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Well today is Sunday. Yesterday was fun. My sister's friend came over. He's cool. He helped me with my P.A.C.E. (I forget what it means...-_-') I found it funny that he couldn't figure it out. He's an A student and in his second year of high school. He was getting so frustrated it was hilarious! When he helps me with my homework he usually understands it in an instance. (I ask 3 high schoolers to help me with my homework and they couldn't figure it out. THAT just tells you something.)
Right now I'm trying to get some part time jobs. I want to save up for Birthdays,Christmas,Halloween(my costume), and whole bunch of other stuff. I also want to save some money for collage and of course some things for myself! ^^ I enjoy spoiling myself every once in a while. :D I really need to save up some cash because some of the things I want to buy are a bit pricey. (For example: a punching bag for Theo. $35-50 (he won't read this) ) I would really like to get something that my friends would really want so I hope to get a lot of money! ^_^
If you're decorating your home and are going to buy blinds, start your shopping here! Why? What if I said you could Shop for Free Window Blinds ? I'm serious. This site is so original, it was granted a US patent!
Here's how it works:
You purchase the blinds you want. Their prices are competitive, so you should save a bundle! After making your purchase, you get a referral link. You then tell all your friends, family, coworkers about it. Send them the link in an email and when anyone makes a purchase, you get 20% of their purchase. You will continue to get the 20% of all your referrals' purchases until your purchase prices is covered. You have up to 5 years to recover the purchase of your blinds! Imagine. You can create a banner, put it on mommy forums, traffic exchanges and even your myspace. You can also add it to your signature on your email. That way, the next time you send everyone that funny joke you got, you're advertising your link. I don't think it would be that hard to get your purchase price back!
Here's their press release. Read it and see what I mean:
FREEblinds.com Debuts Patent-Pending Shopping Concept
June 20, 2007
St. Augustine, Florida
FREEblinds.com, Inc. (www.freeblinds.com) announced today the launch of their FREEblinds.com website, a Next-Generation Internet shopping site offering an extensive variety of window coverings with the ability to earn back 100% of their product purchase price. It’s just the first of many websites providing customers the opportunity to get their products for FREE through the patent-pending FREEshopping.com Rewards Program.
With the look and feel of other consumer websites, FREEblinds.com operates in similar fashion. First you shop from a vast array of products offered at some of the lowest prices to be found on the Internet; you make your selection; then submit your order. It's at checkout where the similarity to all other sites ends. Upon conclusion of checkout, the customer is assigned a unique code, and presented with the option to share that code with others interested in purchasing window coverings. Then each time a referred customer’s order has been completed, 20% of the referred customer's product purchase amount is Rewarded (via a check refund) to the original referring customer. This process continues for each referred order until 100% of the original customer's product purchase amount has been returned. Customers have a full FIVE years to earn back their product costs. And, every referred customer has the same opportunity to earn back their total purchase amount through the Rewards Program.
The process of "Totally Free Products" was created by FREEblinds.com and FREEshopping.com founder Joe Mehm. A pioneer in online retailing, Mehm asks, "Why shop anywhere else? What’s better than free?" And, since we sell our products at the most competitive prices on the Internet, even if you don't earn a single Reward, you will still save money." he asserts. "That's reason enough to shop at FREEblinds.com. Then giving customers the opportunity to earn back 100% of their product cost, is just icing on the cake!" Mehm concludes.
The process making this concept possible is so distinct, so unique that Mehm has been awarded Patent Pending Status by the United States Patent Office.
Simply put, the customer rewards are offset by savings realized from reduced expenditures of conventional Internet advertising. FREEblinds.com pays past customers to bring in new customers. While it might be said that one expense just replaces the other, this process does much more than that. Internet advertising costs, as with other conventional advertising costs, are not tied to results. Therefore, one pays for advertising whether business is created from that advertising or not. With the FREEshopping process, advertising is only paid after sales are made, for revenue already generated. And, like a gift that keeps on giving, satisfied, fully Rewarded customers are naturally going to continue to tell others how smart they were to shop FreeBlinds.com, now creating business free from any advertising expense.
To make it easy for customers to get their referrals started, FREEblinds.com has positioned valuable tools at the end of order checkout to help automate the referral process. Customers can easily print a sheet of referral cards formatted with their name and referral code. Another feature allows the customer to enter the names and email addresses of friends and family, so that an automated link explaining the program is forwarded to them along with the referrer's code. And, for those customers with their own website, MySpace site, etc., a section of copy and paste text is available for pasting a small banner on their site. Once pasted on their site, any purchase made through that link, embedded with their referral code, automatically posts a credit to the customer's account. It then becomes possible for a customer to receive all of their money back without ever having to refer someone personally.
FREEblinds.com...the first of an exclusive group of fine merchants offering consumers quality products along with the process to receive back 100% of the cost of their product purchases. Next-Generation shopping is here today!
Contact Information:
Media Relations Director:
Robert (Rewards Rob) Till at (866) 254-6314 ext 10.
RewardsRob@FREEshopping.com
www.freeblinds.com
FREEshopping.com vendor program:
Joe Mehm at (866) 254-6314 ext 18.
Joe@FREEshopping.com
www.freeshopping.com
So there you have it. I love a great deal, so I'm going to get a cup of coffee and choose some blinds. Having a house with 6 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 5 bathrooms, 7 kids and 9 pets means something always needs to be replaced. I never told you about how my jack russel terrier (Rockefeller) ate the cord to the blinds. Let's just say, even the pets want to have their time in the limelight in this circus!
The holidays are coming and many people are resorting to shopping online. Why not? It saves time, money and keeps you away from frustration. If you think about it, after you calcualte the amount of money you spend for parking at the mall, money for food and drinks and all the time you spend-it may come out less to pay S&H. I know I sat down and figured it out and it's cheaper for me to shop online. There are other ways to save online and get an even better deal. You can save even more money by getting a promotion where shipping is free or..........you can visit sites like Coupon Chief that give you coupon codes .
The site is user friendly and has lots of categories to make your search for savings easier. Here is the direct link to all the coupon codes for ebags! . They have coupon codes for luggage, backpacks, handbags, briefcases, and accessories. They carry many popular designer brands including my favorite Kenneth Cole. you can also find TLC, Kate Spade and Stone Mountain. If you're getting a laptop for Christmas, you might want to start looking for a new laptop bag...
Shopping online doesn't have to mean spending more, it just means your done with your shopping a lot quicker!
Two of the older kids are going to summer school as well as The Little One. Due to this, I have to drive them and pick them up. During the school year, the bus picks them up from the top of the driveway. That is great because I save on gas. I only go out when I absolutely have to. I try to limit it to once or twice a week. The less gas I use, the more money I have for debt reduction.
That's not the only way i cut corners. I also a trained bargain hunter. We love designer brands, but we NEVER pay full price. Most of the time, I pay less then WalMart prices for designer brands. (I posted all my tricks on my other blog-Getting Out of Debt). I also cut my expenses in creative ways like using PTR sites and online coupons sites as well as recreating leftovers! (You can see all those posts on my other blog).
Today I came across this product and it is a pretty good concept. The temperature of your car rises to about 140 degrees on hot days. This product is a solar powered fan that reduces your car tenperature by 30 degrees. Why is this a good idea? Well, the lower your car temp....the less gas you consume using the air conditioning. Take a look at the Auto Cool Solar Car Fan. It makes sense, the only problem is that it can't be used in urban areas like NYC. I think the fan has to have a window slightly open, so that it can get rid of the hot air in the car. In NYC, that is an invitation to theft! There must be a way to use it in cases like this...but I haven't read all the product information yet.
Anyway, if you need some tips on cutting expenses, earning income online or finding coupons...visit my blog. It has many resources to help anyone cut corners. You can find it on the right sidebar.
- Who's footing the bill? Talk about it with your respective families, then you can ask them to commit to a specific dollar amount. Or if you like, it may be easier to ask each set of parents to finance a particular aspect of the wedding (such as the ceremony, honeymoon, or catering) instead of just committing to a dollar amount. Maybe you are paying for it all yourself, or just contributing. Add it all up and make your budget.
- How much do you need? The average cost for a 150-person wedding is about $25,000 (higher in urban areas). Look at this basic breakdown of what you can expect to pay: Reception: 48%-50% Ceremony: 2%-3% Attire: 8%-10% Flowers: 8%-10% Entertainment/Music: 8%-10% Photography/wedding cameras/Videography: 10%-12% Stationery: 2%-3% Wedding Rings: 2%-3% Parking/Transportation: 2%-3% Gifts: 2%-3% Miscellaneous: 8% . Of course, you should also have 5% of your budget for a "just-in-case" fund. Budget your honeymoon in there, too, if you are the ones paying for it. If you're paying for your honeymoon yourselves, remember to budget for that as well.
- How much should you save? The best thing to do is start saving 20% of your monthly income from the time you get engaged to the actual wedding has to be paid for.
- How do you save? You can limit your spending on small stuff like going out to eat or renting movies. Other things that are luxuries can be cut, too. You should also check into CD's or money market accounts to save the most money. Just check the fine print to avoid penalties.
