Ugggg

I lost about $60 of skating coupons.

Free CTA and some loose change

I found 50 cents on the street yesterday.  Every little bit counts, right.

But on a more significant note I have been taking the bus from the train station due to the fabulous weather we have been enjoying here in the Windy City.  This morning it was so crowded I didn't get to pay and tonight I decided to walk since the temperature may have been in the double digits, there was no wind and no snow (for at least that ten minutes).  So all in all that's another $4.50.

Justice has been had ! ! !

My husband got a parking ticket back in October.  The meter was broken and we all told him not to worry- he wouldn't get ticketed when he got back to the car.  Well lo and behold many hours later (long after the meter would have expired) he returned to the car which now had a ticket on it.

Now I have a pretty good track record defending these tickets (something close to 100%) but this one was his.  He went to 'court' this morning and came out victorious ! ! !  - ticket dismissed due to broken meter.

I count this as a $50.00 win- - but honestly it will only defry the costs of the two moving violations he received on New Years day.

Free Money

I signed up for one of those on-line survey websites awhile back.  I was sceptical so didn't fill a lot of them out.  You are supposed to get cash after you have accumulated points but even on the site they talk about it taking a long time to get the money.  So I answered a few but ignored many emails.

Well a little over a week ago I had enough points to redeem and was presently surprised to get a check for $6.00 in the mail the other day ! ! !  Of course now the survey requests haven't been coming as often as they have in the past- - but I will certainly do them from now on.

The particular company was opinon outpost.  I would also recommend MYpoints (which provided me with a $50 gift card that I used as a gift this holiday season).  On the same note I would NOT recommend erewards - - no good rewards to be had.