Coupons, Coupons, and more Coupons!

A few posts back I talked about extreme couponing, and I just wanted to drop in and let you all know just how well that is going! I have worked everything out so that I not only get tons of great deals on groceries and other stuff, but I also use eBay to make my money back that I spent to purchase my coupons in the first place!!! :) I sell off the coupons that I know I will never use because it is for something I will not buy, like Pampers Diapers or Cat Food. With selling these I make back everything that I spent in the first place! :) 

Surveys

I have recently started doing surveys online, and they are actually pretty easy to get rewards from! You fill out a profile, take surveys, and get rewarded points. Once you have enough points, depending on the program this varies, you can exchange them for cash or other rewards. :) Some programs are easier to hit your pay out level than others, but the harder it is to reach the better the rewards! It's a pretty neat program! Some of the sites are surveyspot.com globaltestmarket.com sendearnings.com 

Mystery Shopping

I have recently discovered how to become a Mystery Shopper, and it is pretty awesome! You register with DSG and they will call you whenever they have something open in your area! You only make 10 - 20 dollars per job but if you can do it often enough it could be a nice little supplement! And they reimburse you for any purchases! :) It is pretty great!

Amazing New Dishwasher Product!!!

I came across a coupon a few weeks ago for a new dish washing product, specifically for dishwashers, that is absolutely WONDERFUL! It is great for hard water and all sorts of dirty dishes! It is called Lemi-Shine, and it just goes into the soap spot and you put your normal detergent in the pre-wash spot. The dishes coming out f our washer have never been cleaner!!! It also has the added bonus of cleaning your dish washer too! It is great, and when using this product cheaper detergents are perfect as pre wash so it's totally affordable! We love it! They also just came out with a rinse, and more concentrated washer cleaner!

Addicted to eBay!

Since I have started buying all of my cloth diapers on eBay, I have found that I am addicted to it! I have started selling all of the coupons that I know I will not use, as well as my son's clothes that he out grows and anything else we decide we need to sell off, and that pays for the diapers and more coupons! It really is a great system! In the last year I have spent quite a bit of time on eBay and found some AMAZING deals on there!! The only down side is that sometimes you have to deal with people or sellers that are a bit of a pain. So if you decide to use eBay be sure to review your sellers!

Jeremy's New Work Phone!

Jeremy got his new work phone last week, the Samsung Galaxy S II, and would like to tell you about it!


My work phone up until last week was a Blackberry. It has been very frustrating in the past with multiple pocket dials a day that both my Dad and Brother can attest to. Unless you specifically press the lock key, the buttons are free to dial who they please as they travel around in my pocket. Also the freezing up and having to do a battery pull at least once a week along with the pain in the neck trackpad I had to deal with caused a lot of other frustration as well. 


Now my new Samsung Galaxy S II, in the week I have had it has been amazing compared the Blackberry. It automatically locks the screen so no more accidental pocket dialing! Plus I LOVE the touch screen! I couple of months ago I got an iPad from a drawing through work. In that time I have gotten so used to using the touchscreen that when I would use my Blackberry, I would find myself trying to touch the screen, but it for some reason did not work. LOL Well now I finally have a touch screen phone and I cant seem to put it down unless I'm at work. So even if it could pocket dial like the Blackberry could, it wouldn't have the chance! :)  The only thing that I have to complain about the new phone is that when we switched over, we not only switched phones, but we also switched carriers. Instead of being with Verizon, we are now using AT&T. So far the coverage seems to be sufficient, almost as good as Verizon. The customer service is another issue though. Out of all the times I have called into Verizon, I have never been on hold and even when I call in about my work and any issues I may have with it, they have always been willing to help me get things resolved. My very 1st time calling into AT&T I was on hold for over 10 minutes before I finally got through. And when I called in to ask a few simple questions, they could answer very basic stuff, but for the most part, they told me to work through my company to get the answers I was looking for. They seemed very unwilling help me with anything unless they had to. But I'm hoping that with this new phone, I won't have to call in as often as I did with the Blackberry. It was not the best of phones to have. I definitely would not have chosen to use the Blackberry if it had not been given to me as a work phone. 


So overall, I love the new phone and the only thing I would change is who we went through as our carrier, but we were able to keep the same numbers that we had with Verizon, so that was good. I love the Android operating system and I don't know if I said this before, but I LOVE THE TOUCH SCREEN!!! I love my new phone!