Well, it finally happened. I had my first disaster of a Craft Show this past Saturday.
I paid $45 to be in the show plus had to donate a raffle item with a retail value of $25, and the show was horrible! I stayed up until 2am on Friday night making sure I had enough stock for the show, then got up at 6am and drove for an hour to get there. Right after I set up all my stuff I made two sales to 2 of the vendors and those were my only sales of the whole day! Ugh!
And it wasn't just me. None of the vendors sold anything. It was a Family Fun Day type of event and there were a lot of people there but everyone was playing volleyball and basketball and eating their free picnic type lunch. The vendors were kind of across the field and nobody even came over to look.
Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later.
So, in total I made $34 for the day, which really was a loss after you account for the fee and raffle item.
I really don't have any more shows scheduled over the summer. Partly because there aren't a lot of summer shows and partly because we have a lot of weekend plans already planned. I might participate in a 2 day show at the end of August but I haven't decided yet.
Once September comes, I have a show booked for every Saturday in Sept., Oct., Nov., and a couple in Dec. In total I think I have 15 more shows booked. So, I figure that I hope to sell at least 100 pendants per show (hopefully much more) - so I will need at least 1,500 pendants ready to sell this fall. So, I plan to spend the summer making stock so that I will have enough for all the fall shows.
Now I need to get my July budget finished!
Showing posts with label Daily Progress Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Progress Report. Show all posts
Monday, June 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Daily Progress Report
My kids have three half days this week and I was lucky enough to get to babysit for these days in addition to one of my regular days. So, this should amount to $160. This is great but unfortunately I won't be able to use the money for snowflakes because we have had some unexpected expenses come up this month:
- My husband purchased tickets for a concert that he really wants to go to. This set us back $150, but we should get $75 from his friend who will be going to the concert with him.
- My husband decided to join another fantasy football league with my sister's boyfriend. This set us back $110 (but my husband assures me he will come in at least third place, if not higher, so we will win back between $300 - $800! lol!)
- A friend of ours has a son with autism and they have asked us to come to an Autism Benefit. We feel we should support them so we will be getting tickets for $70, plus costing us more for the cash bar and auction, etc.
Hopefully we can earn enough extra income this month to cover these unexpected expenses.
- My husband purchased tickets for a concert that he really wants to go to. This set us back $150, but we should get $75 from his friend who will be going to the concert with him.
- My husband decided to join another fantasy football league with my sister's boyfriend. This set us back $110 (but my husband assures me he will come in at least third place, if not higher, so we will win back between $300 - $800! lol!)
- A friend of ours has a son with autism and they have asked us to come to an Autism Benefit. We feel we should support them so we will be getting tickets for $70, plus costing us more for the cash bar and auction, etc.
Hopefully we can earn enough extra income this month to cover these unexpected expenses.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
06/30/07 - Daily Progress Report
Small earnings from Cash Crate today - $ .50.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $ .50
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $ .50
Friday, June 29, 2007
06/29/07 - Daily Progress Report
Today I submitted three more articles to Associated Content. Will wait for a payment offer.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
Thursday, June 28, 2007
06/28/07 - Daily Progress Report
Whooohooooo!!! I surpassed $1,000 in extra income this month!!! I'm so excited!! Now if I can just keep this up for the next year or two . . .
Finally got offers on three articles I submitted to Associated Content. Earned: $20.13
Cash Crate credited a small amount from referral income: $ .42
Earned another $ .10 from Google Adsense today.
The kids have been wanting to go out for ice cream so instead, I picked up all the fixin's for "make your own sundae" at the grocery store. Ice cream parlor price would have been (for 6 people), about $24. Spend $9 at the grocery store and will have enough for a couple of nights. Saved: $15
Total Saved: $15
Total Earned: $20.65
Finally got offers on three articles I submitted to Associated Content. Earned: $20.13
Cash Crate credited a small amount from referral income: $ .42
Earned another $ .10 from Google Adsense today.
The kids have been wanting to go out for ice cream so instead, I picked up all the fixin's for "make your own sundae" at the grocery store. Ice cream parlor price would have been (for 6 people), about $24. Spend $9 at the grocery store and will have enough for a couple of nights. Saved: $15
Total Saved: $15
Total Earned: $20.65
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
06/27/07 - Daily Progress Report
Brought the kids to the movies today. They are showing free second run movies every Wednesday morning all summer long. Saved: $40 (cost to go to a regular movie)
Total Saved: $40
Total Earned: $0
Total Saved: $40
Total Earned: $0
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
06/26/07 - Daily Progress Report
Had a friend over for a visit today. She picked up a salad she was craving for lunch. I just made a sandwich at home. Saved: $8 (cost the salad would have been).
Total Saved: $8
Total Earned: $0
Total Saved: $8
Total Earned: $0
06/25/07 - Daily Progress Report
A few more offers confirmed for Cash Crate today. Earned: $3
Today I created a Squidoo Lens to try to promote this blog. (A Squidoo Lens is like a one page website. You can check it out here.) It is also possible to earn a little income from ads, etc. on that page. We'll see . . .
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $3
Today I created a Squidoo Lens to try to promote this blog. (A Squidoo Lens is like a one page website. You can check it out here.) It is also possible to earn a little income from ads, etc. on that page. We'll see . . .
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $3
Sunday, June 24, 2007
06/24/07 - Daily Progress Report
Worked in the church nursery. Earned: $28
Returned two small items. Couldn't find receipt but was given a cash refund anyway! (Very rare. Must be because it was under $10.00). Earned: $6.25
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $34.25
** This brings my total money earned for the month to $991.25. So I only have to earn $8.75 to bring this month's total to $1,000!! And all this money is basically extra money that was not anticipated or budgeted for, so the majority of it can go straight to the debt snowball. Yeay!!
Returned two small items. Couldn't find receipt but was given a cash refund anyway! (Very rare. Must be because it was under $10.00). Earned: $6.25
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $34.25
** This brings my total money earned for the month to $991.25. So I only have to earn $8.75 to bring this month's total to $1,000!! And all this money is basically extra money that was not anticipated or budgeted for, so the majority of it can go straight to the debt snowball. Yeay!!
06/23/07 - Daily Progress Report
Today I signed up to be an Amazon Associate. You can see three Dave Ramsey books that I am showcasing in the left side bar (all great books, by the way!). We'll see if this generates any revenue.
Signed up with the No Credit Needed Network (see article with same title).
Read a lot about blogging. There is so much to learn!
Did a couple of surveys for Cash Crate. Also got credit for several referral bonuses. Earned:$12
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $12
Signed up with the No Credit Needed Network (see article with same title).
Read a lot about blogging. There is so much to learn!
Did a couple of surveys for Cash Crate. Also got credit for several referral bonuses. Earned:$12
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $12
Friday, June 22, 2007
06/22/07 - Daily Progress Report
After looking at my budget figures in depth yesterday, I realized that our actual starting debt was $44,000, not $42,000 - so if you noticed the change in the subtitle of the blog and the total amount paid to date, that is why! So, our current debt total is still currently $38,000. But turns out we have paid off $6,000 of $44,000 not $4,000 of $42,000. Hope I didn't confuse you!
Submitted another article to Associated Content today. Now waiting for payment offers for 3 articles.
Did a few more surveys at Cash Crate. Only one confirmed so far - for $1.
Tried to sign up for a mystery shopping assignment with National Shopping Service, but I had done this shop within the last 3 months so they said I needed to wait to repeat it.
Signed up to be an Amazon Affiliate.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $1 (whoo-hoo! lol)
Submitted another article to Associated Content today. Now waiting for payment offers for 3 articles.
Did a few more surveys at Cash Crate. Only one confirmed so far - for $1.
Tried to sign up for a mystery shopping assignment with National Shopping Service, but I had done this shop within the last 3 months so they said I needed to wait to repeat it.
Signed up to be an Amazon Affiliate.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $1 (whoo-hoo! lol)
06/21/07 - Daily Progress Report
Today I completed several surveys on Cash Crate. Several others confirmed from previous days. (Earned: $6.50)
My earnings from AdSense went up $ .50 - woohoo! lol
Also, for the first time, one of the articles I submitted to Associated Content was declined. The editor said they have too many articles on that topic (doing a budget). Oh well. So I submitted two more articles. Will wait for a payment offer.
I did a good frugal grocery shopping today. Got the kids free slices of pizza with coupons they got from the dentist. Got the pizza to go and brought drinks from home so the kids had a fun lunch and it didn't cost me a dime! (Saved $10)
Today I also took a close look at our budget and reviewed our upcoming incoming and expenses with my husband. His commissions from work have been phenomenal and we have been very careful with our spending. When I rechecked our debt balances and our debt snowball I was thrilled to learn that by next summer we will have everything paid off except our HELOQ. It will take another 2 years to pay off the HELOQ, so 3 years total until we will be debt free except for the house! Yeay! This is a lot better than the 5 1/2 years it originally looked like it would take us. And who knows, if my extra income keeps up we could finish even sooner. Then I got a little carried away and did a Debt Snowball to see how fast we could pay off our mortgage if we added our current $1,100 debt payments toward the mortgage payment. I was so excited to see that we could have the house paid off in 7 years!! Then I remembered we need to save our Fully Funded Emergency Fund (6 months of living expenses). This will be about $30,000 so it will take a while. But I am feeling very encouraged today!
Total Saved: $10
Total Earned: $7
My earnings from AdSense went up $ .50 - woohoo! lol
Also, for the first time, one of the articles I submitted to Associated Content was declined. The editor said they have too many articles on that topic (doing a budget). Oh well. So I submitted two more articles. Will wait for a payment offer.
I did a good frugal grocery shopping today. Got the kids free slices of pizza with coupons they got from the dentist. Got the pizza to go and brought drinks from home so the kids had a fun lunch and it didn't cost me a dime! (Saved $10)
Today I also took a close look at our budget and reviewed our upcoming incoming and expenses with my husband. His commissions from work have been phenomenal and we have been very careful with our spending. When I rechecked our debt balances and our debt snowball I was thrilled to learn that by next summer we will have everything paid off except our HELOQ. It will take another 2 years to pay off the HELOQ, so 3 years total until we will be debt free except for the house! Yeay! This is a lot better than the 5 1/2 years it originally looked like it would take us. And who knows, if my extra income keeps up we could finish even sooner. Then I got a little carried away and did a Debt Snowball to see how fast we could pay off our mortgage if we added our current $1,100 debt payments toward the mortgage payment. I was so excited to see that we could have the house paid off in 7 years!! Then I remembered we need to save our Fully Funded Emergency Fund (6 months of living expenses). This will be about $30,000 so it will take a while. But I am feeling very encouraged today!
Total Saved: $10
Total Earned: $7
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
06/20/07 - Daily Progress Report
Submitted an article to Associated Content. Will wait for payment offer.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
06/19/07 - Daily Progress Report
Did a few surveys at Cash Crate. Earned: $2 (confirmed, $8.50 pending).
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $2
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $2
Monday, June 18, 2007
06/18/07 - Daily Progress Report
Today I completed several Cash Crate offers. Earned (Pending): $10.50.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $0
Sunday, June 17, 2007
06/17/07 - Daily Progress Report
Worked at the Church nursery. Earned: $28
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $28
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $28
06/16/07 - Daily Progress Report
Brought kids to the playground and brought a picnic lunch from home instead of getting fast food. Saved: $16
Had a busy day and wanted to get take out for dinner but cooked on the grill instead. Saved: $35
Total Saved: $51
Total Earned: $0
Had a busy day and wanted to get take out for dinner but cooked on the grill instead. Saved: $35
Total Saved: $51
Total Earned: $0
06/15/07 - Daily Progress Report
Delivered a jewelry order. Earned: $73.50.
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $73.50
Total Saved: $0
Total Earned: $73.50
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
06/13/07 - Daily Progress Report
Did several on line surveys at Cash Crate Earned: $13.21
Submitted an article to Associated Content. Will wait for payment offer.
Faxed 2 reimbursement requests to health insurance company to get reimbursed for contact lenses. Earned: $200.
Avoided getting coffee while out doing errands this morning. Made some later at home. Saved: $1.76.
Total Saved: $1.76
Total Earned: $213.21
Submitted an article to Associated Content. Will wait for payment offer.
Faxed 2 reimbursement requests to health insurance company to get reimbursed for contact lenses. Earned: $200.
Avoided getting coffee while out doing errands this morning. Made some later at home. Saved: $1.76.
Total Saved: $1.76
Total Earned: $213.21
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