The Coupon Lady

The coupon lady, that's what the Rite Aid store manager called me the other day. I was in his store and bought $36.43 worth of merchandise. Of course, frugal gal that I am, I didn't pay the full price. I used coupons, both clipped and earned from Rite Aid Video Values, and combined them with the sales they had. I walked out the door after paying $7.43 (including tax). I also had $3.00 worth of UP rewards by using their wellness card. He was so amazed at how much I saved, he said he should have his wife learn from me. I wonder what he would have said if I told him I am getting a $3.00 rebate as well, :)

*Disclaimer: This post is solely my opinion based on my experience with the Rite Aid store where I shop. Rite Aid, the company and its employees, did not ask for this post nor was I compensated in any way for it (I wish!). I seriously doubt they are even aware of my blog, ;).

February Report

Time is zooming by while I feel like I'm left in the dust. Well, not really the dust. I'm just not moving as fast as time is (story of my life).  Look at this recap, it is seven days late. Oh well, better late than never...

So on to my month in review. February was a great month in terms of my online earnings and rebates. Just look at these numbers:

           $50.00 ING Direct Electronic Orange Bonus 

           $15.00 Lightspeed Panel PayPal credit

           $6.50 Opinion Outpost

           $0.18 YouData

 
           $20.00 Amazon.com gift card from Swagbucks
           $10.00 Overstock.com gift card from an online community I can't name yet
           $5.00 Babies R Us gift card just by being their fan on Facebook
           $5.00 Target gift card

           $27.00 from various rebates

January Report

Time seems to be zooming by. The first month of the year has already ended. I thought it would be a good time to look back and assess how the month went. In doing so, I hope to celebrate my victories, however small, and learn from my mistakes.

One of the changes I started in December was to keep track of my online earnings in a separate spreadsheet. Once I had that in place, it was easy to continue onto this year. I also decided not to spend any of that money. Instead, I'm socking it away. It's part of my plan to reach one of my goals_destination no. 2 in the Crown Money Map. I am doing the same thing with my rebates. Instead of treating these two as extra income, I'm using them as savings. For this month, my totals are:

                           YouData     =  0.46
                           CrownGPT =  5.00 (Amazon giftcard)
                           Lightspeed  =  5.00
                           Swagbucks =10.00
                           Opinion Outpost = 12.80 

The cash plus the $48.98 in rebates I received are welcome additions to my savings account. I'm also waiting for three $5.00 Amazon gift card codes to be added to my Swagbucks account. The codes won't post until Monday today, because the month ended on a weekend. That's fine with me, as I'm saving everything up in my Amazon account for future use anyway.

Another Free $5.00 Amazon Gift Card

Yesterday, I redeemed a $5.00 Amazon gift card from CrownGPT. This morning, the code's already in my inbox! That is so cool! What's even better, it only took me a week five days to earn it. I did not have to buy anything. I just visited CrownGPT once a day, probably 10 minutes each time, to check for any offers and did the ones I liked. I could have probably earned this faster but I just did not have the time. Still, my time spent at CrownGPT seems to have paid off nicely.