A Good Start for the New Year

I have a Bank of America World Points Visa -- and I just got a check from them for $250.00 because I had accumulated enough points!

Free Seafood

You can get a coupon for a free frozen seafood entree from Sea Cuisine. The offer officially begins at 3 p.m. Eastern and is good only for today, January 10. The entrees are tilapia, cod, salmon and shrimp with various seasonings.

While you are there, enter their Dinner's on Us sweepstakes to win free seafood coupons and a grocery store gift card.

Yearly wrap up

I've tried to keep track of what I've earned and saved through rebates, frugality, etc. After all, you can't improve things if you don't measure them!

I've been very good about keeping track of earnings but much less diligent about keeping track of savings through sales prices and coupons. Anyhow, here are the totals for 2009:

Earnings (from rebates, surveys, focus groups, sales on Amazon and Craig's List): $2,004.54

Savings (sale prices and coupons): $143.58

Earnings (non-cash GCs, free products): $164.68

DHs net Amazon sales: $3,079.53 (His Amazon store is here.)