From January 1 through November 30, 2012 I have been accumulating small amounts of money, which I call snowflakes. The final grand total of all snowflakes is $1,429.21!! That averages out to $129.93 per month.
Want to know where I found all those snowflakes? Here's a basic breakdown:
$305.00 Amazon Gift Cards (Swagbucks) $305.00
$140.00 Miscellaneous Gift Cards (Swagbucks)
$137.00 Surveys (Pinecone & MySurvey)
_$75.00 Cash (Swagbucks)
$318.42 Ebay Sales
_$95.00 Craigslist Sales
_$20.00 Garage Sale
_$60.00 Target Gift Cards
_$42.11 Rebates
__$3.00 Lottery winnings
_$23.39 Half.com sales
_$22.77 Gifts returned for merchandise credit
_$35.00 Gift cards from MyPoints
_$10.00 Cash gift
_$40.00 Special Offers
__$9.50 Movie ticket (Lean Cuisine)
_$22.94 Utilities under budget
_$41.00 Unknown!
__$5.02 Debit card rewards
_$24.06 Found on the ground
The special offers were for opening a Serve account in January and some offer from Mastercard which I no longer remember the details for. For three months, I was under budget with our water bill at our previous home and I saved the difference. Yes, we literally found $20 in our new backyard! I think the rest is self explanatory.
It's just amazing to see the money grow as the months go by. The original intention has been to use this for Christmas, however, I know that it will not all be used. Once I'm done shopping the the excess cash will be sent to the truck loan. If I have leftover gift cards, I will use them in our regular spending and then send an equal amount to the loan at that time.
Anyone can do this! We might find our snowflakes in different places, but the cash adds up the same way. I'd love to hear about your snowflake sources.
Final Snowflake Tally
December 3rd, 2012 at 02:38 am
December 3rd, 2012 at 02:46 am 1354502795
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December 3rd, 2012 at 04:07 am 1354507635
December 3rd, 2012 at 01:53 pm 1354542827
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