One Year to Save 2017-2018

Since I updated, I've added $0.45 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0.45 in Isay rewards...
earned $0 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.08 in Quickrewards...
$2.80 in Isay Rewards...
$38.29 in Credit Card Rewards...
$6.75 in my Zweet Account...
$23.70 in my Caddle Account...
$16.90 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.14 in the Vacation Jar...
$200.00 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $370.66!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$480.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

5311 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $52.97 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0.75 from quickrewards...
added $0.50 in Isay rewards...
earned $2.26 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0.45 in the vacation jar...
added $49.01 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$3.30 in Isay Rewards...
$40.55 in Credit Card Rewards...
$6.75 in my Zweet Account...
$23.70 in my Caddle Account...
$16.90 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$249.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $423.63!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$480.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

5311 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $2.86 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0 in Isay rewards...
earned $0.16 in credit card rewards...
earned $1.00 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0.70 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0.10 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $1.00 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$3.30 in Isay Rewards...
$0.71 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$290.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $426.49!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6141 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Following along. I'm enjoying your posts.
I do the PC points instead of the Shoppers points. I find the return on them sooo much better than the Optimum points. I have already gotten 200.00 back from my pc points and am only 15,000 points from another 100.00. I can usually squeeze out between 2500 -7000 points a week depending on the rewards they give me. Instead of taking the free groceries...I take the cash...which goes into my trip fund to go for tickets to either Disney or Universal.

I also do the AM hunt. ( We have a whole thread on the Canadian page ) I have gotten 3 tickets to Disney world within this past year, and am working on my last one currently. And now that Disney has offered another Canadian discount, we are hoping that Am does a discount for them as well. Only now the Disney World tickets now have an expiration date on them. For me, it's working. I was hoping to do a trip to Disney in 2018...but unsure if we will be able to, as our daughter will probably be getting married in 2018. They have not set the date yet.

I also upcycle furniture by painting it. I find it cheap, paint it, then sell it for a small profit. That's how I'm saving for out trip to Disney World.

Keep plugging away :flower1:
 


Following along. I'm enjoying your posts.
I do the PC points instead of the Shoppers points. I find the return on them sooo much better than the Optimum points. I have already gotten 200.00 back from my pc points and am only 15,000 points from another 100.00. I can usually squeeze out between 2500 -7000 points a week depending on the rewards they give me. Instead of taking the free groceries...I take the cash...which goes into my trip fund to go for tickets to either Disney or Universal.

I also do the AM hunt. ( We have a whole thread on the Canadian page ) I have gotten 3 tickets to Disney world within this past year, and am working on my last one currently. And now that Disney has offered another Canadian discount, we are hoping that Am does a discount for them as well. Only now the Disney World tickets now have an expiration date on them. For me, it's working. I was hoping to do a trip to Disney in 2018...but unsure if we will be able to, as our daughter will probably be getting married in 2018. They have not set the date yet.

I also upcycle furniture by painting it. I find it cheap, paint it, then sell it for a small profit. That's how I'm saving for out trip to Disney World.

Keep plugging away :flower1:

Great! Sounds like you have a good handle on your Disney income. Congrats on your daughter's engagement!

Yes, for SURE my PC points add up faster than my Optimum points but I still manage to make at least ten bucks from Shoppers every three months. Not a ton of money but every little bit counts.

I am unfamiliar with the AM hunt. Would you mind explaining that or directing me to that thread?
 
Since I updated, I've added $0.10 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0.10 in Isay rewards...
earned $0 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$3.40 in Isay Rewards...
$0.71 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$290.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $426.59!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6141 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $12.87 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $1.00 in Isay rewards...
earned $1.87 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $10.00 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$4.40 in Isay Rewards...
$0.71 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$300.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $439.46!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 


Since I updated, I've added $3.47 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0 in Isay rewards...
earned $3.47 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$4.40 in Isay Rewards...
$6.05 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$27.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$300.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $442.93!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
So, I just found out that on February 1st, the Shoppers Optimum program and the PC Points program will be merged to form the PC Optimum program.

The points values will convert over at their full value and (from my understanding) things will go forward pretty much as usual, except that there will just be the one card instead of two separate ones.

I'm pretty excited about this, since my Shoppers shopping has really waned and it would be nice to be able to "cash in" those points at No Frills or RCSS, where I shop all the time.

Gotta keep racking up those points!!
 
So, I just found out that on February 1st, the Shoppers Optimum program and the PC Points program will be merged to form the PC Optimum program.

This was just posted on the AM thread...which I think is great. I don't usually shop at Shoppers, the one across the street from me is a Shopper Medical Care one...so it has horrible hours ( not open late or on Sundays as all ) and honestly has very limited items in it. I do go to shoppers sometimes...so it will be nice to get PC points for those items.

I LOVE our No Frills...sooooooo much easier to shop in that RCCS...I can get of my shopping list done there vs Superstore which I always seem to have to go somewhere else or No frills to get the items they didn't have. I find that super frustrating.
I'm glad you'll be able to hopefully get a good amount of $$$ for you Optimum points!!!!
 
This was just posted on the AM thread...which I think is great. I don't usually shop at Shoppers, the one across the street from me is a Shopper Medical Care one...so it has horrible hours ( not open late or on Sundays as all ) and honestly has very limited items in it. I do go to shoppers sometimes...so it will be nice to get PC points for those items.

I LOVE our No Frills...sooooooo much easier to shop in that RCCS...I can get of my shopping list done there vs Superstore which I always seem to have to go somewhere else or No frills to get the items they didn't have. I find that super frustrating.
I'm glad you'll be able to hopefully get a good amount of $$$ for you Optimum points!!!!

Interesting. I was just saying the other day that I'm starting to loathe my RCSS. They are always out of the stuff I go there to buy...even on the first day of a sale!! And I travel out of my way to go to that store specifically, so sometimes I'm am super annoyed that I've gone there when I'm obviously going to have to stop elsewhere to get what I didn't at the Superstore. Another problem I keep encountering is that they will have stuff on sale and it will come up wrong when scanned. I watch and check, so I don't overpay...but it's a pain to have it corrected (especially at the self checkout--although I guess I really shouldn't complain about free stuff) and it's obnoxious that it has happened to me on at least one item from each of my last four shopping trips there. FOUR times out of four. Those are not good odds. I always wonder what happens to the people buying those things that don't notice the error and get overcharged. And if that wasn't bad enough....at the self checkout this last time, she corrected the price for me but I actually had to ASK the associate, "Don't I get that for free since it scanned wrong?" She did it no problem, but I should NOT have to ask for my item for free...they know the scanning code of practice and it's supposed to be automatic. The don't bag my groceries anymore either, so I am always left wondering...what are these frills I am paying for here? I can just price match at No Frills. They do have a few perks that my No Frills doesn't, and so I still go there, but I might reassess this if I keep having problems going forward.
 
Since I updated, I've added $4.10 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0.10 in Isay rewards...
earned $0 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $4.00 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$4.50 in Isay Rewards...
$6.05 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$31.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$300.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $447.03!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $5.15 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0 in Isay rewards...
earned $3.15 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $2.00 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$54.83 in Quickrewards...
$4.50 in Isay Rewards...
$9.20 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.30 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$33.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$300.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $447.03!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $5.90 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0.75 from quickrewards...
added $0.05 in Isay rewards...
earned $0 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0.10 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $5.00 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$55.58 in Quickrewards...
$4.55 in Isay Rewards...
$9.20 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.40 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$33.59 in the Vacation Jar...
$305.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $447.03!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $11.22 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $1.95 in Isay rewards...
earned $3.77 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0.25 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0.25 in the vacation jar...
added $5.00 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$55.58 in Quickrewards...
$6.50 in Isay Rewards...
$12.97 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.65 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$33.84 in the Vacation Jar...
$310.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $469.30!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $4.45 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0 from quickrewards...
added $0 in Isay rewards...
earned $0.20 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $4.25 in the vacation jar...
added $0 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$55.58 in Quickrewards...
$6.50 in Isay Rewards...
$13.17 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.65 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$38.09 in the Vacation Jar...
$310.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $473.75!!
Goal $4150

DISNEY
$600.06 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3100

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
399 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Since I updated, I've added $6.75 to my vacation fund, because I...

earned $0.75 from quickrewards...
added $0.05 in Isay rewards...
earned $0.90 in credit card rewards...
earned $0 cash back through Zweet...
earned $0.05 cash back through Caddle...
earned $0 cash back through my Checkout 51...
added $0 in the vacation jar...
added $5.00 to the vacation account...
added $0 to my paypal account...

So the new totals are:

$56.33 in Quickrewards...
$6.55 in Isay Rewards...
$14.07 in Credit Card Rewards...
$7.75 in my Zweet Account...
$24.70 in my Caddle Account...
$17.00 in my Checkout 51 Account...
$38.09 in the Vacation Jar...
$315.01 in the Vacation Account...
$1.00 in my Paypal Account...

For a Grand Total of $480.50!!
Goal $4200

DISNEY
$250 in my Disney Account... (personal spend money)
Goal $3175

In addition, I have...

6221 Shoppers Optimum points... (8000 points = $10 in free rewards)
442 Esso Extra points... (1800 points = $10 in free rewards)
$28.40 in USD (left over from our last trip Disney trip)
 
Soooo...did anyone notice that my Disney savings shrunk? That's because the deal I was waiting for just came out and I was able to book our Disney portion of the trip! Woot!! :dancer:

I still have to adjust the total amount (since I paid the deposit and now we don't need quite that much money) but it is booked. :jumping1:

We are staying four nights at the Boardwalk Inn and we will be doing Epcot, DHS and one of the water parks. I am beyond thrilled!!
 

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