Pelenaka, I am so sorry about your DH's job! I hope he can find another job that is even better than this one!

Thank you Pam6, we have faith and have given this whole situation up to God.
I can say though that thanks to our preparedness activities and own personal fugal lifestyle we aren't as stressed as the majority of hubby's coworkers.

Hubby is already talking about us going out to hunt ... did I mention it snowed today well not much but it did snow :run:


~~ pelenaka ~~

Pelenaka, best wishes to your dh and his job hunt, as well as your hunting, hunting! Being frugal does make job losses less stressful, and your faith will sustain you through this, I know. (((Hugs)))

I didn't get the bonus on the Thanksgiving collector bills - just couldn't get on line enough to get that last, littlest buck! That's 2 in a row I've missed out on because of HughesNet. I'm going to have to make some calls to smart people to figure out how to get my smart phone and my laptop to talk to each other. I also need to download that app for my smart phone so I can "watch" sbtv. I'm finally figuring out how to post from my phone, and I can do some of the stuff on my phone that I normally do on my laptop to earn sb. Still, I'm way down from where I was before my HughesNet modem went out...I only have enough sb for my first $5 agc for Dec. :( I have a long way to go to get them all at this rate! Ah, well, I do love a challenge. :D

Thanks for the hug mgm, it's nice to beable to share this with like minded people.

Hubby didn't get the Black Friday bill either but I got them all. He has tried logging into his swagbucks acct. on my laptop so he can do the special offers but it's a no go. Same if he wants to do swagtv. He has a netbook so having two screens open or the tool bar doesn't work for him. His big buck maker is surveys while mine is the swagtv & special offers. Did you get the so for puppy chow it was worth over 50 sb ?

One day sale on $25 agc 2489 swagbucks. Two = 4978, 922 swagbucks cheaper than a $50 agc.

I'm 619 away from snagging a second $25 agc maybe I will get lucky today before the sale ends. Gonna through the special offers with a fine tooth comb. Need to remember to save up more sb in Oct. next year.

Time to snatch up my warming stone & go to bed. Letting the stove go out save some firewood. I'm sure by next week we'll have snow on the ground to stay.

Swag on peeps swag on !

~~ pelenaka ~~

This is what happens when tired swaggers do math - better do go for the usual five $5 agc which total 2250 sb. After that I can work on January's five or just see what the upcoming sales bring. There's suppose to be one gift card a week on sale or so the buzz on fb goes.

~~ pelenaka ~~

I only have 1,047 SB so I am not even close to getting a the $25 AGC...even on sale. If I did I would be getting on because I know that I would still be able to get my 5 $5 without a problem for Dec.
I am still so confused about what to do about getting the Kindle or Thrive or something else. UGH! I had my heart set on a Kindle until the swagtv mobile came out and I learned you could do that on an Android tablet. If I wait and save up the money to get an android tablet and then they change the rules on the swagtv so you can not do the auto turn I will be totally bummed! Plus it is going to take me another 2 or more months to save up the $180 more that I would need to upgrade to a Thrive or something similar. Sigh....what to do! What to do!

I have a new personal best for today, 161 SB and 100 of them are from the smart phone app.

Jealous of your 100 from the phone app....but Congrats!! :goodjob:

I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. It's like a secret club where nobody will flat out tell you what is going on, you get hints and have to figure it out for yourself. I even got my first code today.

Okay so been going at it and not so bad so far. I'm Northsea over there. Earned my first $5 Amazon card today. I don't have much luck with the searches but my partner does. See, he never listens to me

Ever ;)

But now he does. He listens to me bable and picks out a few words here and there and enters them randomly into the swagsearch, earning 50 or so points per rant I go on daily.

Geeze, the things I do to get a man to listen. :)

Seeria, thanks for signing up under me!! And thank you for being active! I have 3 search referral wins from you just from this evening!

I have qualified for two surveys today!! 150/63 WOOT!! Ummm...I have allergies and now I drink a lot! LOL! I am up 385 SB so far for today!

I think I like the surveys the best. If you do not qualify they let you know very quickly and give you an SB, and if you DO qualify they payoff is relatively good. I got 185 SB on a survey this morning!

By the way, how do you get rewarded SBs for searches? Is it totally random, or are they looking for new searches, or????

Rewards on searches are totally random. You can win generally from 3-4 times a day. I just keep searching until I win. I try to search breakfast, lunch, dinner, and then before bed.
Congrats on the survey points!

I want to thank you guys for all of the swagbucks help you have given me!! It has helped so much with Christmas this year. My latest purchase was a GPS for my daughter for Christmas. She is going to be so thrilled!! Yay!!

Pam6, thank you for turning me on to swagbugs!

One good turn deserves another: would you be interested in a site that pays me about $5 a month?

Half of it is from clicking on ads, and the other half is for the surveys. If you get an invite for a survey but you do not qualify, they give you 10 cents. http://www.clixsense.com/?2081964&invitation

Went to CVS with my egift cards (5 for $10 each from swagging) and my rainchecks and coupons....

5 dak canned hams
6 can diced tomato
6 can french green beans
2 jars jif PB
2 jars of smuckers preserves
8 cans of progresso soup
2 4# domino sugar
1 pkg of gum

I had $12 ECB and used 2 of my e gifts and paid $5 OOP....and 3 ECBs back!

i have a $10 cvs egift from savemore.com for $5(first timer promo) and an agc from savingstar(ecoupons) for $5

sign up for savingstar thru swagbucks to get points...

The bakery outlet(near to CVS) loaded a cart for me to....DEVIL DOGS! and expensive buns and onion rolls ($8) people and pig food!

so last month I ended with $50 for CVS and got the $10 Kmart last day of month(on sale)...my kids and husband made $50 at amazon

Cheese seems to be my big grocery expense so I'm going to buy at Kmart. Yes we have goats but cheese making is time consuming so its not something I do much of (cream cheese, yogurt and mozz occassionally)...and I'm down to once a day milking as the ladies have buns in the oven now!

Here's a link I'm using to help things along at swagbucks:
http://www.mycoupons.com/boards/rewards-programs-rp/

Np Pam
On those search bucks, really it seems to be a more odd thing the more likely it gives points. ALSO don't forget when you enter the search word(s) to check each the catagories listed ot the left of the screen (images, videos, etc) as they might bring up a reward where one other won't. Random, not name brand seems best for us. Becoming a contest here to see who can get the weirdest search. Also mispelled seems to work a lot.

"Like" :icecream:

Pam, I think I saw that the Kindle Fire will run all Andriod apps and you can search the internet on it. I decided that is what I want. Just have to save up my agc for a few more months if I want to get it free. I am kinda thinking it might pay for itself if I chip in the last $70 now.

I just asked on FB and the response I got was that the Kindle Fire DOES run swagtv but not through the Mobile App.....but that it does indeed run swagtv!! :dance: It sounds like it just runs like on the computer so it would not be the bonus 100 and no auto play....but I am not sure on that. Hmmmmmm.....I am thinking the Kindle Fire! With an email, Netflix, and FB app that is all I would need it for and it would be a bonus if I could get on HT too!!! My $50 AGC will clear soon and I would love to have it before I work over Christmas and New Years!

Hi all! Got my 1st agc for Dec. I see where the mods are trying to keep threads about 1000 posts. Should we start a new one? Think we could let it ride til Jan?

ETA: I just looked, and the agc I posted yesterday already went through. I did NOT spent 50 points for same day del, because I redeemed at 453 points, LOL! Anybody know what gives?

You say the card already went through. Do you mean the redemption code was posted or that it was verified? Cards will show up as ordered as soon as you verify them.

redemption code and all! I already put it on Amazon! I'm not arguing, mind you, but I didn't pay for quick turnaround.

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