Saturday, September 30, 2006

Free Popcorn

Dale and Thomas Popcorn is doing their FREE popcorn deal again. You can order 1 or 2 bags of their flavored popcorn for a small S&H fee of $2.95. I've done this before and was pretty pleased with what they sent me. I think I'm going to pass this month only because I'm trying to save money. Even $2.95 adds up when you put it together with all the other little expenses.

Here's the link: http://www.daleandthomaspopcorn.com/freepopcorn.aspx

Enjoy!

Posted by Becca at 3:38 PM | | Comments

Friday, September 29, 2006

Why I Want to Quit My Job

I have a confession to make.

I want to quit my job.

Not just the regular "I'd love to quit my job" thinking that everyone does every once in awhile. I really, really want to quit my job. Why?

I guess it's because I feel like I've been doing the same thing (or same type of work) since I was 16 years old. I'm 28 now and I'm still nothing more than a glorified secretary.

Of course, it's really my own fault. My own stupidity. I went to college straight out of high school and promptly dropped out a year and half later. I wanted time to not go to school, to just work and travel. I got what I wanted, but at a hefty price. I now owe about $8000 in student loans ... and I have no degree to show for it. Not that I completely regret it, I took several great trips, including, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Cuba, Orlando and LA. That's more than most people get to do in a lifetime.

But back to quitting my job. I feel so burned out by doing the same old things every day. And half the time I'm not even doing anything. I just sit at my desk, surfing the internet (which lately isn't much because I'm paranoid about our IT dept.) and WAIT for someone to bring me something to do.

Since I've been making extra money, I felt justified in taking last Friday off to just work on GPT sites, my blogs and catch up with a few friends. But tomorrow I have to go back... :(

I don't think that I can realistically quit my job until I know that I can make the kind of money I make at work here at home. I gross almost $500/week... which works out to about $850 net every two weeks. So that's $1700. Is it possible to make $1700 while working at home? I don't know... but I sure plan on finding out.

To be continued.

Posted by Becca at 4:39 PM | | Comments

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

My Obsession With Office Supplies

I love cool office supplies. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that I've worked in offices these past 12 years. Whenever I'm in Target or Wal-Mart I'll usually run through their office supply aisle and look to see what kind of cool new things they have.

Some of my favorites? Funky colored paperclips, shiny silver binder clips, colored staples, small bulletin boards, etc. I like anything colorful and in a weird shape.


Anyway, I discovered that shopping for office supplies online is lots of fun too. Especially at Staples.com! I joined their free rewards program and now I get free shipping on any orders. So since they often have some really good sales, I get a lot of my cool office supplies from there.


They also have this program where they give you a Staples coupon good for $3.00 of your purchase for every used print cartridge that you bring in. You can use up to $9.00 worth of these Staples coupons per order. So if your order is $9.00 or less, you could essentially end up getting lots of free stuff plus free shipping. Can't beat that!

Posted by Becca at 12:50 PM | | Comments

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

How I Got a $25 Restaurant Gift Certificate for $4

I just bought a $25 gift certificate for Pizza Experience on Restaurant.com for $4.00! That's right -- $4.00.

Certificates are normally $10.00 - which is already a great price. But on the last week of every month they issue 60% coupon codes, so this brought my total down to $4.00.

Also, I was able to pay with Paypal, which was extremely convenient. No having to go upstairs and dig through my purse for my credit card.

I figure $4.00 is a small price to pay to see if these certificates really work like they say they do. The only requirement I can see is that you have to purchase $35.00 worth of food - which shouldn't be hard at Pizza Experience, considering their prices. But that still means that I get a $35.00 order for $14.00

I'll let you know how it went once I've used it. :)

Posted by Becca at 1:09 PM | | Comments

Monday, September 25, 2006

The Truth About GPT sites

Years ago I signed up with this company that would send me a survey every couple of weeks to complete. Then they'd send me a $5 check in the mail. I used to think that was kind of cool.

So now I'm still doing surveys, just a little differently. I've signed up with several GPT sites and for the most part I stick to doing their surveys (because it's free). But already I've managed to make over $200 in just one week.

There are also companies that you can sign up for that will send you surveys every now and then. I'd stay away from those. Mainly because they only send you surveys once in a while and when they do they're long and time-consuming.

Taking surveys on a GPT site is different. In a lot of cases, you may only have to enter your email or zip code to get credit. Really! Others want your info and for you to answer some questions. But it's entirely possible to be able to complete $25 worth (or more) of surveys a night – even if you've never done this before.

If you want a copy of a tutorial I've written up on how to do complete surveys on GPT sites, email me at beccagirlsmoney@gmail.com .

Here are the sites I'm using right now to take paid surveys and how much I've made from each site this past week:

Cash Duck $220 | Deal Barbie Pays $25 | Rock Hard Cash $20 | Manderine's Money $11 |

I've been concentrating most of my time on Cash Duck, because it's a new site and it's the prettiest out of all of them (sorry, but it is). The $220 includes about $10 worth of offers that I did as well.

On the other sites, I've just done their easiest offers – email/zip submits, requesting college info, etc. I'll have to cash out by Saturday (last day of the month) from each site to receive my payment next month around the 25 th. I still have a few more days to add some more to those totals. I also still have a lot of offers pending on Cash Duck so hopefully some of those will credit by then as well.

Posted by Becca at 12:44 PM | | Comments

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