Today I want to talk about money. Money, Money, Money, Money, Money. You see, before I graduated from college and was still living in the land of being-a-student-supported-by-parents, I had no worries. No worries at all--the bills would always be paid on time with no chance of the lights ever being shut off.
Oh, how times have changed! For the last few weeks I have been pondering different ways to save money. This pondering led me to the internet, where I found other poor people like myself trying to save money. Some websites I enjoy include:
dealseekingmom.com
moneysavingmom.com
krazycouponlady.com
ilovefreethings.com
mypetsavings.com
I still don't understand the concept of "coupon stacking" or how to go about doing it (I think it has something to do with having multiple coupons for the same item, but I'm really not sure), but I have become obsessed with ordering free samples!
I've also become obsessed with coupons. I refuse to do anything without a damn coupon, including getting an oil change, getting my hair cut, etc. I've come to the point where I hate paying full price on anything! I also really love free things. If you offer me something for free, I will most definitely take it! I've received a newspaper subscription, dog food, a spa facial, and a dog "pawdicure" for free thus far by collecting coupons and in some cases, just being in the right place at the right time.
Another website I recently found is swagbucks.com. At SwagBucks, you earn (you guessed it!) swag bucks (basically online money) to use in their online store for actual stuff. It's a really cool concept but I am far from having enough swag bucks to actually buy anything.
I've also been trying to figure out different ways to make money without having to get another actual job. I've been wanting to do some freelance writing work, but am not sure how to get started. I signed up with a website, elance.com, which is a website for freelance work...but I'm still not sure how to actually go about GETTING the work.
Something else I'd like to get back into is selling stuff on eBay. I did that for a bit when I still lived in Houston and was able to make quite a bit of extra pocket cash. But...I don't know what to sell now! At the time, I had a few high-priced items to sell and they did fairly well, but now I don't really own anything that I think would make too much money. I have an autographed Nolan Ryan baseball, but I lost the certificate of authenticity a long time ago, and I've heard that it's hard to sell an autographed item without that certificate.
Anyway, those are the things that have been going through my head the last few days. If you're reading this, how do you go about saving money or making extra money?
Hahaha. I've known that you like free stuff for a long time. :)
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to get into coupon clipping too, and it's hard. The hardest part is remembering to take them with you when you go grocery shopping. But, I'm going to try !!
Yeah, Jennifer & Devin gave us a TV stand last week...my whole house is now comprised of Jennifer's old stuff, LOL...and I LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteI don't buy any single article of clothing over $20 (except for shoes, but even the last pair of shoes I bought were $20 from Ross for work). I've begun expanding my wardrobe with my own money for the first time ever, and the only thing that keeps me from going crazy is refusing to buy anything over $20.00.
ReplyDeleteThe good thing about limiting how much you're willing to spend on a single item is that you never put too much value in one item. Hole in my jeans? Zipper broke? Doesn't matter so much...I only spent $20.00 on it.
Lord knows I could use more money-saving techniques, though...
I'm kind of going through the same thing - that is, only spending $20 or less on a piece of clothing. However, what I'm really trying to do is not buy any new clothes unless it becomes necessary. However, this may be easier for me b/c I already have TONS of clothes!
ReplyDeleteP.S. AND I LOVE ROSS!!!!!!!!!! lol :)
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