Getting Organized

So, I'm working on doing better with saving money on my groceries and household items... I have a post about it, but it might come before or after this one.

Yesterday I spent some time going shopping at different stores to stockpile a few things. I now need to get organized by getting a freezer inventory and pantry inventory together.  I also want to get a running price list of Aldi's and Woodman's so I have an approximate value of the items that I normally purchase so that if I see sale prices, I don't run off and buy them because they look like a good deal without looking at the prices at Aldi's and Woodman's.  

So, yesterday when I was shopping, I had my coupons wrapped in a piece of paper by store, and that helped me be organized, but when I pulled them out, it was hard to handle them and keep track of them.  So, when I came home I was looking into different options.  I looked online and tried to find something, but nothing really fit what I was looking for.

I went into my Microsoft Word and looked at some of the document templates.  They had templates for money holder envelopes, so I found one I liked and I opened it and printed it, and I knew right away that it wasn't going to be big enough.  So, I went about modifying the envelope on the document until it was a size that I felt would work.  Then I also modified it to have a tab so I could cut a slit on the bottom flap and have the tab inserted into the slit so it would stay together.

I also labeled each envelope so I could make sure I have the ones for each particular store in the appropriate envelope.  I also printed it on card stock so it would hold up a little bit.  I might eventually need to look into getting it laminated, but for now, I'll do it the way it is. 

Printed out, but not yet cut out.

Cut out, folded and assembled

All 5 of them

I can't get this to turn, but this is the envelope opened with my coupons inside.  When I oopsed on the first one, I just turned the paper over and printed on the other side, so you see the original envelope on the inside. 

I am just so excited about these!  I can't wait to start using them.