30+ Ways We Saved & Earned This Week

This week we share all the ways we saved and earned, including tools and links for items we used or substituted.

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30 Ways We Saved & Earned This Week

Each week we share how we saved by making wise choices and earned by using certain programs or apps.  Hopefully this week’s list will inspire you.

Thirty Ways We Saved & Earned This Week (and you can too!)

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26 Very Simple Ways We Saved & Earned This Week

26 Very Simple Ways We Saved & Earned This Week

Last week’s 25 Ways We Saved had such a great response, so I decided to begin sharing our weekly saving and earning methods with you, each Sunday.

It will help me stay accountable to our goal of saving $5,000-$10,000 this year, and might even encourage or help some of you.

None of the things we do are challenging or earth shattering, and I have seriously considered skipping some of them.  BUT after deeper consideration (and prayer) I felt led to include them and encourage others.

Ways We Saved

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25 Simple Ways We Saved This Week

25 Simple Ways We Saved This Week

1.)  We stayed home.

Yep, very simple.  We did not participate in shopping online or in store the day after Christmas

2.)  We created a paycheck by paycheck budget for 2016, beginning with the check we received on Christmas (we get paid bi-weekly).  My wonderful hubby even created a spreadsheet to update as I change the numbers when bill amounts fluctuate.  (Saving me a huge amount of time doing math each month.)

3.)  We were blessed with perishable groceries from an unusual source.

We have a family friend leaving for a short family visit and they asked if we wanted to consume their perishables while they were gone.  Of course!  A gallon of milk, some fresh, crisp apples and other assorted items means we saved at least $10 we would otherwise have spent on perishables this week.

4.)  We joined and uploaded receipts to Receipt Hog.

We earned 280 coins by uploading this week’s receipts (for any store), filling in our information, playing a free “pull” and confirming our email.  If you would like to earn free money that can be cashed in for PayPal or Amazon Gift Cards, I suggest you sign up too.  If you use this code SKAN9388 when you sign up, we will both receive a free “spin”.  ( My first spin earned me 14 coins towards those gift cards).  I figure I already spent the money at the store, a few extra minutes to upload the receipt is worth the gift cards at the end of the year.

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When Your Savings Goals Hit a Roadblock & Leave You on Empty

When Your Savings Goals Hit a Roadblock & Leave You On Empty

Our 2016 Savings Goals Update

2016 has certainly been another year full of ups and downs, twists and turns, both in our home and businesses, but I am excited to say we survived!

For the first time ever, I decided to set some goals (not resolutions) for 2016, and I even left my comfort zone and shared them with you here.

I must confess that we fell short on many of those goals, especially our savings goals,  but I have yet to beat myself up for it because they are GOALS not requirements, not deadlines and not commitments.  Sometimes GOALS have to change or undergo some alterations due to physical, financial or emotional challenges, as Benjamin Mays says, “The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal.  The tragedy lies in having NO goals to reach.”

Heaven knows our goals have made some enormous U-turns in the past year.  The biggest and most obvious being the original goal of saving $5,000-$10,000 by the end of 2016.

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2016 Goals 10 Day Update

2016 Goals

10 Day Update

Several of you have inquired about our “goals” for 2016 and if we are still on track.  I am thrilled to say, for the most part, YES WE ARE!!!

And here is a little update:

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16 Simple Ways To Make Your Money Stretch At County Market

16 Simple Tips To Save The Most At County Market

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15 Simple Ways to Save at Target

Please note:  There are additional ways to save and earn at Target, IF you have a smart phone.  We do not have a smart phone and do not feel comfortable sharing smart phone savings with you.  If you have a smart phone and use additional apps, please feel free to share those apps, including links, in the comments.

15 Simple Ways To Save At Target

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How One Little Planner Has Changed My Life & Businesses

IF you know much about me, or follow this blog, you know I hate to spend money on ANYTHING.  I coupon, blog, take surveys, use apps and even borrow tools and things, so that I don’t have to spend my hubby’s hard-earned money.  I also like to be super organized and on top of things, but with our hectic life it was a constant struggle day in and day out, no matter what I tried. But once I began using this amazing little planner I began feeling empowered, organized, put together and on top of things, even though, in reality, my life is even busier than it was before.

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25 Ways You Can Support & Encourage Your Favorite Blogger (For Free)

Recently, I have been sharing with my family & friends that we wanted to turn our hobby blogs into income generating family businesses.  It almost never fails that their first response involves the word, “How”.

• How can you make money from blogging?
• How can I help you?

After trying to explain how it works a few thousand dozen times, I gave it some thought and decided a quick post might benefit others looking to encourage and support their favorite bloggers.  Here is a list of 25 ways you can help your favorite blogger for FREE.

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