DIY DAVIS STYLE: 30 Day Challenge {Day 2}

Sunday, February 26, 2012

30 Day Challenge {Day 2}

Day 2: The Meaning of the name behind your blog...

Today's post is going to sort of double up. First I'll do the challenge THEN I'll tell you about my latest addiction in money saving...

If you all have read my very first post introducing myself then you all know WHY I started this DIY Blog...if not, you should really go check it out :). I spent ~~an entire week~~ maybe an hour or so trying to come up with something catchy and witty. I posted a few different options on my facebook to get some feed back..."The DIY Den" "The Davis' Den" "The DIY Project" and "DIY Davis Style" and as you can see...DIY Davis Style stuck. Davis is my new married name...although maybe it isn't so new anymore...after almost 5 months {this Thursday!!!*Squee!*} So that's where the Davis part came from and the DIY is pretty self explanatory...Do It Yourself. I was sick of seeing other blog sites telling you how easy it was and making it seem like practically zero work AND making it seem like it was cheap! So I started this to chronicle my projects and to help others like me find a realistic source!

Now...my newest addiction. I am sure some of you have heard of the website Ebates? No? I just joined right before Christmas and I am LOVING it. Here's how it works...you go onto their site which looks like this:

Once you're there over to the left you'll see a category list of allll the different stores that are members. Now this is my MOST favorite part....you see those RED Percentages? {JC Penney 6.0% Cash Back} well if you click on the store..we'll use ASOS {one of my most FAVORITE online stores...it's a UK site and has TONS of trendy beautiful clothing and accessories...} for this example. Ebates will direct you to the ASOS website where you can do your normal online shopping. The redirection notice will pop up and look like this:

Then you just shop like normal. At the end of your shopping it calculates your 7.0% or whatever the percentage is AND THEY SEND YOU A CHECK. I am not kidding....Ebates should pay me for this shameless plug but I am OBsessed.

We needed a new computer so I shopped through Ebate's and got our brand spankin' new Dell all in one and got a check a few weeks later. Christmas shopping? I got paid back :) Now...it isn't a HUGE amount of money...I think we only got $16.00 back from buying our computer through them...but what if I had gone to a box store....I would have paid the exact same and not gotten ANYTHING back...so $16....I'll take it! It will tell you what the percentage back is before you click on it...it usually ranges from 3% to around 7%. Annnnndddd I even added a little button over on my side bar so you can check it out...or you can click here. Shameless plug over....now back to shopping for J's bday present :) muah ha ha ha {that's my evil laugh....}

{DIY Davis Style}