Ride Sally Ride

Well, just when I thought this week's experiment of earning an extra $200 in revenue was about to be chalked up as a dismal failure, my luck changed rather abruptly late yesterday.

But before I get to that, I'd like to tell you what I've been doing this week in an attempt to earn some extra coin ('attempt' being the key word). I've been posting like a maniac to UsedPEI.com with hardly a speck of interest (except for the woman who wondered if I could drive a $10 item to Charlottetown...um, no). I've noticed things on the site seem to be pretty quiet, so my guess is that this is not time of year that people have extra money to spend / want to venture out in the cold to check out other peoples' stuff. I'm going to keep using this website, as I think it's a great concept and that eventually I'll have some success with it.

Trying to sell my craft wares didn't work either. And after assessing the state of my recycling, I realized there wasn't enough to bother delivering to the recycling depot. I could have taken on an extra shift at the pool where I teach an exercise class, but quite frankly, the motivation just wasn't there. I did redeem some Air Miles points and will soon be receiving in the mail a $25 gift card from Staples as well as a $10 card from Starbucks. That was my only real success this week, and even that's a stretch.

Yup, my vision was that this was going to be an experiment where, at the end of the week, I would be found smugly counting dollar bills in my living room. Instead, I was left feeling disappointed and frustrated. Until last night when I got the call.

I won a 2011 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE! Talk about divine intervention! It was only earlier in the day (4:30 pm to be exact) that I had stopped in to the College of Piping to buy a ticket on their car lottery, which was to be drawn for later in the evening. Tickets were $100 each (no small potatoes!) and I hesitated a bit in the afternoon before finally going down to pick up a ticket. I like to think I'm a person with strong intuition, and something was telling me to take the risk.

Since I bought a new (to me) car just before Christmas, and a mustang convertible is not exactly practical for my life, I'll be taking the cash equivalent of the car. I don't exactly know what that number is yet, but boy do I have plans for how it's going to be spent (all in a responsible fashion, of course)!

So yes - this win has pulled me out of the fire, however I do still think it's possible to earn some extra cash now and then if you put your mind to it. It's important to be creative and persistent in your goal of increasing your revenue. Either hard work or, in my case karma, will step in and pay off.

Here's a little audio clip for your enjoyment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxc8Sm0nXpE