I went shopping out of town today and had such a nice time!  I went with my couponing friend. It’s so funny because I spend something like $16 for everything I bought all day long (and Target overcharged me by at least $3.)  Well, not counting lunch.  I don’t have pictures because.. well, because I didn’t take any, but it was great fun and I got a lot of really good stuff.  It’s just such a different thing when you go shopping with another couponing friend!  I had bags and bags and bags of stuff.

Also, when I got home, the mailwoman had left me even more goodies:

  • Promotional offer for free woodworking magazine and book (cancel and the book/magazine are yours to keep) — husband is happy.
  • Two coupons for a free bag of chips (Food Should Taste Good)
  • $5 rebate check, Tyson Skillets (free after mail-in rebate)
  • $25 Chase Visa rewards check – BP
  • $250 Chase Visa rewards check – Sapphire

No, that is not an extra 0 at the end of that last line.  Last month, I signed up for a Chase Sapphire credit card. I won’t link to the deal because it’s expired now.  The deal was that you would get 25,000 points upon your first purchase, and then you can redeem that amount of points for a variety of things, including a check for $250.  The points credited to my account and I ordered it, and the other reward check (from BP–5% back on gas!) earlier this week. 

So…sometimes I do things other than shop, that’s what I’m trying to say.  I spent nothing out of pocket for this $250.  I need to close the account before the year is up, because there’s a $95 annual fee for this card, but other than that–no hassle and no pain. 

(We’ll see how it goes–my husband signed up for a card as well, so I’m hoping he’ll be able to receive his $250 bonus as easily as I did!  If so–that’s an incredibly easy $500 income right there.)