Money Matters: Earn and Save

In case any of you are interested in signing up to get your hands on your own free stuff when your birthday rolls around (or checking what I'm missing here and sending me some recommendations!), here's a list of most of the decent birthday deals companies sent me this year just for signing up to their free loyalty programs: 🔺️Note that my birthday was 5/8, and the expiration dates given corresponded to that. Your deals will correspind to YOUR birthday. •A&W (root beer float, expiration: 6/7) •Arby's (shake & curly fries with purchase, expiration: ~7/7) •Auntie Anne's (pretzel, expiration: 5/15) •Baskin Robbins (scoop, expiration: 5/18) •Bennihana ($30 (dine-in), expiration: 6/2) •Buffalo Wild Wings (6-piece wings, expiration: ?) •Cane's (drink, expiration: 5/9) •Cinnabon (coffee, expiration: 5/15) •Circle k ($2, expiration: ~6/6) •CVS (hand sanitizer, tweezers, or eye mask, expiration 5/31) •Del taco (shake, expiration: ?) •Denny's (Grand Sl...

Recently, a friend expressed interest in how my husband Sean and I had scooped up and old slot machine, easily worth at least $500, without having to open our wallets. It reminded me: a penny saved is a penny earned. That in mind, have you heard of the Buy Nothing project? The concept: some people post things they no longer want or need for free, some people post things they're in need of, and a lot of money and landfill space is saved. More info here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/buy-nothing-groups-gift-economy/2021/04/20/e392b896-964d-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html For those of you who also happen to be local to Las Vegas, NV, this is one of our main local groups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220512709351527/ For those of you elsewhere, search for "Buy Nothing" + your area (i.e., town, suburb, etc.) on Facebook, and you should be able to find one easily enough. If not, search here for one near you: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web...

Here's another no-brainer. GROUNDFLOOR: Join GROUNDFLOOR with the following link and earn $10 to invest!  https://www. groundfloor .us/new_referral/iec633   This one's an easy $10 and another way you can diversify your investments because no basket should be responsible for holding all your eggs.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a major topic of discussion has been how to get into the market while it's down or "buy low" now so you can "sell high" later. To get you started, I've rounded up a list of brokers you can check out in case you'd like to see the different ways each is able to manage your stock and even cryptocurrency investments. To help you find which it's in your best interests to use as primary investing accounts, I would be more than happy to discuss my experiences with each as well as the promos I know of and how they all work if you'd like or you can Google them or try them out yourself! Either way, each has its pros and cons but all exist because they have their own merits AND each one I've listed gives you either fractional or whole stock shares for joining. They are all also completely free to set up, they all have mobile apps you can use to manage your account on the go, and most offer comissio...

I rarely pay full price for gas. These are some ways I fill up for less, some of which can be combined for ultimate double-dipping: -Get Upside. If you're interested: Join GetUpside to save money when you fill up. Give it a try if you have to get gas -- every dollar counts right now! Use this link or enter my promo code VCTTY to get an extra $7 cash back on your first purchase:  https://upside.app.link/VCTTY -Gas Buddy. If you're interested: Get $5 in free gas on your first fill-up and at least 5c/gal off every fuel purchase. Join Pay with GasBuddy for free and use the following code: WC5NMBX  Sign up here: https://cutt.ly/MrIqsf4 -Free loyalty programs, e.g., Shell's Fuel Rewards program (at least 5 cents off per gallon), Maverik's Nitro Card (2 or 6 cents of per gallon, depending on how you pay), Smith's/Kroger fuel center's program (at least 3 cents off per gallon), etc. -Cash back credit cards — especially ones that give higher cash back for fuel purchases. ...

Slide: Hey, want $20 on me? Download the Slide app! It’s the most rewarding way to pay for everyday purchases and earn 4% cash back instantly. With the Slide app, you can earn unlimited 4% cash back on your everyday purchases, instantly. It works quickly, in-store and online at over 150+ participating retailers and restaurants including eBay, Dunkin', Chipotle, Dave & Buster's, Lowe's, etc. There are no hidden fees, no extra steps and it’s super simple to use. Get a $5 credit towards your first four purchases when you sign up with the following link: https://slide.app.link/NuXjk68lpeb Slide is an extremely simple app, easy to use, and makes whatever you're already shopping for instantly cheaper. Highly recommended.