DAY 6:
Money, I love money. When I was a 13, I babysat every weekend and bussed tables at my dad's restaurant after school. I would take all the money I made and hide it in a box on the top of a bookshelf I had in my room. One day, my mom was dusting my bedroom and happened to stumble on my treasure, she found over $1000. My mom wanted me to put it in the bank, but I loved to count my money. To me it represented hard work. Still to this day I think that hard work is one of the most important characteristics one could possess. I loathe the lazy man.
So, what does this have to do with living off of $8/day?! Well, I am always looking for ways to make some extra money for my family. My husband is the main provider, and he works very hard to give us all that we need ( I love him for this!), but I have something stamped deep in my soul that makes me want to stash away money in a box on a bookshelf. If you know me at all, you know that I have at least 2 yard sales per year to clear out all the crap we have accumulated and make some extra dough. I also sell items on craigslist that we no longer need/use. TODAY though,. I drank milk.
Yep, milk. A friend of mine on facebook had posted that she participated in a consumer testing panel and was compensated $80 total...just for tasting milk. Sounded good to me, so I applied and was asked to come in on Saturday afternoon. I arrived a bit skeptical of the whole situation, but heck, I was kid free and am always up for a new experience. Sure enough, after exactly 18 minutes of tasting a few different samples of skim milk, I walked out with $35 cash in my hand. I go back next Saturday for another 18 minutes and will be compensated $45...TOTAL $80. Sound wierd? I thought so too, but it was totally legit, quite fascinating, AND I MADE MONEY!
Now one of the reasons I like to stash money is because I know that unexpected "things" are always lurking around the corner. Now, I have not always been it situations where I can stash money like I did when I was 13, but even hiding $20 for emergency pizza money makes me feel a bit more at ease. A few weeks ago, our toilet "guts" decided to fail us and we have been without a main floor bath for quite sometime. We have also been without one side of a kitchen sink thanks to a stubborn garbage disposal. Now remember that hard working husband I was talking about earlier? Well, he is VERY hardworking, but not the "handiest" of handy man's if you get my drift. So, after realizing that just to get a plumber to my house will run me about $100, I decided to enlist the help of a friend (actually her amazing handy husband). I asked what they wanted to eat when they came over and at their request, I ordered chicken wings. I had a coupon for .35 wings at a wing joint down the street. I knew I was going to go over my $8/day budget, but did not care one bit since hiring a plumber would have cost me 10 times that! I ordered the wings, paid $15 and drove home. When I arrived home I opened the bag and quickly noticed that it was NOT my order. I called the place, and the kind gentleman said he was remaking my order and to KEEP the other order (30 wings, 2 orders of fries and a dessert!). When I arrived to pick up the correct order, they GAVE ME BACK MY MONEY and sent me on my way with the 40 wings I had originally ordered. All I could say is wow, that is customer service at its finest!
TOTAL FOR 70 WINGS: $0 (and a fixed sink/toilet)
All in all, day 6 was surprisingly awesome. I was willing to shell out double our $8/day budget but instead did not spend a dime and MADE $35!!!!
TOTAL SPENT DAY 6: $0 ($8 rollover, TOTAL ROLLOVER $23.99)
No comments:
Post a Comment