FUN FUN FUN!!!!

I just LOVE checking my mail these days.

Why? Because I've been getting lots of samples and coupons in the mail! And usually with a sample comes a coupon. I have to stress the usually though, because, really...you'd think VIVA would have better sense than to send me one paper towel with no coupon! Or GLAD and a garbage bag.

Whatever, most of them come with coupons and it's fun. Todays haul was fantastic!

I got two samples in: a box of Total Cranberry Crunch cereal and a Quaker True Delights granola bar--Dark Chocolate Raspberry Almonds. Yum! I'm about to tear into that one. And both had my beloved coupons in them.

Even more fun than that was that my American Express Gas Card finally came! This was a black friday deal, but I didn't get it in the mail until January. CVS had buy 3 $25 american express gift cards, get $10 ECBs--which covered the activation fees. But American Express had a rebate also for a $15 gas card. So that part was making money! B/c I could use the gift cards wherever--so I used em for gas and groceries--using money I would have spent anyway! Super fun.

But even more fun than that--my colgate bag of goodies came! Colgate, back in January, had a deal where you bought like $15 in products and mailed in your upcs and receipt and they'll send you out a travel bag of products and coupons! It's way cute too! And it came with a travel size Speed Stick and Lady Speed Stick deos, colgate total toothpaste and toothbrush and a travel of softsoap body wash. And like 9 bucks in coupons. YAY!!! And all I did was mail in the receipts from my free toothpaste! hehe

Hehe, I'm just happy to get the travel bag! Anything for free, right?

Ok, well, EVEN BETTER THAN THAT--I'm telling ya, I had a fantastic mailbox day today!--was my first check from ebates came!!!!!!!

What the heck is ebates? OH. WELL. YOU ARE MISSING OUT!!

Ebates is a website you sign up at--it's free to register, and in fact they will automatically put $5 in your account when you sign up. If you're going to do any shopping online, you just go to their website first and click to the store you want. Each store has a certain percentage of your purchase back. It's the exact same deal as shopping through discovercard.com--except discover card, while the stores they offer give you a larger % of cash back, only has a small handful of stores compared to ebates.

I was a bit skeptical at first, but I thought I'd try it out, and WOW! I'm amazed at their selection of stores--even Walmart and Sams Club which discover doesn't have. But also American Eagle, JcPenny, EBAY...and bunches I've never heard of! Once a quarter they cut and mail you a check, and today I got my first one! I made $17.84!!!! GO ME!! Do you have any idea how long that would last me at CVS!! But then really, I just submitted some of my discover card reward points for a CVS card. I spent $40 and got a $45 card from them, which should be arriving in my mail box any day now. Yay! That'll last me the whole rest of the year! Well, ok, maybe that's an exaggeration, but then, maybe not! It'll be fun to see how long it lasts though.

So anyway, you should all check out ebates, and of course, you should sign up through me. B/c if they're going to give you the five bucks anyway, you might as well have them send some of that love my way--and it won't take away from you! Yay!

Go here to do so. I've been using them when I've picked up extra coupons on ebay also--I'm buying the stuff anyway, I might as well get the extra cash too, right?! EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!!