Hooray for dot.tk !

I finally got myself a dot.tk address! It's so much easier than telling people to go to cashcrate dot com slash assorted numbers. Go ahead and give it a click!

www.payingmyrent.tk

Here's my earnings with Cashcrate so far;

93765 Processing $11.85 $0.00 $0.00 $5.27 $3.00 $20.12
90485 08/15/08 $20.00 $0.00 $6.40 $4.70 $4.00 $35.10
88499 07/15/08 $30.80 $0.00 $0.00 $0.96 $0.00 $31.76

So, that's 86.98! Not too bad for just monkeying around in my spare time. In order, it's from offers, shopping (you can get a percentage cash back for shopping through cashcrate at certain sites), daily surveys, referrals, and bonuses. I'm also up to 66 points! You earn one point for each survey dollar you earn personally (not inclusinf referrals, etc.). You can then redeem those points for other nifty things! I'm saving up to get 1000 points, so I can get a $50 Target gift card :)

All in all, I'm still very positive about this whole thing. You can see my total earnings from referrals growing every month. It's a slow but steady process. I knew it wouldn't happen overnight. But, it is happening, and it makes me glad :)

Winzy!

This site is pretty neat. You rack up points for searches, and use it just like google. At the end of the month all of your points go into a raffle for a big prize. This month it's $1000!I've already had a friend who joined win me 500 extra points. If a referral wins something, you win the same prize. So, if she would have won an iPod, I would have won one too! :)

So why not give it a shot? So far I've had a lot of fun! There are games and stuff too, so you can gamble your points and potentially grow them!

Good luck everyone!

Check out the ads at the bottom of the page!

If you see mine, let me know :)

If you'd like to set up free advertising with this company, you can sign up here through me! I don't know if I get anything for it, but we'll find out :)

http://adgridwork.com/?r=36900

A friend of mine from Cashcrate has a blog about sites that work for making money. Check it out :)

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New apartment

August paycheck- $35.10

So I've moved into a new apartment with two other girls. Things are going great so far. Getting everything set up can be quite a pain though. Cable, internet, phone, water, electric.... and so many of them want you to put a deposit or pay a month up front! And then there's the apartment security deposit, and the pet deposit, and the fee to get a key for the clubhouse, and the groceries and startup costs... it's a lot more expensive than most people think!

I've managed to cut costs a bit by just watching my spending. I take my lunch to work with me, it's cheaper to make a sandwich at home than to buy one from work. When I grocery shop I make a list and stick to it. Dollar General, while it sounds like a good store to save money at.... actually is more expensive than Wal-Mart for some things, like bread. I got a loaf for .98 at Wal-Mart; Dollar General was asking 2.50! Shopping around has definitely helped me stretch my dollar.

CVS is great for some deal, especially when it comes to their CVS bucks. Those print out at the bottom of your receipt and can be used for future purchases. For example...

I bought some Aussie shampoo, and a bottle of Aussie conditioner, on sale. They were 1.50 a piece, I believe. They also each came with 2 CVS bucks. So, at the bottom of my receipt, a coupon for four dollars printed out. I then turned around and used that to buy a bottle of 3.50 face wash. So, I turned my 6.50 purchase into a three dollar purchase. Now, I've talked to people who have done much better than that. CVS has great clearance stuff. I got two boxes of Zicam "You chose the flavor" cold medicine for .89 a piece. With fall and winter coming up, I KNOW those will come in handy. I also got a large container of ground nutmeg, and a container of ground ginger for .25 a piece. Those have to be some of my favorite spices, and I use them in a lot.

Another good tip is to only buy what you need. Yes, in the long run, it may be less expensive to buy the ten pound bag of Cheerios. But are you really going to eat them all before they go bad? A fifty pound bag of kitty litter is a good investment. You know you're going to use that (and if you have a cat, you know it will probably go too fast.) A fifty pound can of beans? Not so much. Toilet paper? Good to stock up on. Bread? Obviously not. Meat? Not unless you have a chest freezer.

Cutting frills helps a lot. I don't need brand name things to get me through my week. I will drink Wal-Mart's Mountain Lightning over Mountain Dew, seeing as Mountain Dew is almost four dollars for a 12 pack while Mountain Lightning is 2.88. The taste is only minimally different, with Mountain Lightning being a tiny bit more citrusy. Doesn't bother me one bit and I'm still getting my caffeine fix :)

Well, I'm off for now. Drop me a line and tell me what you think :)

If you do decide to sign up for CashCrate or anything else I post in my blog. please send me an e-mail or leave me a comment. I'd love to know how many people sign up, and how many of them are getting success like I am!

I'm already at 25 bucks for the month this month. I'm still trying for my original dollar a day plan. It doesn't take much time. It's usually only one or two surveys :)

Woot, I'm super excited that my CashCrate check will get sent in two days! My pay date is the 15th.

So far I'm at 14.45 this month. I've been busy for a week, cut me some slack ;-P

More to come soon; I'm working on a post about ExTrEmE Couponing!