Things I do to save/earn money these days

Since I have decided to go back to school, I have also taken it upon myself to try and save money, and earn money.

1)  Survey Savvy is a survey company I take survey for. They actually pay in cash rather than redeemable points.  https://www.surveysavvy.com/?m=5669477

2) I am in the process of learning/relearning the art of clipping coupons.  I get a bunch of them from here: http://www.coupons.com/.   In addition to that, I am also clipping store specific coupons, like Target, so that I can "stack" the savings by purchasing items on sale, and using a coupon.   I also visit http://coupondivas.com/ as well as  cartwheel from Target and I just got approved for a Red Card which offers a 5% saving each time I use it.  HOWEVER, it's got a 22% interest rate, so it will need to be payed off each month in full.

3) I am clipping coupons for stuff I know we will eat.  Menu Planning is not our thing, however if the house is stocked with our basics, we usually do pretty good.

So anyone got any more tips?  I am listening...

Later~
Jen

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