Update! 8 weeks later

It's been 8 weeks since I posted our first post on how much we've saved. We actually used the Disney gift card to buy some magic bands because they were on sale for $4 each! But we added a bit to that as well.

So where do we stand now?

Disney Gift Card: 151.51

DSA check: $75

Free Money I've earned on SB: 619.23

Total: 845.74 in free money!

My daughter also has $45 saved for her bibbidi bobbidi boutique trip.

I also have other savings put aside just in case we're short with free money, but I'm hoping to not dip into that.

So in 8 weeks I've made an additional $139 in free money. I need to step up my game!


Here's our trip update:


Ticket Cost: 1267.35 for the 3, and 829.64 = 2096.99

Hotel (All stars Music): 1574.26 - I'm hoping this cost will go down as we get closer. I'm hoping to pay around 1120.

Plane Tickets: ~800

Food: Groceries through instacart. One character meal: $275 (saves us $20+ by checking her in before shes 10)

Souvenirs: $200 (budgeted $400 for January and had almost $150 left over.)

Bibbity Bobbity Boutique - $100 (My daughter is earning this as this is what she wants. She will be doing extra chores to earn this - Earned $45! $55 left.)

Uber to family house for Thanksgiving: $60

Total Estimated: 5106.25

Getting free clothes and money back with Swagbucks!

Reaching your daily goals in swagbucks can sometimes be a challenge. There are ways to do your shopping and get your daily points though. We've talked a little about how you can earn with Swagbucks. (Check the previous post!)

If you haven't signed up yet, click here to join: Join Swagbucks!

So how can you earn free clothes with Swagbucks?

Well the first half of January I've made $50.14. Not as much as I'd like, but we moved January 1st and both my son and husbands birthdays are the beginning half of January, so I've been a bit busy. So I transferred that $50 to my paypal account (Takes around 2 days).

Notice: Your first $25 of the month you redeem at stores (not paypal), you can get a discount of 12% ($3) through the redeem option.

I saw Old Navy was offering 5% sb (Swagbucks) back and up to 75% off clearance! So I decided to check out the sale. Activating the 5% back through swagbucks.

They were having $15 jeans, $3-10 leggings for girls, and so much more! I added 8 things to my cart. Total retail would have been: 146.78. They were also offering 20% off! So with the clearance/sale discounts and the 20% off, my 8 items came to 51.32 (I was $10 short and shipping was free at 50, otherwise shipping was $7. I essentially paid the extra $3 for more items.)

It works out to $6.42 each! (When you're buying jeans and leggings, it's a pretty good deal.)

I clicked back into swagbucks and searched "My gift cards". It's a separate site where you can buy gift cards and earn swagbucks! I searched old navy and it was offering 4% back! I ordered a $50 gift card to Old Navy. They were having a Winter Wonderland sale and I got 300 swagbucks ($3) back instantly! Helping me reach my daily goals.

I used paypal to check out. The $50 I just redeemed from earning!

It says it takes up to 2 days, but I've always received mine in 5 minutes.

I then went back to Old Navy and redeemed the gift card and paid $1.32 on my card.

So how did I get it free?

With ever $25 purchase, you get $10 back to spend later (I believe this runs similar to Hot Topics Hot Cash program and you get 10 off 20.) So I received $20 to spend later, and in around 30 days I'll make another $2.55 from the 5% cash back from Swagbucks.

Bringing my total to $1.32 out of pocket, with $20 cash back and $2.55 coming in 30 days. Profit of 21.23! Even if I don't use the $20 cash back, it's still $1.68 profit.