Friday, April 27, 2018

April Savings

It has been a long time since I added up all the savings and perks that I accumulate in a month.  We budget for almost everything we spend, sometimes things happen ...but hey that's life.
We are frugal, and baby that isn't glamorous!   It takes a lot of dedication and work to be frugal and save money. 
It takes work to do these things, but guess what? When you do these things, you save money, a lot of money, which helps you get and do the glamorous things you dream about.

Here we go:

Air Miles: 1785 Air Miles earned this month, set to cash and that's $180 dollars worth of stuff when I redeem.

Carrots: 88 Scene Points.  My phone has this app and it automatically collects points if I make my step goal for the day.  The points go to my Scene Card with ease as a set it and forget it, easy peasy!  There are sometimes surveys to complete.
Downloand the App Carrot Rewards  UserCode: meghand8753

More Scene Points: I went to the movies on cheap night. I had no idea it was only $6.39! I earned 100 Scene Points and paid $5 of it with a free Cineplex GC from purchasing Lindt chocolate bars.

Caddle:  $20 check came in the mail! Cash back from groceries and surveys, friend referrals
 https://caddle.ca/signup/referral/57f933eb86129

Swagbucks: Redeemed for a $10 Amazon Gift Card.  Using Swagbucks search engine, and answering surveys, and friend referrals
http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/Donats

Ebates: $5 finally redeemed from online transactions.
 https://www.ebates.ca/referrer?referrerid=dmI00Ysp2yY%3D

Coupons: $43.50 worth of coupons this month

Canadian Tire Points : $9.90 from gas fillups, no effort required.  Each fill up receipt offers a survey code for instant win prizes, and instantly receive 2 cents off litre of gas coupon.  Saved $3.80 with surveys and instant savings per litre
Savings: $3.80 cash, and $9.90 in points 

PC Optimum Points: Redeemed $160 of points as cash off of groceries and earned 40,205 points for future redemptions
Savings:$160 cash, and $40 in points for the future

Best Western Rewards: We are hotel loyal.  My husband had work in the city for 3 days and we booked a hotel.   We earned 2850 points, (18-20 thousand is a free night) and 2 nights towards 10th night free.  Also received $20 Best Western instant Reward Dollars for next stay, or food, or pool passes.  The reservation was made through ebates.ca   When I arrived at the hotel I asked if they have a CAA or government rate and my rate was reduced $22.50 each night!  $45 in total for just asking!  A few days after my stay I received an email to fill out a fast survey for bonus reward points.
Savings: $45 cash, $20 towards future stays plus points

Toyota: $10 off.  Our car needed an MVI and when I purchased the car 2 years ago (used of course!) we got a
business card with coupon stickers for various services.
Savings:$10

Neptune Theatre: The girls and I went to see Mama Mia, it was fabulous! When I called for the tickets, I asked if they offer discounts for CAA or government, they did and saved $9 on each kid ticket and $25 on mine.
Savings: $43

Total:$344.50 dollars plus lots of loyalty reward points that will be redeemed and counted in future month summaries!
Guess what? The $344.50 was flipped over into our vacation fund for future fun!

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