I am still trying to figure out how I want to track my savings/earnings. The shopping thing seems to be beyond my ability to track well, but I have a spreadsheet with rebates and with what I affectionately call “Weird Income”.  The weird income is stuff like bank bonuses, company sign-up bonuses, credit card dividend checks, Swag bucks gift codes, stuff like that.  I started writing these things down in October, and honestly, I know that I’ve missed some smaller things along the way–originally, it was just to keep track of these things so I could make sure they actually arrive when they’re supposed to, but I’ve expanded it for statistical purposes. :)

I added a “total” section to the spreadsheet tonight and was completely shocked to find that  those bonuses add up to $1,297 since October!  Some of them have yet to hit my account, but still! That’s a lot of money.  There are a couple of $100 entries but most of them are $25 or $10 or $50… which is why I was so surprised to see how quickly it all added up.

Now if you will excuse me, I need to go find a new bank to sign up for or something.  I’m feeling a bit inspired… :)