About Me

About Me

41 year old health care professional...I'm a single parent with 2 children. I am trying to eliminate my student loans. I'm considering a career change in a few years.

***Debt--as of 1/11/09***:

Car Loan @ 3.9%: $4,024.26
Student Loan @ 3%: $12,513.27

~CAR LOAN BALANCE~

4/28/09: $2,487.27
5/19/09: $2,396.41
5/21/09: $2,099.88
6/05/09: paid in full

~STUDENT LOAN BALANCE~

1/30/09: $12,426.40
2/15/09: $12,339.37
3/13/09: $12,249.07
4/12/09: $12,161.59
5/15/09: $12,072.89
7/15/09: $11,905.67

***2009 Goals***

[X]Pay off car loan
[ ]Extra Income* Savings Goal: $8,000

*Includes surveys, mystery shopping, rebates/refunds, Saturday job income, CC cashback, Ebay/Amazon/Craigslist profits, interest earnings, etc.

***Extra Income Fund***

05/29/09-$ 5,189.49
06/05/09-$(2,102.00)
06/05/09-$ 3,087.49
06/07/09-$ 3,195.70
06/12/09-$ 3,677.13
07/01/09-$ 4,267.09
07/09/09-$ 4,282.77
07/13/09-$ 4,772.66
07/26/09-$ 5,353.33
07/31/09-$ 5,356.72
08/15/09-$ 5,902.42
09/06/09-$ 6,879.02

Mystery Shop Update

July 21st, 2009 at 10:27 am

I got DD for doing 2 Texas Roadhouse mystery shops from last month. The reimbursement amount is $60 so I will add that to my extra income deposit for the week. I have another Texas Roadhouse assignment to do tomorrow evening. The children really enjoy going with me and best of all it is very low cost since I get most of it reimbursed as compensation.

Yesterday I got a $40 GC as reimbursement for a Cheesecake Factory mystery shop I completed a few weeks ago. I'm not counting that as extra income because I am able to use that as payment for the next assignment that I complete.

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2 Responses to “Mystery Shop Update”

Audrey Haas Says:
July 27th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

Hi there! It sounds like you are well on your way! Congratulations. I actually found your blog by searching for Texas Roadhouse b/c my DH loves to eat there. I have mystery shopped for several companies but have never found them. Would you be willing/able to send me the name of the company who shops them? Thanks for your time! Keep up the good work.
TRACY Says:
August 19th, 2009 at 11:23 am

hEY I ALSO USED TO SHOP CHEESECAKE BUT HAVE NOT HEARD ANY INFO FROM MY COMPANY AND CANNOT FIND THIER E-MAIL ADDRESS WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE ME ANY INFO ON YOUR COMPANY? tHANKS tRACY

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