Money Saving and Making Tips
A lot of you will think this is all old news…but I am getting quite a few new visitors to my blog (thanks for all the referrals everyone ~ keep ‘em comin’! I love it!) … so I wanted to rehash some old favorites: that are all FREE and combined they save me and earn me quite a bit every month!
First of all…. Print your coupons and print them OFTEN! CLICK HERE to browse coupons and you can always come back to my site and use my coupon printer. Most of the time you can print them TWICE…(sometimes more, sometimes less) … but print them when you can because a lot of the times the manufacturers will reset them which means twice as many coupons! Usually coupons match up with sales…so this is where you can save the most! I refer to these often and will try to alert you to high dollar ones!
Second would have to be subscriptions to your Sunday Paper. I am not a big fan of getting 10 Sunday papers (I truly believe that NO manufacturer intends for you to save this much … at the most I try to keep my couponing to the numer of people in my home. So I get 2 Sundays and of course pick up scraps here and there as I see them. And this is totally off course…but if you are getting 10+ Sundays…please recycle.) More on my Coupon Opinions HERE. Ok…back on track here … get the Sunday papers and save every last scrap of the coupon inserts… get a good coupon binder (more on that later) and tuck those babies away. I will refer to them from time to time and when you stumble upon a golden clearance rack at the back of a store…you will be oh so glad you saved that coupon for that thing you swore you would never pay real cash for, lol! …see how I organize/store and tote my coupons in my post HERE.
Third … Rebate and Cash Back Sites! My two favorites are Ebates and ShopatHome …..I get cash back checks every month now, and they grow quicker than you think! Each site gives you a $5 bonus to your account when you make your first purchase… and if you shop online at all … it is just a smart way to go! Even eBay has a cash back program!! Make your money work for you, right?
Numbers Four and Five… Now that you are a member of a cash back site (or two!) you should purchase AN ENTERTAINMENT BOOK ( CLICK HERE to learn more ) and buy your Restaurant.com coupons (CLICK HERE to learn more ). These two things are the reason that
a) I get cash back checks every month and
b) The reason that we get to go out a couple times a week.
Take for example … after my sons Tball game we opted to try Qdoba Mexican Restaurant rather then come home and make a meal… with the 50% off coupon in there, a $18 meal became a $9.00 meal … for 4 people! Honestly…this book pays for itself over and over (and right now they are only $15 with free shipping with $6 cashback…making them $9!)
Sixth … I am going to have to say
Swagbucks!! I know this one seems silly… but get a few friends to join, and you win when they win … and before you know it your total goes up and up! Around 450 swagbucks will score you $5 on Amazon. Over 2000 is a Target $20 gift card, and I have literally cashed out over $600 worth of swag. In fact, it pretty much paid for Christmas in our home this year … so start NOW and use it as your search engine … they pay you to search. duh!!?? right?
Number 7 … I would have to say
ShopItToMe here … this is an email notification site that lets you know when your favorite brands have big sales (seriously…they will send you some killer markdowns) … you just go fill in your information: fav. brands, sizes, stores, kids sizes, etc and then you will get email alerts when these stores have clearance sales. I have found some amazing bargains doing this. To top it off … go to
ShopatHome or
Ebates to see if they give cash back for the retailer that you found good deals at… gettin’ my drift here?
Oh gosh…tie for numbers
Eight and Nine : HauteLook ( click
HERE ) and Gilt Groupe ( click
HERE ) … These are both designer clearance sites that post some pretty neat stuff…pretty cheap. You will get credits when you send email referrals to your friends, and this could score you some free stuff!…ok…so as I am doing this, I am thinking of a MILLION more ways that I have saved money and scored cool stuff, deals and more…so maybe I will continue this list…but this is a good place to start!! Honestly…once you get going…it just all starts snowballing and before you know it your mailbox is full of goodies, rebate checks, and more!!
…and I guess number
Ten on my list for ways that I rock the online deals would have to be all of the awesome photo sites and the killer deals they have! I LOVE sharing, saving, storing, hanging … gazing … at PHOTOS… but it gets spendy. I cannot believe how much I have saved over the years with online photo deals (and YES…I would have spent this money on photos anyway … it is my one true addiction, lol) click
HERE to check out all the latest photo deals and my favorite spots for finds great deals!
Just a few more of my very favorites, in case you are still reading this….lol….
Disney Movie Rebate Program ~ if you kids have Disney DVDs check this out
HERE you could be getting FREE STUFF!
Click and Go Coupons ~ another source for Great Printables Click
HERE (Free, of course)
To be honest with you… this list could go on an on… (I could go on and on…) but hopefully it will give you a good idea about what all this saving stuff is all about. Mostly… have fun…it’s a ball!
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Hi Keri,
I have to 2nd all your chooses are great and I DO use them ALL myself and get monthly pay-checks too. Every little bit adds up and each month it adds up too. So, you can trust each and every site that Keri has posted, they are all great ways to earn extra income. Also great ways to entertain your family for FREE or Close to FREE!
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Laura
Thank you for all the coupons!