Sunday, June 20, 2010

Adding to our Vacation fund

Well, I have posted about some survey sites that I am a member of and told you how you can make money and get free stuff. Well, here's what I got this past couple of weeks:

  • Coupon for free can of Libby veggies (facebook)
  • Coupon for a Weight Watchers Smart Ones
  • Gillette razor
  • Jeff Gordon Fan Club kit
  • $5 Subway gift card
  • $3 check from Pine Cone Research
  • $20 Visa card from Valued Opinions
  • $5.50 check from Opinion Outpost
  • $6.45 check form Opinion Outpost
  • $14.43 check from Viewpoint
  • $2 check from Survey Spot
  • (2) $5 Shell gift cards
  • $10 BP gift card
  • $10 Lowe's gift card
  • Coupon for a free Goji Berry Juice

And I am currently doing 3 product testings. Woo-Hoo!

Couponing to Disney -- My Favorite Blog!!!

You probably see the banner on the side titled Couponing to Disney.
Well, I am going to tell you a little about the blog.

It is ran by a wonderful lady who posts tips, coupons, and much more to help us moms and families out to save some cash. Every year, she piles up all of the extra cash, survey cash, etc and they set a goal to go to Disney every year. It may seem far fetch, but I can tell it that it can happen.

My family and I set a goal to get a trampoline and a swimming pool, the kids have been begging to have. Within 6 months, we have them both by just using the survey money and extra money that we saved by using coupons and getting free stuff.

For an example, she posted about a coupon at Redplum that was for $1 off of Axe deordorant. Well, at Wal-Mart you will find the sample sizes (not the sprays) for about $.97. So the coupon basically gives you a free Axe. There have been other coupon just like that. She has a running tab on super-low priced and free items located at Wal-Mart, Targets and more.

Thanks to her, we are setting a new goal starting next month to save up to go on our first family vacation. There will be 5 of us. We are wanting to go to the Aquarium in Gatlinburg or the one in Chatanooga. It will have to be a day trip because we have outside animals that have to be taken care of.

But, stop on by her blog since school is out for the summer and take a look around to see if there is anything that can help you out.

So how do you like it?

I change the design of the blog today, I got tired of the old one. Change is good sometimes. I liked this template because it was more family / children style. :)