A simple list of links and references. A work in progress.
- Budgets are my Hobby
- Getting Started (NEW POST)
- Dave Ramsey
- Read Total Money Makeover (or borrow from friend/library)
- The 7 Baby Steps
- Financial Peace University
- You Need a Budget
- YNAB software (free 34-day trial, then $50/year)
- YNAB fans facebook group
- Mint.com
- Tithing and Mission Trips
- College Savings
- Retirement
- Saving Money Shopping Online
- ebates (rebates)
- topcashback (rebates)
- Trunited (profit off online purchases and gift card purchases)
- Upromise
- Kohls Cash and 30% codes
- [Children’s] Place Cash and Flash Sales
- #SavingsHacks on Groceries
- Meal Planning and food management
- Freezer Cooking
- Rock-Bottom Shopping (never buy butter over $3 or why I buy bags of frozen vegetables by the dozens)
- Dining Out: Free Kid’s meals, coupons, and why you should just go home and eat leftovers instead
- Apps
- Ibotta: Use referral code h3pffw to get $10 free
- Checkout 51:
- Mobisave
- Savings Catcher (Walmart)
- Cartwheel (Target)
- Invisipon (Fareway)
- #SavingsHacks on Clothes
- Schoola (Use this link to get $10 credit. Sign up for emails to get a % off 1st order.)
- Swapping with friends
- Consignment Store Tips
- Garage sale/Facebook Swap Tips
- Buying new is not bad: clearance, end-of-season, brands that last
- #SavingsHacks on Books/Magazines/Movies
- Library (this doesn’t need a post. Go there. It’s free.)
- Scholastic Book Orders (use the code from your child’s school)
- Magazines (good deals on Amazon, especially around Black Friday)
- #SavingsHacks on Diapers/Personal Care items
- Target Gift Card deals
- Ibotta: Use referral code h3pffw to get $10 free
- Checkout 51
- Coupons.com
- Dollar General app
Earning Extra Money
- Increase your Income
- Make your Bonus boring: make a plan for unexpected income
- Public School Teachers: Steps, Lanes and break-even points
- Side Hustles
- Everything we’ve done: coaching, reffing, supervising, camps, choreography, speaking gigs, sports app
- Other things you could do: gigs, tutoring, work-at-home
- Credit Card Hacks
- Chase Freedom
- no fee, 5% rotating categories, $150 sign-up bonus when you spend $500 in first 3 months. Let me know your email address and I’ll send you a link for this deal.
- Sign-up bonuses I’ve completed: Disney Rewards, Disney Premier, Chase Freedom, Chase Unlimited, Chase Sapphire, Capital One Venture
- Sinclair $0.10/gallon discount (check your local gas station)
- Best Sign-Up Bonuses (check nerdwallet.com)
- Best Cash-Back (check nerdwallet.com)
- Chase Freedom
- Referral programs
- Trunited (points for friends purchases, including their network)
- Ibotta ($5 for you, $10 for friend)
- ebates (perks for you and them changes quarterly)
- Topcashback ($10 for you)
- Schoola ($10 for you, $10 for friend)
- Amazon (if you have a blog/social platform)
- Upromise ($20 for you–have to send invite by email)
- Receipt Apps:
- Yaarlo (referrral code COURTNEY578)
- Receipt Hog
- Kellogg’s Family Rewards
- Punchcard
- Reward/Loyalty Programs:
- Microsoft Rewards (formerly Bing Rewards)- Points for searching, cash out for Amazon or Starbucks. Earn about $0.30/day but super-easy.
- Restaurants: sign up, get birthday rewards, read emails
- Retailers: Kohls, Children’s Place
- Other Apps: Field Agent, EasyShift, Mobee, Swagbucks, Perk
- Direct Sales: Rodan + Fields, BeachBody, Lularoe, Entegro, Plexus, Scentsy, Usborne, Pampered Chef, Tupperware, etc.
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