I call myself "The Accidental Homesteader" because I feel like I came upon this homesteading thing quite accidentally. What first motivated me was saving money. My family struggles a lot with a seemingly never ending stream of bad luck and financial difficulties, much like may American families these days. I started many of my homesteading projects solely out of the need to save money. It was after I started doing these things that I fell in love with being more self sufficient, making things with my own two hands, and just finding a better way to do things. So in the spirit of saving money, I am sharing a tip that I recently learned from my aunt.
I am always seeing elaborate displays in my local grocery stores that advertise various brands of beer. Most of the time those displays hold rebate cards that offer things like "Get up to 10$ by mail" and similar rebate offers. I have always just walked on by, but as I recently learned I was walking right on by free money! I live in New York State, and in this state you do NOT have to buy the beer in order to get the rebate. One of the rebates I recently got offered up to a 10 dollar rebate on Halloween supplies. This includes decorations, costumes, pumpkins, etc. Things I am already buying anyway!
Now, this does not apply in all states. Here is a list of the states that do not require a beer purchase for the offered rebates:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, and West Virginia
