I saved a total of $3890.86 in 2015 for my Disney fund. I work fulltime from home running this fabulous blog called CouponingtoDisney. Have you heard of it? I also started homeschooling my children in 2015 and I do a million other things I am busy really busy but if I can find and save $3890.86 then you can too! There isn’t any magic formula it just takes discipline and a spreadsheet…that’s it.
I found this money using various methods including excess money in my budget, rebates, credit card rewards, saving all my spare change, purchasing discounted gift cards, Ibotta, Swagbucks, my Coke rewards, savings catcher from Walmart, babysat, and I participated in a money saving challenge. Below is a breakdown of exactly where the funds came from.
$290.00 from Swagbucks (enter the code DISNEY70 for 70 bonus SB)
$1729.95 in budget excess. Most of this is from my gas budget, but also from my grocery budget, and lower then budgeted monthly utilities. I am not going to lower my gas budget even though gas prices have dropped so when they go back up I will be prepared.
$458.78 in rebates this includes Ibotta, Savingstar, Checkout 51, SNAP by Groupon, Ebates, Mobisave, and any other rebates.
$454.00 from the money saving challenge.
$325.14 in spare change. I always pay with bills and save the change. It is a painless way to add to your fund.
$202.71 in Disney Visa credit card rewards.
$200.40 from purchasing reduced gift cards off of Raise or if Publix has a coupon for gas gift cards.
$105.00 in gift cards earned from My Coke Rewards.
$84.88 from Walmart’s Savings Catcher program.
$40.00 from babysitting a friend’s child.
Total Saved in 2015 for my Disney Fund: $3890.80!