Double or Nothin'

To follow up on the "Leverage" post of last Thursday, I thought I would throw out a little challenge for the rest of the week.  And that challenge is to try to get your money to work double for you until next Tues 8/17.

How, you ask?  Let's just say that any time you use money this week that you try to get more than face value for it.  For instance....use the double coupon trick I mentioned last Thursday.  You've gotten "more than" the dollar or 50 cents or whatever it is in savings, so you've leveraged your money.  Or how about using the speedy rewards program at Super America?  I've gotten a few tanks of gasoline by accumulating points from purchases made at Super America ~ not to mention numerous free beverages:)  You can check out the program for yourself at www.speedway.com/SpeedyRewards  (The program is free.) The point is that if I'm going to purchase something anyway, I want to think about making my money work harder for me. I call it the double or nothing principle.

Rainbow Foods also has a rewards program. Since I shop there (for the double coupon days) I got a Roundy's card and had the pleasure the other day of getting $1 off per gallon of gasoline on my gasoline purchase:)  Color me happy! $20 in my pocket that would have gone in my gas tank instead ~ all because I accumulated points on groceries I was buying anyway.  Here's the link to that program: www.fuelperks.com/roundys

Another easy way to do "Double or Nothin'" is to make your purchases with a debit or credit card that has reward points of some sort, be it airline miles, cash back, etc.  (If you make purchases with a credit card, be sure to pay the balance off in full each month.  Otherwise, you're defeating the purpose!)  So how about a  triple play? Use your debit or credit card with rewards points to purchase your gas at Super America with your Speedy Rewards card. Points on debit, points on Speedy Rewards, you made your money work twice for you ~ money, plus points, plus points = a triple play:) 

Who's up for the challenge?  I want to hear your "Double or Nothin" story!