$16.51 in spare change
$2 in cash (found in an old purse)
$23.99 in rebate checks
$10 – (Bought a $100 Target gift card for $90 from Target.com; no longer available. Took $100 out of the grocery budget and put the $10 I saved in the fund)
$6 – (Bought a $25 Fandango gift card for $19 from Target.com; no longer available. Took $25 out of the entertainment budget and put $6 in the fund)
$10 Amazon gift card earned from someplace that I forgot. Oops.
$10 iTunes gift card won from a sweepstakes (took $10 out of the entertainment budget and spent this gift card on new tunes)
$10 American Express gift card from a previous promotion
$25 American Express gift card from a previous promotion
$337.20 in Disney Rewards from my Disney Chase Visa. I just upgraded to the Disney Premier Card and for upgrading, I got 5% on groceries, gas and restaurant purchase for 3 months. I also haven’t counted any dollars that I have earned since Nov 2011, so I added that into the fund as well. I plan to continue to use the Disney Visa to buy groceries since I am now earning 2% on grocery purchases. Love my card! (and yes we pay it off every single month.)
$450.20 added to the Disney fund. $2033.80 saved since November 12th, 2011 (see past deposits here). My goal is $3,000. Going the end of January 2013.
I want you to learn how to grow your own fund too! If you are new to couponing, start with the Getting Started Couponing Series, followed by the How To Start Your Fund series. Remember you can use these savings principles to save for anything you want from Disney trips to paying off debt to buying a new television. As the great Walt Disney said “If you can dream it, you can do it!”
Great job Kristen! We’ve been saving for over 2 years, have 300 saved up but we want to stay at the Polynesian, stay a whole week, and an extra day at Cocoa Beach. We priced the trip and it would be a little over 5000. At least another year to go… =(
My daughter and I are going with her school next march. I believe it ended up being like 1800$ for the 2 of us for sun-thurs including meals. I am paying 200$ a month. I just have to save up some spending money. I am so excited but seeing your goal of 3000 makes me think I am paying too much. but this is the only way we would be able to do it right now. If I had your fund it would be long gone because of financial troubles. Too easy for us to say oh well I guess we can’t go. This way I have already paid for almost half and there is no way I am going to just throw away 1000$. I am so envious of your method and hope to someday make it work for my family.
I had just typed up a post yesterday to ask about adding to your fund and decided not to bother you! I’m so glad to see one this a.m. Great job! Have you booked your trip yet? We are hoping to go in January as well :-)
Haha! I did the same thing (wrote the question and then changed my mind about sending) :)
Great deposit!!!!
My Mom, sister and 2 nephews (and me if it works out) are going at the end of Jan too. Have a great time!
Way to go Kristin!!! You are awesome! I upgraded to the disney premier visa and we have $570 already!! Wahoo!! I drive a lot for work an get reimbursed for gas so huge bonus!! Yay for for you and your family!! I’m so excited for you! We will go to Disneyland in May!
YAY! I checked here just again this morning, looking for an update. If you weren’t posting so many deals all the time, I’d be worried about you!
What an AWESOME deposit you just made! You’re more than 2/3 of the way there!
I managed $400 in August, and just tonight, I deposited $268.36 that I made by participating in a Just Between Friends consignment sale last month. The bank tells me I am 70% to my goal of $4k for our March 2013 trip (Spring Break, so it will be more expensive than a January trip!).
You’re doing awesome!
Thats great Kerri