Received a rebate check and put it in savings. It was just $5.69, but every little bit adds up. College books are expensive!
Target is doing away with the Perks program, which makes me sad. I love shopping for free! I had a $10 off $10 grocery purchase sitting in my account. I used it to buy Annie's mac & cheese, which was on sale for $1/box. I prefer real cheese over powder, but my daughter likes the powder stuff. Annie's is our compromise. Ten boxes for free? Yes, please.
Scored 12 uni-ball gel pens from Office Depot for $1.13. Gel pens are the preferred ink around here, so everyone was thrilled with that find. I also picked up some cheap barrel pens. My oldest says he always keeps a few in his backpack. He uses gels, but if someone asks to borrow a pen, he hands them a cheap one 'so my good ones don't walk away'. Smart kid!
Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
7/17 Money Monday
I received my check from Checkout51. $22.70 added to the savings account.
I was at Target and strolled through the men's clearance section. I found a pair of jeans for my son for $7.48. Score! Sadly, only the one pair and none for my other son, but men's jeans for under $8, I'm in.
I also found clearanced Dove chocolate squares. And used the 25% off coupon. AND there was a Cartwheel on Dove. So, really cheap chocolate, especially for Dove. The bag is the 'red/white/blue 4th of July' wrappers, but not one person in this house cares one little bit about that. Chocolate is chocolate no matter how it's dressed.
I was at Target and strolled through the men's clearance section. I found a pair of jeans for my son for $7.48. Score! Sadly, only the one pair and none for my other son, but men's jeans for under $8, I'm in.
I also found clearanced Dove chocolate squares. And used the 25% off coupon. AND there was a Cartwheel on Dove. So, really cheap chocolate, especially for Dove. The bag is the 'red/white/blue 4th of July' wrappers, but not one person in this house cares one little bit about that. Chocolate is chocolate no matter how it's dressed.
Monday, July 10, 2017
7/10 Money Monday
I received my check from Shop at Home. $23.53 added to the savings account.
My Ibotta account had a balance of $20+ after last week's rebates went in. You can only cash out when your account is $20, so I took out $20 and left the rest as a head start on the next cash out. That goes to our Paypal account.
My son's laptop died. I had a coupon for a free diagnostic at Office Depot. It's the hard drive and was going to be $310 to fix it. No, thank you. My husband went on eBay to buy a new hard drive that he will install himself. After eBay bucks sitting in the account from a previous purchase and $20 in Paypal from Ibotta, the new hard drive was under $10 cash out of pocket. That is a MUCH better price.
Our AC unit also died. Specifically the capacitor died on July 4th. I was planning on a huge bill. I wasn't happy about that, but it's HOT here and no AC was a NO go zone. When the repair guy came, he called the company and verified that the part was still under warrant so the repair cost was under $200. Yay! Not cheap, but cheaper than planned, and considered a necessary splurge right now.
I cashed in some MyPoints points for Barnes and Noble GCs, which I used to purchase a book for my daughter's birthday. I love shopping for free!
My Ibotta account had a balance of $20+ after last week's rebates went in. You can only cash out when your account is $20, so I took out $20 and left the rest as a head start on the next cash out. That goes to our Paypal account.
My son's laptop died. I had a coupon for a free diagnostic at Office Depot. It's the hard drive and was going to be $310 to fix it. No, thank you. My husband went on eBay to buy a new hard drive that he will install himself. After eBay bucks sitting in the account from a previous purchase and $20 in Paypal from Ibotta, the new hard drive was under $10 cash out of pocket. That is a MUCH better price.
Our AC unit also died. Specifically the capacitor died on July 4th. I was planning on a huge bill. I wasn't happy about that, but it's HOT here and no AC was a NO go zone. When the repair guy came, he called the company and verified that the part was still under warrant so the repair cost was under $200. Yay! Not cheap, but cheaper than planned, and considered a necessary splurge right now.
I cashed in some MyPoints points for Barnes and Noble GCs, which I used to purchase a book for my daughter's birthday. I love shopping for free!
Monday, July 3, 2017
7/3 Money Monday
We have a bin in the kitchen that all loose change goes into. Every couple of months I take it to the bank and cash it in. I deposited $16.58 this time. All those coins add up! This money goes into our savings account and usually is right around $100 each year. Better in the bank than in a drawer, I think.
I purchased two items that had 'Try Me FREE' rebates on them. I made sure to check them out separately so I received two receipts. I filled out the forms as soon as I got home, stamped the envelopes, and put them in the mailbox. In my experience, that is the key to rebates work -- fill out the form and mail it in ASAP.
I purchased two items that had 'Try Me FREE' rebates on them. I made sure to check them out separately so I received two receipts. I filled out the forms as soon as I got home, stamped the envelopes, and put them in the mailbox. In my experience, that is the key to rebates work -- fill out the form and mail it in ASAP.
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