Wednesday, July 20, 2011

100.00 holiday updates

It's time for another update on my 100.00 holiday.  I can't believe it's been another month already.  Wow.

So this month I bought the books for the children.  I got all four books for 9.00 shipped from another mama.  I'm very excited about it.  They are great books and it's one less thing I have to think about.  I need to find two more decent DVD sales for the Santa gifts still.

I buy for:

Squirrel:
Something to read:  Little Bear book
Something to wear: I spy quilt - I'm making these, already have most of the supplies and they are more than half done.
Something you need:
Something to share: doll and people house - this will be a group gift.  I hope to find a used bookshelf at a yard sale this summer and decorate it with different colors of paint and wall paper samples to look like different rooms in a house.  The boys love to play with the little people toys we have so this will be great for them and Princess will grow into it over time. UPDATE: I found a bookshelf at a yard sale last weekend for 2.00.  I will switch it out for one we already have that is made of real wood.  I will remake the one we already have into the "doll and people house".
Something you want/for fun:
santa: All about Dvd 2.00

Howler:

Something to read:  Little Bear book
Something to wear: I spy quilt
Something you need:
Something to share: doll and people house
Something you want/for fun:
Santa: All About dvd 2.00

Spider:

Something to read: The Sunflower parable
Something to wear: I spy quilt
Something you need:
Something to share: doll and people house
Something you want/for fun:
Santa:

Princess
Something to read:  The parable of the Lily
Something to wear: a dress and matching bow - I will make the dress, might try my hand at the bow too.
Something you need: winter coat and hat - bought on clearance at the end of last winter
Something to share: doll and people house

Something you want/for fun: Little tykes doll high chair. Like this only the tray is a much brighter (and cooler IMO) pink -1.00

Santa:

KOJ: Not a CLUE!  Open to ideas and suggestions. I have a plan here but on the off chance that KOJ comes and reads this I'm not posting what it is. lol

SIL: groupon deal*

Sis 1 and BIL: Have a plan here

Sis 2 and BIL: Have a plan here

Mom: groupon deal*

Dad and Mom2: groupon deal*

FIL: groupon deal*

*groupon deal 35.00 for 100.00 at a certain website.  Great deal.

100.00
-4.00 (All About dvd's)
-35.00 groupon deal
________
61.00
-2.00 (bookshelf)
-1.00 (doll high chair)
________
58.00 left as of June 21, 2011
-9.00 (books for all four kids)
________
49.00 left as of July 20, 2011


Now for extra income I had 25.00 in amazon gift cards saved up but I'm going to use them for Princess' birthday gift this coming month.  I will have one 5.00 card still saved up after that and should be able to save up another five 5.00 giftcards before crunch time in November.  Which should still give me another 30.00 in giftcards.  I did not end up using my gift cards for Sierra's gift.  I made her a dress and bought her a few flower clips from a wahm friend.  So I still currently have 25.00 in amazon cards.  I'm a few days away from another gift card and plan to get there before August first.  I haven't been going at it quite as hard as I was because the kids and I have been out and about more.  So I'm going to estimate 3 more gift cards earned before the holiday shopping crunch.

So my outside income looks like this:

Amazon gift cards: estimated 45.00
Inboxdollars: currently 19.16 - I need a 30.00 earned balance in order to cash out so that's what I'm aiming for.
Mturks on amazon - a new thing I'm trying.  We'll see where it goes and I'll update more about it next month. I did a few tasks on this and it took several days at least to see the credits and I kinda forgot to keep checking back.  I looked just now and I got the credits and made .15.  Woot. lol  I might try to give this another go now that I know I'll earn the money.  I can't find anywhere on the site that lists a minimum amount before "cashing out" and I can have the money transferred to either an amazon gift card or to my bank account.  LOVE that option.

Now go check out the site that this challenge originated on and see all of her great ideas!  The Saved Quarter She has some other great posts too about being frugal and what not.

1 comment:

  1. whats the plan for sis and bil 1???? I PROMISE I wont tell!!!! lol :)

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