A Personal Note..

I just wanted to take a minute and apologize for the lack of posts over the past week! I found out recently that baby #3 is on the way and morning sickness has kept me from my normal activities!! Hopefully it will pass soon and I will be back to normal! Until then, my posting may be very little! Thank for your patience!

Paid Surveys: American Consumer Opinion

It's time for another paid survey site! Hopefully by now, you've joined several and are beginning to see a balance building for yourself!

Another site that I have been personally paid by is American Consumer Opinion. They send out screeners first and then if you qualify will later send you a survey to complete. The invitation email will always tell you the payment amount for the follow-up survey. I find that most are around $4. They did seem to be a bit hard to qualify for, but never give up! Different households will qualify for different surveys!

Once you have a balance of $10, you can request a check. You are also always entered into a sweepstakes, which sometimes I wonder how legit these are, but I have to say, that American Consumer Opinion did actually send me a $10 check one day, saying I won one of the sweepstakes! I was shocked!

So just click on the image in this post to get signed up! Enjoy!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday everyone! If you're stopping by from Follow Friday, be sure to check out my newest giveaway: a Scrabble Slam! card game. Thanks for visiting! Have a wonderful weekend!

Pennies Saved: Selling Children's Clothing on Ebay, part 1

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It's so much fun to dress your children in cute clothes and it's even better when you can get a little something out of then once they're outgrown!

I've been giving details about how to look for brand name children's clothes for really cheap and how to take good care of your children's clothes so that they are in re-sellable condition!

Today, I want to cover reselling.

EBay is my favorite place to resell, because it's worldwide. Think of all the people who have access to EBay, they are potential buyers!

EBay is also a place where people are searching for sold out items, hard to find pieces, or something they need to complete an outfit.

Over the next few weeks, I cover more details about selling on EBay. But first, you'll need to set up an Ebay account, if you dont' already have one. You'll also need to set up a Paypal account, because that is the only payment method EBay allows now.

Both are free to sign up with, you will be charged fees from them once you start selling, (which I'll give more detail on later)

Once you've gotten signed up with EBay, take a look around at the children's clothing. You can check the advanced search option to see completed listings and what they sold for.

Feel free to ask me any questions about getting started with EBay!

Pampers Gifts to Grow program: earn gift cards + more!

When my son (now 5) was still in diapers, I LOVED Pampers! They just worked the best on him, so I was buying them often! That's when I found out about the Pampers Gifts to Grow program. You collect codes from inside the diaper and wipes packages, enter them on-line, and then you can redeem your points for great prizes!

Each code is worth different point amount. Wipes are 10 point each and diapers vary depending on the package size and diaper size. You can get anywhere from 10 to 240 points! You can check pampers.com to see exactly what points amount you'll get in your diaper package.

Obviously, my son no longer wears diapers, and my 2 year old is even potty trained now!!! Yeah!! So I'm no longer buying Pampers products any more. BUT!! Pampers often releases freebie codes, where you can earn points by entering the code, no purchase required! I've been collecting free points for quite a while now and I have 1,210 points in my account right now!

So for those of you who are no longer buying diapers, you can still benefit from the Gifts to Grow program!

To give you an idea of the neat prizes you can earn, right now my 1,210 points could get me a $10 Diapers.com gift certificate, a 20 page 8"x8" photo book from Shutterfly, or a $10 Red Robin gift card, among other things.

So even if you just pick up the freebie codes, Gifts To Grow is an easy way to earn yourself a free gift card or other goodie!

Go HERE to sign up and get started earning yourself a great prize!

To help you get started, here's some freebie codes to enter in your new account! You can get up to 230 free points with these!

WELCOMETOPAMPERS=50 points
GTGPLAY3USA2010=30 points
15GTGSUMMERFUN=15 points
25GTGSUMMER2010=25 points

GTGSPRINGFREE10=10 points
GETSTARTEDNOW10=10 points
GTGLEARNMORE089=10 points
FACEBOOKJUL2010=10 points

GTGGETREADYSOON=10 points
OHAMANDAAWGTG08=10 points
THRIFTYMOMMYGTG=10 points
JOINTHEFUNGTG09=10 points
WELCOMETOGTG2010= 10 points
WELCOMETOVILLAGE= 10points
GTGTENMONTHCODE=10 points

Paid Surveys: Lightspeed Panel

It's time to add to your paid surveys earning by joining another site! Lightspeed Panel is a great one to join because your points will add up quickly, so it's easy to earn a gift card or paypal payment!

As I already mentioned, they do pay you in points, ususally 50-300 points per completed survey. I have seen some as high as 500 points but it's rare. To give you an idea of rewards, 550 points will get you a $5 Amazon gift card, 575 points will get you $5 via Paypal.

They send out surveys fairly often and I have even gotten products to test from them, so don't miss out on this one! Go HERE to sign up!

Meet Me Monday!

Here's a fun new way to meet other bloggers! It's a blog hop, hosted by Inspring to Save! Click on her button image to visit her site and meet other bloggers! Hope everyone is having a great Monday so far!