The household budget for our family is $500 a month and includes all
groceries, household products, clothing, gifts, decorations and
newspapers. A little on the lean side? Perhaps, but it works for our family. Whether your number is $300 or $1000, you should do what works for your family.
We were on vacation at Big Cedar (my favorite place in the world) near Branson, MO this week. I scored some excellent deals at the outlet malls in Branson on Monday and was able to squeeze in a bit of shopping after we got back to Tyler.
Branson Outlet Mall Shopping
Retail: $90.93, OOP: $21.04
4 transactions at CVS and Walgreens
Retail: $77.81, OOP: $.59
Have $10 RRs and $8 ECBs left from these transactions
Spending:
Cut Turkey’s Hair Myself spent $0.00, saved $12.00
Carters Outlet: spent $2.09, saved $11.91
Chicago Cutlery: spent $9.99, saved $14.98
Children’s Place Outlet: spent $1.98, saved $15.02
Corningware, Corelle, Revere spent $6.98, saved $7.99
CVS spent: $0.00, saved $38.05
Gymboree Outlet spent $0.00, saved $19.99 (price was 8.99 & used a GC from when Turkey was born)
Target spent: $13.08, saved $36.75
Walgreens spent $.59, saved $34.17
Walmart spent $19.81, saved $2.41
Total Spent $54.52, Total Saved: $193.27
Money Made
Inbox Dollars: $5.32
In mail survey: $2.00
Ipsos-Isay: $2.10
RewardPort: $.27
Swagbucks: $1.15
Zoombucks: $0.31
MyPoints: $0.35
Total Money Made $11.50 (I also received a check this week from Ebates– did you get yours yet?)
Swagbucks: $1.15
Zoombucks: $0.31
MyPoints: $0.35
Total Money Made $11.50 (I also received a check this week from Ebates– did you get yours yet?)
$193.27+$11.03= $204.77 This means $292.53 of DH’s salary saved (click here to see how I get this amount)
Looks like a good shopping week for being on vacation
Can you explain all the money makers on the bottom (or link me to a post if you have already done so)? I’m on SWAGbucks but I don’t know how much I’ve made or if it’s worth it. For over a year I have about 531 SWAG points. I don’t seem to qualify for any of the surveys, etc. Thanks.
Theresa- I always cash my swagbucks in for the $5 amazon card, so I take the $5 and divide by the 450 swagbucks it takes. That equals $.01111 cents per swagbuck. I do the same thing for each program I use to earn gift cards. This way I know if it’s worth my time. I never try for the Swagbucks surveys because many survey sites pay more for my time. I do occasionally watch swagTV. If you are doing the searches you would be doing anyway, I think it’s always worth it to use swagbucks. If you have their toolbar downloaded you should also be getting 1 sb each day that you open your browser- not to mention how easy it is to search from their search box on the toolbar. HTH!
Wow, great job! I’ve never been to Branson, but if I ever go I will definitely check out the outlet malls. And I love how you’ve listed all your household goods and not just groceries. I love to see how people are saving on those things as well.
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