Savings Summary Saturday - July 6, 2013

So, I've been slacking on this entry title.  It actually takes a lot of work looking up the different programs and I haven't really been sitting at my computer much (mostly using my Ipad). 

Items sent for:

• n/a

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• Giant - Big sale on coke 12 pks this week - 5 for $11.  I stopped by twice and stocked up with 20 pks. 
• Word to the wise - always know the deal when you go into the store in case you are questioned.  I went to a store that I usually don't go to for the 2nd run (in the area for errands).  They didn't have a 12 items or less checkout open and there were some big checkouts so I opted to check myself out (which I HATE to do since I worked in a grocery store for 3 years as a cashier).  Since it was selfcheckout, I had to lift every single one of the packs onto the belt then at 4 it stopped because they were all lined up and a cashier had to come over.  She said "There's a limit of 5 on that offer".  I said "no, you have to buy 5 to get the deal".  She said "It says in little print that we have a right to limit to be fair to other customers."  My response "I bought 10 yesterday and you have plenty back there."  Seriously, the aisle was completely full AND the endcap was full.  Her response, "I'll let you do it this time then".  REALLY!?
• Harris Teeter - SUPER DOUBLE COUPONS!! - Need I say more?  I made 2 trips.
• Digornio - on sale for $5.50 each, used a $2 coupon for the Pizzeria type (which is really good) and got it for $1.50 each!!!!!  Too bad Harris Teeter limits internet coupons to 2 of the same coupon per day! 
• Hefty One-Zip - on sale for bogo ($3.19 each).  Used a 2/$1 coupon - 60 cents each!
• Friskies cat treats (to be donated) - on sale for 2/$3.  Used a 2/$1.10 coupon - 40 cents each!
• Campbell Skillet Sauce - $2.99 (regular price).  Used a 1/$1 - 99 cents each
• Fructis shampoo & conditioner - on sale for $2.99 (regularly $3.55) - used a 1/$1 coupon - 99 cents each!
• Oscar Mayer hot dogs - on sale buy 2 get 3 free (regularly $3.79 each) - used two 2/$1 coupon - 72 cents each!

Gas Savings:

• We used the Exxon card which gives us cash back via Upromise.com

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a - I am currently working on giving away the Wurlitzer organ for free.  Trying to schedule a pickup.  I've pulled some more items to post too.

Items received in the mail:

• Coupon for a free 20oz Coke Zero (mycokerewards.com NCAA challenge)
• Coupon for a free Quarter Pounder (mycokerewards.com)
• book from Paperbackswap.com
• Drapes - I ordered new sheers for our living room/dining room (in the middle of redecorating).  I got these for FREE using my amazon gift cards from Listia and from trading stuff into Amazon.



• a "Loyal Customer" sticker to put on my ExxonMobil credit card - SERIOUSLY! I have been a credit card customer with ExxonMobil for 20 years and I get a sticker!  How about a discount?

Rewards programs:
NEW! I have created a spreadsheet of the programs AND listed the gift card that is the goal.  I'm hoping this will keep me motivated to visit the websites daily (or at least concentrate on the cards I want).

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth

Savings Summary Saturday - June 22, 2013

So, I've been slacking on this entry title.  It actually takes a lot of work looking up the different programs and I haven't really been sitting at my computer much (mostly using my Ipad). 

Items sent for:

• n/a

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• no big savings this week worth noting.  I haven't been stocking up much.  I'm trying to use up some of the stockpile (a lot of it is cleaning supplies).  I am back to my usual routine.  Buying on sale and with a coupon - and stocking up if it's a good deal.  My coupon stock has deminished - The Washington Examiner is no longer delivering free papers to our neighborhood.  There goes stocking up on good coupons for free!

Gas Savings:

• We used the Exxon card which gives us cash back via Upromise.com

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• slowed down on this since I got rid of a bunch of stuff in May with our yardsale and then donating.  I do have a couple of items on Craigs List for sale, but no real bites yet.

Items received in the mail:

• Living (rewardgold.com)
• Rolling Stone (rewardgold.com)

Rewards programs:
NEW! I have created a spreadsheet of the programs AND listed the gift card that is the goal.  I'm hoping this will keep me motivated to visit the websites daily (or at least concentrate on the cards I want).
MyPoints - 16210  points (personal account)
MyPoints -  6306 points (coupon account)
Swagbucks -  1151  points
Listia - 9587 credits
Postpoints - 3505  points
mycokerewards - 4569  points
Bondrewards - $28.26
Upromise - $23.61
Capital One Rewards - 3566  miles
Thanks Again - 1075 points
Viggle - 46,029  points
NCP -  51395 points
ExpoTV -  290 points
IBotta -$3.50
Jingit - $ 1.85

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth

Savings Summary Saturday - May 4, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• no big savings this week worth noting.

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us cash back via Upromise.com
• Save 50 cents/gallon at Shell by using my Giant Card.  Plus saved a couple extra pennies by using my Shell SuperSaver card.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• I've "sold" several items on Listia this week.  Things that I'm pretty sure will not sell at the upcoming yardsale on the 18th.
• Made $19 with Buymytronics.com

Items received in the mail:

• Every Day with Rachel Ray (Pebbles)
• People Magazine (Peebles)
• $5 gift card for McDonald's from Klout.

Rewards programs:
MyPoints - 15685  points (personal account) - 15595 points -last week
MyPoints -  5506 points (coupon account) - 5486 points-last week
Swagbucks -  888  points (874 points-last week)
Listia - 47146 credits (62394 credits last week)*
Postpoints - 3400  points (3,380 points last week)
mycokerewards - 7162  points (7120 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.81 ($27.81 - last week)
Upromise - $22.48 ($22.48 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards -   miles (2571 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 23778  points (19896 points - last week)
NCP -  49220 points (48975 points last week)
Daily Feats - 2467 points (2467 points last week)
ExpoTV - 220 points (220 points last week)
IBotta -$3.50 ($3.50 last week)
Jingit - $0.30 ($0.30 last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Turned in 25,000 credits on Listia for a $25 Petco gift card.
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- April summary

Savings Summary Saturday - April 27, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• Giant
• Marked down boneless chicken breasts this week!
• Marked down Beggin' Strips - $1.59 each! Unfortunately, I didn't have any extra coupons with me, so if I had coupons for these, they didn't get used. :(  I keep thinking I need to just bring my binder with me.  I see others do it -no need to be ashamed.
• Scrubbing Bubbles products were on sale - Regularly $3.69 sale for 2/5 or $2.29 each.  Used a $2/2 coupon, 75 cent coupon & 50 cent coupon (both doubled)
• Wisk - regularly $6.85, on sale for $3.99.  Used a store coupon for $1 off plus a $1off manufacturer coupon.
• saved 46% this trip.

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us cash back via Upromise.com

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• listed several items that didn't sell last time plus a couple of new items. Received 1290 in credits - paid $7.80 in shipping.
• Craigs List
• Once again, someone inquired about the albums I had listed.  Said they were interest & asked when they could come by and then never did.
• Capital One
• got an extra $5 in our checking for using the ATM for a deposit!  FYI - I am now in love with the auto deposit at the ATM.  It's so easy to use & no deposit slips!
• Electronic Recycling
• got $6.50 for a broken Ipod Touch that I found.
• got $2 for an old phone.

Items received in the mail:

• Rolling Stone Magazine (rewardgold.com)
• Every Day with Rachel Ray (Pebbles)
• People (Peebles)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints - 15595  points (personal account) - 15580 points -last week
MyPoints -  5486  points (coupon account) - 5236 points-last week
Swagbucks -  874  points (852 points-last week)
Listia - 62394 credits (61834 credits last week)
Postpoints -  3380 points (3,370 points last week)
mycokerewards -  7120 points (7056 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.81 ($27.81 - last week)
Upromise - $22.48 ($22.48 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 2571  miles (2451 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle -  19896 points (17993 points - last week)
NCP -  48,975 points (48825 points last week)
Daily Feats - 2467  points (2467 points last week)
ExpoTV -  220 points (220 points last week)
IBotta -$3.50 ($3.50 last week)
Jingit - $0.30 ($0.30 last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- March summary

Savings Summary Saturday - April 20, 2013

Items sent for:

• Walmart cat food sample (to be donated).

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• Giant
• Monday is the day for meat markdown!  I got 2 petite sirloins for about $3 each and 3 pack of pork chops about $2. 
• Petco
• used a $5/$25 coupon, Purina Beneful treats were bogo - used 3 manufacturer coupons on 4 boxes and used a coupon for a free can of cat food (to be donated).

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us cash back via Upromise.com

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• listed several items that didn't sell last time plus a couple of new items.  Received 1290 in credits - paid $7.80 in shipping.
• Craigs List
• relisted items.  I did have some interest in a couple of items.  I responded to their e-mails and then never heard back from them.  I'll try one more time and then off to Listia or donation they go.
• Ebay
• listed items for sale.  Sold 3 items for 99 cents each but made a little bit on the shipping (charged a flate fee or the shipping charged was greater than the actual cost).
• Electronic recycling
• I have been looking into several different electronics recycling websites to see how much money we could get for our old electronics.  Finally got around to do this.  I'm hoping to get $121.40!

Items received in the mail:

• free Martha Stewart Living magazine (rewardsgold.com)
• People magazine (signed up for 3 free magazines when shopped at Peebles)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints -  15580 points (personal account) - 15555 points -last week
MyPoints -   5236 points (coupon account) - 5097 points-last week
Swagbucks -  852  points (755 points-last week)
Listia - 61834 credits (46635 credits last week)
Postpoints - 3370  points (3,360 points last week)
mycokerewards - 7056  points (6937 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.81 ($27.61 - last week)
Upromise - $22.48 ($22.48 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards -  2451 miles (2306 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle -  17993 points (13574 points - last week)
NCP - 48825  points (48335 points last week)
Daily Feats - 2467  points (2467 points last week)
ExpoTV -  220 points (220 points last week)
IBotta -$3.50 ($3.50 last week)
Jingit - $0.30 ($0.30 last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- March summary

Savings Summary Saturday - April 13, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• Giant
• Paid for our groceries with the rebate card we got from Hyundai.
• Home Depot
• is there any such thing as a cheap trip to the Home Depot?  I did use several gift cards (Swagbucks, Capital One Rewards & the balance on the Hyundai card) and saved about $100.

Gas Savings:

• Had hubby used the Shell Saver card and Giant gas points this week (since the Jeep is full) - saved 60 cents per gallon.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• listed several items that didn't sell last time plus a couple of new items
• Craigs List
• listed items that didn't sell on Ebay

Items received in the mail:

• free Rolling Stone magazine (rewardsgold.com)
• People magazine (signed up for 3 free magazines when shopped at Peebles)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints -  15555 points (personal account) - 15450 points -last week
MyPoints -  5097  points (coupon account) - 5052 points-last week
Swagbucks -  755 points (738 points-last week)
Listia - 46635 credits (46520 credits last week)
Postpoints - 3360 points (3,350 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6937 points (6937 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.61 ($27.56 - last week)
Upromise - $22.48 ($22.48 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards -  2306 miles (2196 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 13574  points (10898 points - last week)
NCP -  48335 points (48090 points last week)
Daily Feats - 2467  points (2390 points last week)
ExpoTV - 220  points (220 points last week)
IBotta -$3.50 ($3.50 last week)
Jingit - $0.30 ($0.30 last week)

Not sure if I'll be continuing Daily Feats - their rewards aren't that great - they basically are just coupons for money off offers - no free gift cards :(

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- March summary

Savings Summary Satuday - April 6, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week (and previous week):

• CVS
• transaction 1 (nephew's card)
• $1.50 ECB rewards
• Allegra - on sale for $17.99, used $6 manufacturer coupon & $2 off $10 store coupon),  recieved $5 in ECB 
• Clear shampoo - on sale for $4.99, used store coupon for $4.99 & used Ibotta for $1.25
• Purex - on sale for $2.88, used store coupon for $1/1 and $1/1 manufacturer coupon - paid $0.88!
• transaction 2 (our card)
• $0.50 ECB rewards
• Allegra - on sale for $17.99, used $6 manufacturer coupon, recieved $5 in ECB
• Nature Made - on sale bogo ($11.49), used $10 in manufacturer coupons (rewards program)
• Clear shampoo - on sale for $4.99, used store coupon for $4.99 & used Ibotta for $1.25
• Purex - on sale for $2.88, used store coupon for $1/1 and $1/1 manufacturer coupon - paid $0.88!
• Giant
• Keebler fudge cookies - on sale for $2 used $0.55/1 manufacturer coupon which doubled - 90 cents each
• Old Spice deorderant - on sale for $2.19, used a $1/1 manufacturer coupon
• Pantene - on sale for $2.99 used coupon for $3/2 - $1.50 each
• potatoes - on sale for bogo ($3.99), used $1 off store coupon
• picked up some marked down meat - saved additional $4 
• saved a total of 54%  
• Papa John's
• When the Washington Capitals win a game with 4 or more goals, Papa John's feature 50% off your order the next day.  Tuesday, they won so Wednesday night we had Papa John's.  I also cashed in 20K in Viggle points for a $10 Papa John's gift card - DOUBLE SCORE!

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• sold a merchandise credit of $1.56 - for 202 credits (paid $1.89 for shipping)

Items received in the mail (since March 9):

• free Rolling Stone magazine (rewardsgold.com)
• Mycokerewards - NCAA tournament bracket
• 5 music downloads
• (1) 20 oz soda
• $50 gift card for Home Depot from Capital One rewards
• Hyundai MPG rebate
• refund for magazine
• People magazine (signed up for 3 free magazines when shopped at Peebles)
• $7 Nature Made coupon (Nature Made rewards)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints -  15450 points (personal account) - 15350 points -last week
MyPoints -  5052  points (coupon account) - 5007 points-last week
Swagbucks - 738 points (668 points-last week)
Listia - 46520 credits (46273 credits last week)
Postpoints -  3350  points (3,335 points last week)
mycokerewards -  6937 points (6966 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.56 ($27.51 - last week)
Upromise - $22.48 ($22.28 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 2196 miles (1836 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle -  10898 points (26844 points - last week)
NCP - 48090  points (47245 points last week)
Daily Feats - 2390  points (1820 points last week)
ExpoTV - 220 points (220 points last week)
IBotta -$3.50
Jingit - $0.30

I joined IBotta and Jingit this week.  I'm not impressed with Jimgit yet - I could only watch 3 videos and there are no offers in our area when I try to check in.  IBotta is cool as long as you plan to buy the stuff that is available.

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- March summary

Saving Summary Saturday - March 16, 2013

Due to being out of town, this is limited -

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• won 715 credits & $1.69 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is less than 1 cent/credit).
• Ebay
• sold three items for 99 cents plus shipping ($20 each)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints - 15350   points (personal account) - 15160 points -last week
MyPoints - 5007 points (coupon account) - 4902 points-last week
Swagbucks - 668  points (631 points-last week)
Listia - 46273 credits (41601 credits last week)
Postpoints - 3335 points (3,320 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6966   points (6907 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.51  ($27.46 - last week)
Upromise - $22.28 ($21.42 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 1836  miles (9276 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 26844   points (25000 points - last week)
NCP -  47245 points (46505 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1820  points (1695 points last week)
ExpoTV - 220 points (120 points last week)

Savings Summary Saturday - March 9, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• Safeway - I usually don't shop here, but I was totally out of diet coke & they had a really good special
• coke products - b2g2 - I used 2 free 12 pack coupons ($4.99 max) and paid $3.
• Oreos - free when you buy 4 coke products plus used a $1/1 off coupon - credit of $1
• shredded cheese - bogo & used 55 cent coupon that was double - paid $1.81 each

• Giant
• received an extra 300 gas points by purchasing over $50 and using coupon
• Purex - regular $5.49 - on sale for $1.99 and used $1/1 coupon
• Monday is marked down meat day - there is usually a bunch of meat with $2 coupons on them.
• picked up 3 dog toys for $1.14 each - once again, they were all detailed wrong & marked as mice cat toy regular price of $2.29
• retail prices - $5.99, $4.30 and $7.99

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Listia
• won 3902 credits $1.69 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is less than 1 cent/credit).
• Posted items that I haven't been able to sell on Yardsellr or Ebay.
• Ebay
• Posted several items
• sold one item for $40 (buy it now for $20 & shipping for $20).
• Used Capital One's ATM for a deposit & I'm supposed to get $5 credit to our account.  It was really cool - no deposit slip just insert the check & the image shows up on the receipt!

Items received in the mail:

• coupons for TGIFridays
• movie from Swapadvd.com
• two coupons from Nature Made (turned in rewards)
• free Rolling Stone magazine (rewardsgold.com)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Cashed in
• Capital One
• ordered $25 Home Depot gift card
• Lean Cuisine Rewards
• ordered $15 Amazon gift card
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- February summary

Savings Summary Saturday - March 2, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• All I can say is Dollar Tree!  Definitely a great way to save some money! 
• Visit to the dentist = free trial size toothpaste & floss along with a full size toothbrush.
• used my $10 gift card from CVS

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• Posted 6 auctions on Listia for Labels for Education & Boxtops for Education.

Items received in the mail:

• Received a $10 rebate from Dr. Scholls.

Rewards programs:
MyPoints -   15160 points (personal account) - 15095 points -last week)
MyPoints -  4902 points (coupon account) - 4857 points-last week)
Swagbucks -  631 points (3486 points-last week)*
Listia -  41601 credits (41551 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is less than 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints -  3320  points (3,290 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6907 points (6819 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.46  ($27.36 - last week)
Upromise - $21.42 ($21.42 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 9276  miles (9056 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 25000  points (40649 points - last week)
NCP - 46505 points (45965 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1695 points (1695 points last week)
ExpoTV - 120 points (120 points last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Cashed in
• Swagbucks
• $25 gift card to Home Depot
• ordered Collective Soul CD
• Viggle
• $5 gift card to CVS
• $5 gift card to CVS
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- February summary

Savings Summary Saturday - February 23, 2013

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• picked up these Spot Skinneeez Masked Bandit at the grocery store for the pups.  They were marked down to $0.75 each.  They were totally marked wrong.  The detailed sticker said 12" black balloons regularly $1.50.  Pups were happy with the purchase!
• Just because something is a bargain doesn't mean you will like it.  I bought Smart Balance spread that I haven't used before.  This was their new product - well, it SUCKS.  Every once in awhile, I got this fishy taste.  I had 5 tubs that I got for about $1.25 each (which is a good deal) and threw them all away.  The first time we used it, was on a grilled cheese sandwich and the next day, my stomach was horrible the next day.  Then I used it on a bagel 2 days later and still had the fishy taste every once in awhile. 

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a - been too busy cleaning!

Items received in the mail:

• Rolling Stone Magazine (rewardsgold.com)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints - 15095 points (personal account) - 14975 points -last week)
MyPoints -  4857 points (coupon account) - 4712 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 3486 points (3437 points-last week)
Listia - 41551 credits  (41,401 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints - 3290 points (3,280 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6819 points (6707 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.36  ($27.26 - last week)
Upromise - $21.42 ($21.42 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 9056 miles (8846 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 42953  points (40649 points - last week)
NCP - 46505 points (45965 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1695 points (1695 points last week)
ExpoTV - 120 points (120 points last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.
• See From D.I.N.K to O.I.N.K.- January summary

Savings Summary Saturday - February 2

Items sent for:

• n/a - nothing this week.

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• CVS
• last Saturday, I stopped & got some more $2.50 12pk coke products - ended up getting a $1 ECB for using my green tag and a $10 gift card for the $30 participating products.  I was shocked.  I thought the deal was for in one transaction- need to start look at the small print a little better!
• Best Buy
• Downgraded on my Quicken software (from Premier to Deluxe - wasn't really using the software to the fullest). It was on sale for $59.99, used (2) $5 rewards and used the balance on a gift card - ended up spending about $30.

Gas Savings:

• Hubby used the Exxon card which gives us money in the Upromise account.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a - been too busy cleaning!

Items received in the mail:

• sample of Beneful wet dog food with a coupon
• Kotex bracelet & coupon

Rewards programs:
MyPoints-   14975 points (personal account) - 14920 points -last week)
MyPoints  4712 points (coupon account) - 4707 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 3437 points (3401 points-last week)
Listia -  41401 credits (41,401 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints - 3280  points (3,260 points last week)
mycokerewards - 6707  points (6652 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.26  ($27.21 - last week)
Upromise - $21.42 ($20.99 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 8846  miles (8756 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 40649  points (50,230 points - last week) - used 10,000 points for a $5 CVS gift card
NCP -   45965 points (45720 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1695 points (1695 points last week)
ExpoTV - 120 points (120 points last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.

Savings Summary Saturday - January 26, 2013

So much for getting back into the swing of this next week (posted 3 weeks ago)!  This is some of the items from the last 3 weeks.

Items sent for:

• nothing lately.  I've been slacking on checking e-mail & blogs. :P

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• Bought Avon skincare on Ebay - $4.99 plus free shipping - used my Ebay rewards and paid only $2.89!
• Free Capitals stuff (from the first game of the season)
• 2 free Capitals shirts for being a partial season ticket holder.
• Schedule magnet (game giveaway)
• CVS
• Scored a great deal on Coke products.  12 packs were on sale for 4/$10, used a coupon for a free 1.25 liter when you buy 3 12 packs and used my $4.50 ECBs
• Dollar Tree
• I realized that I now need to shop here more! They have quite a wide variety of foods and I can easily pick up the seasonings for cheap! Plus I was able to get some inspiration for my "Becoming Betty Crocker" entries!

• Dining Out
• used a $2 coupon from a school fundraiser booklet that we have (paid $20 for the booklet - saved $7 so far)
• Petco
• They were out of the 30 lb bag of food so the manager gave us (2) 15 lb bags for the price of a 30 lb bag (saved $7)
• used a 10% off coupon
• used $5 Petco rewards
• Eastern Mountain Sports
• Hubby needed some stuff for his trip north so we stopped here.  We signed up for their rewards program and the manager gave us a discount of 15% off!  He even said he wasn't supposed to. BONUS!
• Giant
• Angel Soft - on sale for $4.99 (regularly $8.45) used a store coupon and a manufacturer' coupon for $1/2 - paid $3.99 each
• Campbell Skillet Sauces - on sale for $2 (regularly $2.59), used a manufacturer's coupon for 75 cents that doubled - paid 50 cents each.
• General Mills cereals - on sale for buy 2 get 1 free ($4.79 each), used 2 manufacturer's coupons for 75 cents that doubled - paid $2.19 each
• Special K chips - on sale for $1.99 (regularly $3.79), used 2/$1 manufacturer's coupon
• Giant 35 count bottled water - on sale for $3.99, used 1/$1 store coupon - paid $2.99
• used store coupon on beef for $1.99/lb - saved $7.52
• Premio sausage - on sale for $3 (regularly $4.49), used 55 cent manufacturer's coupon that doubled - paid $1.90
• Tysons Grilled Chicken - on sale for $4.99 (regularly $8.49), used 55 cent manufacturer's coupon that doubled - paid $3.89
• used a $8 off $50 coupon that was on the Sunday paper
• Total saves in this trip 47%

Previous weeks items

• CVS
• Nature's Made Vitamins - BOGO - used $7 & $3 manufacturer's coupon (received from Nature's Made rewards program)
• Used $5 gift card received from Viggle
• used $3 ECBs
• paid $2.15 for 2 bottles of vitamins, (3) 2L of coke zero, & Pepto-bismal
• Dairy Queen
• used a BOGO coupon for 2 large blizzards
• Giant
• previous weeks' savings - 44% and 47%.

Gas Savings:

• Used the Exxon credit card which gives us money back on Upromise.com
• Haven't filled up the Jeep since January 11 and when I did, I saved 60 cents per gallon by using my Giant card.

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a - been cleaning a lot & figuring out what I should sell and what I should just donate.

Things we got in the mail:

• CD from swapacd.com
• Rolling Stone magazine (Rewardsgold.com)
• MyCokeRewards coupons for a free 12 pack (2 coupons)
• a free book to review & blog about (check out my blog on January 31 for the review & for a future giveaway!)
• Purina cat food sample (for donation)

Rewards programs:
MyPoints-  14920 points (personal account) - 14820 points -last week)
MyPoints 4707 points (coupon account) - 4527 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 3401 points (3375 points-last week)
Listia -  41401 credits (41,396 credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints -  3260 points (3,245 points last week)
mycokerewards -  6652 points (6468 points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.21  ($27.16 - last week)
Upromise - $20.99 ($20.99 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards -  8756 miles (8341 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle -  50230 points (50,089 points - last week)
NCP -  45720 (42950 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1695 points (1694 points last week)
ExpoTV - 120 points (70 points last week)

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth
• I created a new budget with only one income and used Quicken so that I am able to run reports to see how well we are staying on track.

Savings Summary Saturday - January 5, 2013

I'll be getting back into the swing of this next week!

Items sent for:

• Dentastix
• $2 MP3 credit at Amazon.com (thanks to Cha-Ching for posting)
• Bracelet from Kotex

Grocery Shopping (and other savings) this week:

• Great savings at Harris Teeter this week!
• Saturday only specials (on Dec. 29)
• Edy's ice cream - $1.97 each & had a $1/2 coupon!
• Coke - $1.97 12 pack!
• Freschetta BOGO ($7.49 each) plus had a $1/1 coupon
• Stopped at McDonald's for lunch on the trip up to NY.  Used my $5 gift card that I got from Mycokerewards & got a free "retro" McDonald's glass.

Gas Savings:

•  Used the Exxon credit card which gives us money back on Upromise.com

Income (Starting to post again to Ebay & Yardsellr & Listia. My goal is to post at least one item a day.):

• n/a this week since I'm not home

Things we got in the mail:

• ??? since I'm not home!

Rewards programs:
MyPoints- 14820 points (personal account) - 13905 points -last week)
MyPoints 4527 points (coupon account) - 3787 points-last week)
Swagbucks - 3375 points (3085  points-last week)
Listia - 41,396 credits (41246  credits last week) $0 paid out for shipping (when buying credits it is 1 cent/credit)
Postpoints - 3,245 points (3155  points last week)
mycokerewards - 6468 points (6038  points-last week)
Bondrewards - $27.16 ($26.86 - last week)
Upromise - $20.99 ($18.63 last week) available for transfer
Capital One Rewards - 8341 (6346 miles-last week)
Thanks Again - 1075 points (1075 points last week)
Viggle - 50,089 points (59645 points - last week) - redeemed 10K points for a $5 CVS gift card
NCP - do not have the account # with me (42950 points last week)
Daily Feats - 1694 points (1694 points last week)
ExpoTV - 70 points

2012 New Year, New Goals - to continue in 2013!

• Use rewards programs to get gifts and daily stuff -
• redeemed 10K points on Viggle for a $5 CVS gift card
• Use Restaurant.com coupons -
• Set up an Estate -
• Monthly Review/Net Worth