Weekly Recap 9/11 - 9/24

How much extra money did you earn this week? How much did you save? Here's my weekly recap of money/gift cards earned, cash saved by using coupons, and freebies received.

It's fun to see your savings/earnings amounts all added up. It clearly shows that it's time well spent when you cut coupons, hunt for sales, and make little bits of money here and there. I've gotten a little bit behind, so here's my recap for past two weeks, 9/11/11 - 9/24/11. 

Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received
$5.00...... Chili's gift card (Paid $5 for a $10 gift card!)
$0.14...... YouData (Paid to view ads!)
$10.00.... Amazon.com gift card earned using Swagbucks search engine
$4.53...... Profit from a sale on Blujay
Total: $19.67

Coupon Savings
$89.59..... Kohl's (30% coupon code!)
$6.69....... Old Navy (20% off coupon code)
$3.51....... Target (discount with my Target card & using reusable bags)
Total: $99.79

Freebies
Ecover dishwasher detergent

Total 2011 Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received: $1,249.96
Total 2011 Coupon Savings: $1,180.20

Find my previous weekly recaps here.

Weekly Recap 9/11 - 9/24

August Credit Card Debt Recap

It's time for another recap on our credit card debt repayment.  As a refresher, Hubby and I started off 2011 with $13,402.24 in credit card debt.  This debt was spread onto two major credit cards.  We also had a small amount of additional debt on store credit cards and have since paid those off.

We've been incredibly motivated to keep paying these credit cards off, thanks, in part to a few great financial blogs I read regularly.  To keep up our motivation, to hold us accountable and possibly to inspire someone else, I've decided to blog our way through this. Here's a recap of how August went...

At the beginning of August, our credit card totals looked like this:

Chase 1 - $0
Chase 2 - $0
CitiCard1 - $2,980.00
CitiCard2 - $3,950.00
Total - $6,930.00

And then at the end of August, our totals looked like this:

Chase 1 - $0
Chase 2 - $0
CitiCard1 - $1,800.00
Citicard2 - $3,890.00

Total - $5,690.00

So, for the month of August, we paid off $1,240 in credit card debt. That's just amazing. 

I can hardly believe how far we've come in all of this.  It was only this time last year that I thought it would take forever to pay all of this off.  I knew that one day we'd have it paid off and behind us, but I never imagined it would go so quickly.  We've paid off $7,712.24 on these cards in the past eight months. I'm telling you, this is amazing to me.

September's debt recap coming up soon!

To see my previous posts about our debt payoff journey, go here.

August Credit Card Debt Recap

Weekly Recap 9/4 - 9/10

How much extra money did you earn this week? How much did you save? Here's my weekly recap of money/gift cards earned, cash saved by using coupons, and freebies received.

It's fun to see your savings/earnings amounts all added up. It clearly shows that it's time well spent when you cut coupons, hunt for sales, and make little bits of money here and there. I've gotten a little bit behind, so here's my recap for last week, 9/4/11 - 9/10/11. 

Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received
$19.31...... LinkShare (Affiliate income)
$22.17...... Shop At Home (Cash back for shopping!)
$0.17........ YouData (Paid to view ads!)
$3.88........ PayPal (Cash back for using my debit card)
Total: $41.65

Coupon Savings
$0.90....... Dunkin Donuts (Coupon for completing survey on receipt.)
$31.93..... Acme (Grocery coupons)
$9.00....... Walmart (Grocery coupons)
Total: $41.83

Freebies
John Frieda Root Awakening Shampoo & Conditioner samples and coupon

Total 2011 Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received: $1,230.29
Total 2011 Coupon Savings: $1,080.41

Find my previous weekly recaps here.

Weekly Recap 9/4 - 9/10

Weekly Recap 8/28 - 9/3

How much extra money did you earn this week? How much did you save? Here's my weekly recap of money/gift cards earned, cash saved by using coupons, and freebies received.

It's fun to see your savings/earnings amounts all added up. It clearly shows that it's time well spent when you cut coupons, hunt for sales, and make little bits of money here and there. Here's my recap for the past week, 8/28/11 - 9/3/11. 

Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received
$10.00........ Amazon.com gift cards - earned using the Swagbucks search engine
$0.15........ YouData (Paid to view ads!)
Total: $10.15

Coupon Savings
$0.90..... Dunkin Donuts (Coupon for completing survey on receipt.)
Total: $0.90

Freebies
Women's Day magazine
Shape magazine
Samples of Suave Men's Body Wash, Suave Naturals Body Lotion & Suave Professionals Dry Shampoo Spray and coupons

Total 2011 Cash/Checks/Gift Cards Received: $1,188.64
Total 2011 Coupon Savings: $1,038.58

Find my previous weekly recaps here.

Weekly Recap 8/28 - 9/3