Oops, I forgot to Post How Much Money I Saved Last Month

... and the month before that, and the month before that. Clearly, you all were paying rapt attention.

Ah well, I know you still love me—and even if you don't, I'm going to pretend that you do. It's not you, it's me.

Jumping back to October... I know, but forget September, it's gone. We couldn't save it. There's nothing we can do. We have to move on.

[Total savings: $1,440]

I honestly don't remember much about October. I barely remember yesterday. Thankfully, I wrote stuff down. Most of these savings come from buying stuff, as opposed to paying stuff off. 

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October

Week 1: (We saved $402)

• Continued to save on our Internet service (because we switched to TWC over AT&T)—[$12 savings per month]
• Continue to save on purchased modem instead of leasing from Internet provider @ $10/month in perpetuity—[$10 savings per month]
• Bought coffee on sale & stocked up [$8 savings]
• Took lunches to work. We started making healthier lunches with slightly more expensive ingredients, but the average cost isn't too far from what we were saving with less expensive ingredients— [$25 savings]
• I'm sure I used ibotta* for something
• Made skyr (Icelandic yogurt)—[$11 savings]
• Made granola—[$10 savings]
• Propagated plants from cutting—[$20 savings]
• Turned the A/C off—
• Got 5¢ off per gallon of gas (10 gallons)—[$0.50 savings]
• Used a coupon for free trial meds—[$285 savings]
• Continued to make coffee at home (I've sort of stopped calculating this on the monthly level)
• Accidentally watched a video & earned a whopping 10¢
• Used Kohl's cash—[$20 savings]
• Got flu shots at Target so we could get the $5 gift cards.

Week 2: (We saved $141)

• Took lunches to work—[$25 savings]
• Used those Target gift cards—[$10 savings]
• Used Petco rewards—[$5 savings]
• Used loads of coupons—[$12.50 savings]
• Used Target debit card—[$0.64 savings]
• Used Cartwheel app—[$0.77 savings]
• Used ibotta, a lot—[$9 added to my ibotta account]
• Used another Target gift card (thanks Mom)—[$50 savings]
• Bought groceries at Costco—[$37 savings]
• Continued to make coffee at home.

Week 3: (We saved $859-ish)

• Took lunches to work—[$25 savings]
• Saved another load on Groceries thanks to sales—[$55 savings]
• Made more skyr (we're going through that like crazy)—[$11 savings]
• Started using CouponCabin— [$15.34 added to my account]
• Got a $25 referral from Ebates (Holy Cow!)—[$25 added to my account]
• Used Amazon gift cards (payment for a study we did) to buy my Aeroworx garden cart—[$126 savings]
• Used ibotta* some more  [$0.25 added to my ibotta acct.]
• SavingStar coupon—[$1.50 added to my account]
• Went to my first ever estate auction & bought over $1,000 worth of stuff (tools mostly & some books) for $140. Did I need it all? Probably not, but seriously! $140! & I got a $400 air compressor, a barely used Craftsman router, a serious looking axe, shovels, rakes, a bunch of pipe clamps, a mess of drill bits & blades, files, and oh my, I think I need to sit down. [$500+ savings]
• I bought a greenhouse kit on sale through Jet.com & got $25 in Jet cash to use later. The greenhouse cost me $520, but I saved about $100. Also I used Ebates or CouponCabin (I can't remember which) for add'l cash back—[$100 savings]

Week 4: (We saved $38)

• Took lunches to work—[$25 savings]
• Continued to make coffee at home
• Got cat litter subscription delivery—[$13 savings]
• I'm sure there was more, but I forgot to write it down

The Summary 

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... we did stuff, we saved some money. 

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Rebate Savings (as of November):

		Amount Saved (So Far) This Year
Ibotta		$34.75
Mobisave		$3.30
Checkout 51		$5.85
Ebates		$51.31
Savingstar		$5.50
Coupon Cabin		$32.40
Cartwheel		$14.38
Target debit card		$52.26
Manufacturer coupons, coupon codes, & other rebates (Mostly thanks to the Honey app & the Ebates app)		$587
Groupon		$57
Total		$843.75

*Note: the ibotta links above are affiliate links. If you sign up through any of those links, you can earn a $10-$20 welcome bonus and I will earn a $5 referral bonus. 

The Mobisave, Savingstar, Honey, & Ebates links are also referral links. The sign up rewards vary, so try out the links and see if they'll save you any extra money.