Be A Wealthy Warrior

First swagbuck search of the day is for 59 SBs!!

On the back on my paper Kohl's statement, it stated switch to electronic statement and get $10. So I went online and updated my account and today I received $10 in store credit. I will move $10 out of clothing budget to vacation budget! Gotta love free money!!

Finally received back payment from the VA......$6200!! $3200 will go on mortgage, $3000 will go in vacation fund!

Last month was my best month yet because I saved $70. So far I have $15 towards June. I also received a letter from the VA stating they owe me $6200 so I'm anxiously waiting for that snowflake to fall! Instead of putting the entire amount towards the mortgage, I think I will put half in my vacation fund. I love being debt free(except the house) because when big snowflakes like this happen, I look at it as paying myself versus someone else!

Secondspin.com returned a game to me because I forgot to include an accessory. Well, I found the accesory and will be selling the item to them once again. I'm also selling more DVDs that I haven't watched in years so the order I just placed came up to $23.50. Those snowflakes may not come in until June but we will see. To make things even better, secondspin.com is located on shopathome.com website so that's another 4% coming back to me.

If you haven't checked out shopathome.com, you should becuase they pay you to shop at stores you normally would order from online anyway. I'll take that free money. I have a link to them on my sidebar if you're interested.

I received the last of two checks from Secondspin.com today totaling $87.82. That brings my total snowflakes for the month thus far up to $191.82. My goal is to get to $250!

I received 2 checks from Pinecone today and I sold my Roku for $50. I got an email from SecondSpin.com that they've processed my other two orders so I should be receiving that payment before the month is out as well. So I'm over halfway through the month and my total is $104. That doesn't include my AGCs from SB, checks pending fron secondspin, or my five dollar bills. This is turning out to be a pretty good month for snowflakes eventhough it's 101 here today in Vegas

A couple nights ago I made a purchase at beauty.com. The next morning I got an email stating their "20% Family and Friends" event started. I went online to cancel my order so that I could reorder and get 20% off but the order couldn't be cancelled because it was too far in the process I guess. Well I decided to send an email and ask if I could still get the 20% off since I made my order just the night before. Believe it or not, they agreed and and gave me a refund of the difference!! Now that's customer service!

Well it happened again, I paid with a twenty and got 3 $5 bills back. That brings my monthly total to $50. This will end of being my biggest month to date.

Yesterday I received 2 snowflake checks in the mail. $11.99 from Ebates and $34 from secondspin.com. I was expecting more from secondspin but they rejected one of my items because I totally forget about the accessory that came with the DVD. Good thing is that they are suppose to return the rejected item and I can resend with accessory. So my first epxerience with secondspin is working out quite well. I have two more purchases pending so hopefully those snowflakes will come in this month as well!

If you have any shopping to do online, you may want to check out Ebates if you haven't already. They're currently offering 13% cashback at over 100 stores. Might as well get paid for shopping you were going to do anyway, if it's in your budget of course


http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?re...GDT3IZze4i5pM7TA%3D%3D

I received another $3 payment from Pinecone today. I just completed another survey and have another waiting in my inbox.

I also ordered 2 $5 AGCs from Swagbucks today.

These small amounts sure adds up!

I just received this email about what appears to be a great opportunity for certain vetereans. I hope it helps someone.

"We will start accepting applications for the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP)on May 15th for training that begins on or after July 1, 2012. If you are an unemployed Veteran, you may be eligible to receive 12 months of training assistance equal to the full-time monthly payment rate under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty program (currently $1,473 per month). You must pursue a program approved for VA benefits offered by a community college or technical school. The program must lead to a high demand occupation and result in an Associate Degree, Non-College Degree or a Certificate. Don't forget to sign up early as participation in the program is limited to a total of 99,000 Veterans with only 45,000 Veterans allowed to participate prior to October 1, 2012.

VA will publish more details on the program as they become available at our VOW website."

If you have any books laying around, you may want to check out cash4books.net to see if they're buying. They also pay for shipping. If you enter bonus code HiddenCash at checkout, you get an additional 15%.

I've used them plenty and never had a problem; I'm off to see if they're buying any of my books!


http://www.cash4books.net/index.php?ref=230767

New total $35, broke a twenty today and got 3 fives back in change. Man that twenty went quick!

Here's what I got today. 2 things that I've never tried but will thanks to BB is artichokes and Jicama.

Just wanted to pass on the below about the military starting to offer Roth TSP contributions for both civilians and military. I wish they had the Roth option before I retired but oh well. I maybe starting a civilian position with the VA soon but that's another post. The link takes you to the article.

http://www.dfas.mil/pressroom/dfasnewsreleasearchive/Release0412002.html

It's the 3rd of May and my new total is $10. I also placed another order on secondspin.com last night and was able to sell $50 worth of stuff. I plan on placing another order tonight becuase it's the last day to get the 20% bonus. I never sold anything to them before but I've only heard good things. If all goes well, I will have at least $100 in snowflakes from old DVDs and CDs that's been sitting around the house for years. Can't beat that with a stick!!

If you haven't already, check out www.secondspin.com They buy old CD's, DVDs, and games. They also reimburse you for shipping up to a certain point so making sure you read the shipping policy. Until 3 May you get a 20% bonus on anything you sell. I went through some old DVDs and CDs that were sitting around and made $47! I will definitely be going through more stuff tomorrow.

Another month is here, therefore another challenge for myself begins. The rules of the challenge is easy, I will save all five dollar bills I get. Last month I saved $50! My goal is to have at least $400 saved up by the end of the year. $232 to go!!

How are you challenging yourself this month??

I was able sock away $50 for April, so that brings my Bahama 2013 fund to $168. My goal is to have $500 in that fund before I go in Mar 2013. My total snowflakes for the month is $748! The majority of that was from back payment I received from the VA, This was only a partial payment, I'm expecting a much bigger snowball within the next couple of months.

Lastly, at the beginning of March I particpated in a Biggest Loser/Savings Debt Challenge on the Dave Ramsey forum. My goal was $5000, I finished the challenged at $5613!! Over the 8 weeks of the challenge, the total debt paid or saved was over $455,000! That's just outstanding; there will be another challenge starting up next week that I will post about.

Yesterday I received a rebate check from shopathome.com for $37. If you haven't checked it out yet please do so, it's a site that pays you a certain percentage for shopping at certain online stores. Can't go wrong for getting paid for doing shopping you would normally do online anyway.(see my side bar for link).

Today I received a $10 rebate check as well. So for the month of April I already have $47 worth of snowflakes.

Also to date I've save $3925 towards my Biggest Loser Savings Challenge I'm participating in. My goal is $5000 and I should reach that next week when my rental payment comes in.

Finally, I have $5 towards this month's $5 challenge as well. Not too shabby!!

For some reason it was much harder for me to save $5 bills last month then ones as I've been previously doing. I guess since it was hard, I will continue to step my game up and save $5 bills this month as well becuase I know it will be better in the long run(My 2013 Bahamas trip).

In Mar I saved $45, so my YTD savings between ones and fives is already $118..not too shabby. It just goes to prove that small amounts do add up.

I added $420 to my Roth IRA so my new total for this challenge is $3445, more than half way to 5K goal.

My AGC total via SB is now $115, I'm saving those for Christmas 2012. My total so far is $380! Here it is the first day of Spring and I'm writing about Christmas. I've also saved $30 in 5 dollar bills in my monthly $5 bill challenge.

Last note, I had a green smoothie today. Romaine lettuce, apple, orange, blueberries and flax seeds. Great first day of Spring!

My goal is to save/payoff $5000 from 1 Mar-26 April. Today I sent $1125 to an extra principal payment on the mortgage. I cashed $100 in rewards from my PerkStreet account since they are making major changes soon. I also finally received $300 bonus check for opening a Chase Freedom card; I will add that to my Christmas fund. So my total since starting is now $3025!!

My new total is $10. I've been saving my $1 bills for so long that now it feels funny to spend them. I guess I'm wierd now

On other note, I worked out with my sis-in-law this morning and then I made us a mostly green juice. We had cucumber,celery,lime,green grapes and a lemon. It was a very refreshing post work-out juice.

More than a year ago I started saving all of my one dollar bills. To my surprise, at the end of 2011 I had almost $400 saved. Since I'm now saving for a 2013 trip to the Bahamas, I've decided to set up my game and save $5 bills instead.

So as of today, I have $5 saved. Anyone care to join in? You can still participate by saving $1 bills instead. Bring on March Madness!!

I just won 100SB!!! Good Mega Friday for me, how are your Swag searches going today??

My tax return hit yesterday but I waited until today, so I'm at $1500/5000. I'm breaking out my goals as below:

Extra Mortgage Principal Payment: $500/$3160
Retirement: 0/$840
Bahamas 2013: $500/$500 Done
New Computer/Ipad/Tablet: $500/$500 Done

Laura, how's it going for you today? Looks like it will be just us two here.

I ended the month with $30, so I essentially saved more than a dollar a day. I haven't decided whether I'm goin to try and save $5 bills instead for March so I guess I need to make up my mind soon. I also ordered a $25 AGC via SB today

I got my tax return yesterday, I decided to add $30 to it to bring the total to an even $1500. I will send $500 as an extra mortgage payment, $500 to my Bahama 2013 fund and $500 for me. I'm thinking about getting an Ipad but haven't decided on that either and I will wait until next week to check out the Ipad 3. Do any of you have an Ipad? If so what are your thoughts?

Finally I decided to juice today instead of a smoothie. I made my very own veggie concotion: cucumber,carrot,tomato,and brocoli It wasn't too bad.

The last time I checked the IRS website, it stated I would get my federal return in March. Well I checked my USAA account today and there it was! I got back $1463 and will be adding to the Biggest Loser Debt Challenge I posted about earlier. I need to decide how I'm going to allocate it as well. I have really been wanting an Ipad