Some Staple Sites

Here are some of my quick and easy sites/apps to help get you started:

- BROKE-MUST-HAVE: Mint.com is both a website and an app for you smartphones.  It really is magical.  It looks at your accounts and spending and allows you to set up custom budgets for yourself.  It then provides several breakdowns so you can see how you are spending your money and know when you are getting too close in a certain category.  It is pretty smart and can usually tell based on the company how to categorize it, though every now and then you need to specify for it.

- FOR THE FRUGAL FASHIONISTA: Vinted.com is a site I wish I had come up with years ago.  I lost a lot of weight the last few years, and bought/sold clothes mostly through thrift stores.  I tried to get a few swap sites up and going, but never put enough effort into it.  Good thing the folks at Vinted did it for me!  Both an app and a website, you can sell or buy clothes.  I used it once so far for a jean skirt and I loved it.  Prices are all great, it alerts you if things you like drop in price, and all the sellers are just broke gals like us!  They have all kinds of clothes and accessories and I have nothing but nice things to say about it.  While you're there, look at my slowly growing shop.

- FOR THE HOARDER: This one is a "duh" --> Ebay.com and Half.com. Let's talk about how much money I've made selling things on these sites.  Sure, they collect a commission.  But how much was that Human Psychology book I bought in college getting me on my book shelf? I have sold just about every textbook I bought for college (sometimes for more than I paid for it!).  Not to mention DVDs and other various collectibles I had around the house that I just don't need anymore.

- ATTENTION ALL CHEFS: Huffington Post has some GREAT recipe collections.  They curate a week worth of dinners, price them out, and make sure you use every bit of what you buy.  This is a great collection they have.

- COKE DRINKERS, UNITE: How many caps with numbers have you thrown away? Thousands?  What are you doing?! Save those caps and enter them into My Coke Rewards.  Not only have I done this for years, I've gotten all kinds of people to give me their caps.  I have gotten pans, christmas presents, magazines, gift cards, and more just from these points.  You are going to get the Coke any ways.  Might as well save up the points!  Or you know, just send them to me :)

- And lastly: search for Focus Groups in your area!  A lot you have to find on your own or get an invite to, but I make about $100 cash a month from them.

This list is of course going to keep growing, I'm going to create  a resource page for it soon.