shack coupon I had to tear carefully to avoid distorting the whole thing, but the seam came apart ok.



Holder for my grocery list or to write down my list as I'm shopping to make it easier to add up my totals for SDM shopping.

And there you have it! I'm rather disorganized but right now I'm on a shopping freeze until I move lol.

[PinkLincoln]

Sorry, the only picture that was the whole point of the upload didn't come up lol and I can't edit from my phone! Attempt #2..

[rain4ever]

That is a great idea! Thank you!! I will have to try that. I never thought I would move to a binder. But my 2 folder things were overloaded. Lol...

[FallenPixels]

I had a binder too

You can get currency collector sleeves for them that are the width of the sleeve but 3-4 per page for bigger coupons

[PinkLincoln]

My accordion folder wouldn't close anymore and it was hard to find stuff while shopping

[rain4ever]

Where do you find these??

I had a binder too

You can get currency collector sleeves for them that are the width of the sleeve but 3-4 per page for bigger coupons

[rain4ever]

@PinkLincoln - folding coupons is okay?? For some reason I thought this was a coupon no-no.. Please tell me I heard wrong!

[PinkLincoln]

I fold them, double side some in some slots where I only have a few of those coupons. Like the online coupons with the exp on the front. I fold some if I can do it in a manner where I can see the product/amount. I have a general idea of when almost all my coupons expire since I've shifted them around so much, and usually at the end of every month that's when I sweep through everything to get rid of expired ones. While I'm shopping I already have a list made up, when I take out the coupon I need in the store, I always double check to make sure it's the right product/size/not expired and put the ones I'm using for my shopping trip in a little wristlet. There's really no coupon no-no's, unless you're using them fraudulently. Do what works for you! Everyone has their own method, I'm still not completely organized lol but you'll figure out while your shopping or planning your trips methods that are easier for you and more organized.

I used to organize everything before I went shopping which became a completele mess for me because I'd throw in products to look for, some stuff would be sold out, I find other products I'd like to buy and it just got annoying constantly sifting through everything lol.

Now I make a general grocery list, and while I'm shopping after the product is in my cart, I flip through my binder, take out what I need and pop it inside my wristlet. That way when I get to the cash, I can pull everything out together and it's done, so far this has been working for me I'm going to need a bigger binder soon, or start actually organizing coupons after I get envies in the mail lol I just have this massive pile in the folder section of my binder. I also have a giant bag of coupons I'm not going to use (the zebra bag is busting at the seems) that I would never even attempt to organize.. I think I'm going to have to upgrade to a shoebox soon.. Which means.. Time to go shoe shopping!

[FallenPixels]

I got them on ebay

They look like this:


You can also get 4 per page like that, or 4x6 photos (but they are a little big IMO and get stuck at the zipper at the bottom once stuff is in them and they are weighed down and already a little big

[PinkLincoln]

Thats a good idea! I agree with the photo pages being weighed down, it actually constantly gets stuck in my binder but it works for now and they were soo cheap.

[FallenPixels]

Yeah its not bad with actual 8.5x11 but the 4x6sheets are 8x12 so the extra inch at the top/bottom makes it worse

[new_mommy]

Hey Burlington folks!
Just registered, and found the forum. Keep me in the loop =)