In The Mail...Vacation Edition and Another Way to Earn

My husband made a trip to the post office today to pick up our mail that was being held for the past two weeks (after it was not delivered today as requested).  He came back with two grocery bags full of mail.  Of course, most of it was junk, but I am very happy to report that the free samples far outnumbered the bills. =)

Here is a picture of everything that he came home with today (click it to enlarge).

The check in the back is from an in-home product test that I did a few months back for J. Reckner Associates.  You can find out about them at that link, and if you wish to be a participant, you can register with them here.  I have done several studies for them over the past year or so.  I have always gotten a few different versions of the test product for free by mail, and then been emailed a survey to take about each version.  They pay by check, and its pretty slow (about 2 months post-survey), but they pay well.  This one was $30 to test 4 items, 1 per week, and then take the survey about each which took about 10 minutes.  I will add this site to my list of paying online sites that can be found under the Making Money Online link at the top.

FYI:  This company also has several focus group locations which are nowhere near where I live.  If you do live near one of them, you can probably make even better money by participating in person.