Organize your receipts-do people really do that?  As a professional organizer, let me ask you, where are your receipts?  Stuffed in your purse?  Stuffed in your wallet?  In the car maybe?  How about shoved in drawers or perhaps used as a bookmark?  I could go on and on!  Receipts, ahhh, such small pieces of paper that so easily turn into overwhelming piles.

I thought I’d share a few very simple solutions to help you get control of those pesky pieces of paper. Here’s how you organize your reciepts:

  • Look at what’s on your receipt, why are you keeping it?   If it’s a cash purchase for a pack of gum, do ya really need that?  Why?
  • Keep labeled envelopes at home for your credit cards.  Every time you make a purchase with your credit card, put the receipt in the right envelope.  When the statement comes, you can take them out and double check that all transactions are correct.
  • Shred receipts you no longer need.
  • Keep a file for current taxes in your filing cabinet.  Inside that file keep an envelope for any charitable donation receipts.
  • Have a schedule to clean receipts out of wallets and purses like every day or once a week.  I like to get mine out of my purse every day or they quickly get out of control.
    Take the time to organize your receipts so you won’t have to go hunting if you have a return for the store, a discrepancy on an account statement or when tax time rolls around!