She credits her budget with gift cards “Gift cards are obtained from trades, special promotions, survey sites, rebates,” so the $800 per year represents the amount she spends out of pocket for her family.

“Any money earned from surveys or rebates is added back”

She also says she only spends one hour a week finding deals and coupons and 30 minutes shopping.

I wanted to point out though, that the $800 is per _YEAR_ – not per month as you state above.

I went to her site, and don’t know how she’s going to make it…she’s already up to $554 and it’s only March! Still…not too shabby.