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May 31st, 2011 at 03:23 am

I used this blog long ago to track my savings for Disney World. Somehow we are able to pull that trip off (barely) and we had an awesome time. Now I want to try to track my savings for a trip we have coming up to Myrtle Beach. We have 41 days. We will be staying in our popup camper. I have put a deposit down on the campsite but we still owe them I think $424.00. I also need to save some money for spending there. I am starting off with $41.49 in our ING account. Here we go again. ;P

Nervous :/

March 27th, 2009 at 12:40 am

I borrowed $171.90 from my Disney money and paid back $200. I am afraid I am not going to have enough money this week to make my car payment though. Frown

Previous total: $514.51
Money today: $28.49
New total: $543.00

Racing Pool

March 25th, 2009 at 11:44 pm

My husband won a racing pool at work. Some people didn't pay and I think he spent some of it, but he did give me $35. I also found a dollar in the dryer. LOL

Previous total: $478.51
Money today: $36.00
New total: $514.51

More

March 13th, 2009 at 01:13 am

I was not able to add my whole check this week but I am adding $259.00 of it. I am so worried that I am not going to make the goal. :/

Previous total: $219.51
Money today: $259.00
New total: $478.51

Adding

March 11th, 2009 at 08:14 pm

I am still not having very much luck with this. It seems like last time I saved all that money it was change from all the money I was spending. Frown I did get a check today from where I sold some DVDs on wherehouse.com, and when I bought gas I overpaid by $2.xx and I am putting the dollar bills in. I plan to put most or all of my paycheck in the box tomorrow. I have worked hard to catch us up on all of our bills and should be able to do without my check this week.

Previous total: $175.53
Money today: $43.98
New total: $219.51

Change

March 3rd, 2009 at 12:05 am

I am having a hard time finding things to sell and coming up with money for this. :/

Previous total: $169.53
Money today: $6.00
New total: $175.53

Start

March 1st, 2009 at 09:54 pm

OK I am starting this blog off with what I have saved up so far. Not much. I consigned a bunch of my daughter's clothes at Once Upon a Child and they gave me a check for $129.53. Today my husband sold some speakers for $40 too.

Previous total: $0
Money today: $169.53
New total: $169.53

Back Again

March 1st, 2009 at 09:52 pm

It has obviously been a long long time since I posted here. We were saving for a trip to Disney but ended up pulling all of the money out of savings and blowing it. I couldn't tell you one thing we bought. Anyway. We are definitely going to Disney this time. We have already paid for the resort. We got a really really nice resort that is normally $316 per night for $336 for the whole week through my boss' timeshare. I will be putting our $850 tickets on my best friend's credit card and making payments. But now I have less than 2 months to come up with some spending money for us. I would like to save $1500. WIsh me luck. :/

Adding

May 27th, 2007 at 04:22 am

I rolled up all the change that I have been collecting while I wasn't doing much else to save. I had some dollars in my change jar and my pocketbook too. I have 15 dollar bills and $38.50 in change.

Previous total: 1244.21
Money today: 53.50
New total: 1297.71

Starting Over

May 27th, 2007 at 04:18 am

We had to use some of our savings money for some bills that came up. I just kind of gave up after that. I am starting over and my restart total that is in my ING account is $1244.21. My next goal is to get it back up to that $1500 mark. Frown

*** $1500.00!! ***

April 11th, 2007 at 04:04 am

One more add here before bed. I forgot about the $20 DH's uncle gave him for gas. He spent it but I transferred it our of our bank account. LOL On top of that I rolled $10.50 in quarters and pennies. That brings my total to over $1500.00. I am so happy with that Big Grin Disney World here we come. LOL

Previous total: 1486.73
Money today: 30.50
New total: 1517.23

Day Tipper

April 11th, 2007 at 02:06 am

I have another 11.35 to add to the challenge. I got paid for two tips I submitted at daytipper.com. $6.00 per tip (minus paypal's fees bla)

Previous total: 1475.38
Money today: 11.35
New total: 1486.73

Adding to the Challenge

April 10th, 2007 at 06:01 pm

Don't give up on me yet Smile I am still trying.

First of all I have to say... I don't like the way my blog looks. Maybe I need t get used to it or something, but I liked it much better the other way.

DH took off work today because we have to take DS to the urologist for a checkup on his kidneys. Since he was off he took the opportunity togo this morning and turn in his scrap metal. I added the money he made from that to our savings.

Previous total: 1298.38
Money today: 177.00
New total: 1475.38

Dollars

April 2nd, 2007 at 11:15 pm

I had some dollars I have been saving in my pocketbook. I did have more but like I said I have been slack on my savings.

Previous total: 1289.38
Money today: 9.00
New total: 1298.38

Slack

April 2nd, 2007 at 10:41 pm

I have been really slack lately about trying to add money to the challenge. I am going to try to get better about it. I did roll some wuarters and pennies today. I have 10.50 to add from that. I am also adding the 3.62 for March's interest paid in my ING account.

Previous total: 1275.26
Money today: 14.12
New total: 1289.38

Cha cha stinks

March 20th, 2007 at 12:45 am

Cha cha can bite me. I got an email today saying my account had been deactivated for "engaging in frivolous chat." Apparently you aren't allowed to have a conversation with the people who are searching. Even if they want to have one with you.

On top of that, I put in a lot of time and had over $50 worth of searches. They won't even pay me for that. I am furious.

Change

March 18th, 2007 at 04:15 am

I forgot to add 0.50 for pennies I rolled today Smile

Previous total: 1274.76
Money today: 0.50
New total: 1275.26

Challenge Money

March 18th, 2007 at 04:10 am

I have $20 to add to the challenge from DH's uncle from gas.

I also am making a good bit of money on cha cha as a guide. The more trained you get the more searches you get, and then you make more money. I am up to almost $50. Smile

Previous total: 1254.76
Money today: 20.00
New total: 1274.76

Challenge Money

March 16th, 2007 at 10:37 pm

We sold DS's Gameboy Advance on Amazon. Our total profit was 46.35. I transferred that to my ING today Smile

The cha cha thing is going pretty good. I haven't been able to do it much in the oast couple days b/c I am having problems with java on my laptop, but I have made around $33. Smile I am not cashing it out yet though.

Previous total: 1208.41
Money today: 46.35
New total: 1254.76

Cha Cha

March 13th, 2007 at 04:15 am

Here is more detail about what a cha cha guide is for anyone interested.

"Cha Cha is a new search engine. What makes it different from other search engines is that the users have the opportunity to search with a guide. The guide is a real person in real time that communicates with them via chat and finds their results for them. Many times we may perform a search and instead of getting the results most relevant to what we are looking for, we instead get whichever pages hold the keywords and are ranked the highest. Just think, when this happens you can now communicate with a real person who is an expert in the topic you are seeking and have them direct you to the site you are looking for.

I did a few searches with a guide when they first launched and the process is slower than when you do it on your own. However, the results are more relevant so I think it balances out with the time you would spend tweaking your keywords and doing other searches.

A Cha Cha guide gets paid anywhere from $5-$20, or even $30, per hour. You can work whenever you want as much or as little as you like. You can also earn from your "downline," people you invite to also work as Cha Cha guides. You can earn up to 10% of what they make. So, it is like an MLM in that way. And it is a new MLM. New MLM's are good because if you are one of the first, you will have many people working under you.

Don't fret if you are interested but do not know anyone who works as a guide to invite you. I added a Cha Cha section to our new forums just for this purpose (and for Cha Cha guides to shoot the breeze, vent, or what have you). You can also find guides ready to offer you an invite on just about any of the active work at home forums on the web.

Once you have your invite, the process is a little intimidating (or at least it was for me) because you don’t find any information on the job. Instead, you are immediately thrown into the application process. You fill in your personal information, your tax information, and you download an application onto your computer to be used in your work. You also choose three keywords, things you are pretty well versed in, to start out working with. You then fill in your personal profile (should you want to) and you have access into the training section (finally!) where you can watch videos that teach you the ins and outs of working as a guide. Once you reach Master Level Status, you can then invite others and create your downline.

If you haven’t already, visit Cha Cha and try out their guided search!"

Text is www.chacha.com and Link is
www.chacha.com

I have a few invites if anyone is genuinely interested. They don't give out invites much from what I hear.

More Money and Cha Cha

March 13th, 2007 at 03:48 am

I have become a cha cha guide to make some extra money for savings. Lots of pranking. Keeps me entertained. Smile What these people don't realize is we get paid whether you have a valid search or not. LOL

I have a 14.00 check from surveyspot.com to add today and 16.00 dollar bills I have been saving this week to add to savings.

Previous total: 1178.41
Money today: 30.00
New total: 1208.41

Messed Up

March 13th, 2007 at 12:11 am

I messed up transferring money into my ING. I knew it would happen eventually. I put a deposit in the bank and accidentally transferred all of it to my ING which was not my intention. I am just going to leave it that way and be more careful that time. The difference is $51.

Previous total: 1127.41
Money today: 51.00
New total: 1178.41

One More Dollar

March 8th, 2007 at 04:00 am

I found a dollar in a bank envelope in my pocketbook. I am putting it into my challenge money. I will deposit this tomorrow so I can start earning interest on all the money instead of having a bunch of it in an envelope at home.

Previous total: 1127.41
Money today: 1.00
New total: 1128.41

Ebay

March 8th, 2007 at 03:55 am

I finally have got my ebay stuff straight. Everything I sold was actually paid for pretty quickly except for one. Still no payment so I reported them to ebay. After shipping fees, paypal fees, and ebay fees I made $38.48. Not too bad considering most of it was stuff I had just lying around. I can't wait until it gets warmer and I can have a yard sale. Smile Then I can get of a bunch more stuff I don't want any more.

DH sold DS's Game Boy SP on amazon also. He discovered he didn't need it any more because the Nintendo DS we got him for Christmas plays Game Boy games. As soon as that gets deposited in our checking account (which takes forever) I will transfer it into ING.

Previous total: 1088.83
Money today: 38.58
New total: 1127.41

ING Interest

March 8th, 2007 at 02:38 am

I am adding my interest paid from my ING account for February. A whole $1.14. LOL

Previous total: 1087.69
Money today: 1.14
New total: 1088.83

More Change

March 6th, 2007 at 08:37 pm

I have a roll of nickels, a roll of dimes, and three dollar bills to add to the challenge money. I wish I knew hoe much changed I had saved up. I can't tell since a lot of it has gone into the bank and been transferred to my ING. I am going to go back though my journal and see if I can figure it out. Smile

Previous total: 1077.69
Money today: 10.00
New total: 1087.69

We Love Bellsouth!

March 4th, 2007 at 06:10 am

More money in the mail today from Bellsouth Big Grin. My DH said we will get $50 more from them and a gift card to Wal Mart but not for a while. I can't believe how much we have saved in just about 2 months!

Previous total: 877.69
Money today: 200.00
New total: 1077.69

Check From Bellsouth

March 2nd, 2007 at 11:59 pm

Bellsouth sent us a check for $125 for switching our phone service to them. We were paying $130 a month for our cable and internet, and then another $30 a month for our phone service through Vonage. We switched to a package from Bellsouth and DirecTV that will only cost us $100 a month for the three. Not only are we saving $60 a month, but we will be getting close to $500 in rewards from them for switching. I also have $10 to add from the gas money Dh gets weekly.

Previous total: 742.69
Money today: 135.00
New total: 877.69

Oh yeah...

March 2nd, 2007 at 02:13 am

I am challenging myself to only spend $250 this month on groceries. If I find that its very easy, I will lower it for April. I have been budgeting $100 a week, but I don't need that much. I am going to try to add whatever extra I have left over to the challenge.

Still here

March 2nd, 2007 at 02:11 am

I am still around. I have been off work on vacation all week. I have been making tons of new things and learning how to cook from scratch. I have been getting tons of advice at frugalvillage.com. I haven't had much to add to my savings lately. I sold some stuff on ebay and am just waiting for some payments to come in before I transfer that. For today I do have a roll of quarters, two rolls of pennies, and 7 dollar bills.

Previous total: 724.69
Money today: 18.00
New total: 742.69


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