It’s Day 8 of the $100 Financial savings Problem and I didn’t absolutely observe the instructions in the present day (I’ll share extra beneath why that’s the case!), however I did cancel an auto-renewal and that’s going to ensure we don’t by chance spend $100 on an auto-renewal.
We’re in Atlanta for the baseball match by way of tomorrow. We’re having a good time and the youngsters are doing so nicely total (aside from struggling to sleep for the primary few nights, however in any other case doing nicely!).
Right now, we saved by…
-Bringing our personal snacks and drinks to the ball park (we’ve gone to the grocery retailer a couple of instances to re-stock whereas right here!) These Chocolate Peanut Butter Quest bars are my new fave! (Did you see this scorching deal on Quest bars proper now??)
-Utilizing ice from the resort ice machine as a substitute of shopping for it (by the best way, our Stanley cooler has been coming in clutch! We’re loving it — and it doubles as a chair to take a seat on and a stool to face on, too! And it’s on sale for $66 once more!!)
-Having fun with a lot of free enjoyable — taking part in on the baseball park and on the resort. The youngsters additionally obtained to observe Bluey on the resort TV whereas consuming snacks after a protracted day of taking part in and being exterior they usually had been SO excited. I want you could possibly have heard them laughing… they suppose Bluey is hilarious!
And now, onto the $100 Financial savings Problem! For those who haven’t signed up for the $100 Financial savings Problem, ensure observe the instructions to enroll (there are prizes!!):
How To Take part within the $100 Financial savings Problem
- Go join the $100 Financial savings Problem to get your free 14-day plan.
- Each week day of the problem, I’ll be posting on Instagram, Fb, and right here on the weblog as I work by way of the problem myself.
- I’ll invite you to do the day by day challenges with me and to share your successes! Each day that you just full the problem and submit it, you’ll be entered to win one in all 5 $100 Amazon reward playing cards we’re making a gift of randomly on the finish.
- You’ll be able to take part every single day or simply a few of the days — no matter works for you! However every single day that you just take part and fill out the easy kind, you might be entered to win!
Day 8 Problem:
Day 8 Problem: Value Test Insurance coverage, Cellphone Plan, or Web Service: Name and see when you have the very best charge attainable and if there are any adjustments you may make to decrease your month-to-month bills. Or examine on-line to check charges. You may unlock financial savings that can repay month after month! (Save: $5–$10+/month)
We just lately re-ran our medical insurance charges and selected a special plan. We’re privately insured and have a excessive deductible with 100% protection after we meet the deductible (we met ours already this yr on account of Kathrynne’s hospital keep at first of the yr + a couple of different medical issues). We get our charges by way of Zander and actually respect how they assist us to get the very best bang for our buck on the subject of medical insurance. We at all times examine plans every year and look to see if there are any higher choices or charges.
So we didn’t want to cost examine our insurance coverage. And since our cellphone plan and web service are one of the vital vital elements of our enterprise and we’re actually pleased with what we’ve proper now, I don’t need to change to one thing else and doubtlessly mess up protection (plus, my cellphone and our web are a enterprise expense), so we determined towards making an attempt to modify to one thing else.
One Fast Manner We Assured We’ll Not Pay $113
I discovered learn how to go in and switch off auto-renew for Craftsy — that approach I don’t have to recollect to cancel when it’s near my yr being up!
You simply go into your account, click on on membership, after which there’s a button to click on to cancel auto-renew. It actually took me 30 seconds!
By the best way, you possibly can join a very FREE Craftsy account proper now (we’ve by no means seen it free — this offers you entry to over 1500 crafting lessons!) after which go in and click on to not auto-renew and you’ll get a yr totally free with out having to fret about remembering to cancel!
I’m not going to rely the Craftsy cancellation within the cash saved, since I probably would have remembered to cancel that, so I’m going to say that we’re nonetheless at $45.25 discovered/saved up to now with the problem. How a lot have you ever saved/discovered as far as a part of the problem?
Enter to Win a $100 Amazon Reward Card (we’re giving 5 away!)
Go join the problem right here! And only for enjoyable — and to inspire you to hitch us for the problem — for those who do in the present day’s problem and fill out the shape linked right here, you can be entered to win one in all 5 $100 Amazon reward playing cards I’m making a gift of on the finish of the problem!
Word: We might presumably share a couple of of the very best entries over the course of the problem, so by submitting the shape, you might be giving us permission to presumably publish your entry. For those who’d quite we don’t publish it, please observe that in your entry.
Did you take part in the present day? I’d love to listen to how in the present day went for you!