Saturday, September 15, 2012

Savings Summary Saturday - September 15

This is from the last couple of weeks - we have been on vacation & before that it was just too crazy getting ready to even do shopping!

Items sent for:
  • I will now be posting "Taking Advantage of" entries.  This will show any offers that I send for.
Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:
  • Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia.   My goal is to post at least one item a day.
  • found 5 cents when we were walking the dogs
  • reloaded my SavingStar account with e-coupons.
    Gas Savings:
    •  Used Exxon card for points on Upromise.
    Things we got in the mail:
    • Klout perks - 3 free mini bottles of Planters peanut butter with granola, Klout Perks sticker
    • I applied for 2 credit cards - Kohl's & Target.  Both provide discounts when you use your store credit card.  Both of these cards will be paid as charges are made.
    • received 2 cds from swapacd.com
    • received 5 cents in a charity mailing.
    • found 5 cents in the parking lot at work
    • Living magazine
    Rewards programs:
    MyPoints (personal account) - 13679 points (13279 points -last week)
    MyPoints (coupon account) - 3711 points (3575 points-last week)
    Swagbucks - 2969 points (2735 points-last week)
    Listia - 20926 credits (17596 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
    Postpoints -3115 points (3025 points last week)
    mycokerewards - 5892 points (5312 points-last week)
    Bondrewards - $26.81 ($26.41 - last week)
    Upromise - $17.91 ($17.44 last week) available for transfer
    Capital One Rewards - 6346  miles (5341 miles-last checkin)
    Thanks Again - 1075 points (1027 points last week)
    Viggle - 59645 points (56063 points - last week - haven't really been checking in
    NCP - 42950 points (40777 points last week)
    Daily Feats - 1694 points (994  points last week)

    New Year, New Goals - (I need to get on this!!!!)
    • Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff - no action this week
    • Use Restaurant.com coupons - no action this week.
    • Buy a New Car - BOUGHT IT! (BTW - paid cash for this).
    • Set up an Estate - requested local lawyer information from our financial planner on 8/2.
    • Monthly Review/Net Worth (new as of 5/9/12) - I saw this idea on Couple Money. I don't take enough time to review our net worth and keep track on how we are doing.

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