Finally it’s pay-day! With Christmas, New Year celebrations and bank holidays galore, January always feels like such a long slog. Given I notched up another birthday at the start of this month too, I hit the January sales a little too hard and ended up eeking out the dregs of my bank account as the month wore on.

Now my balance has reset and there’s money to spare, it’s time to go shopping!

If, like me, you plan on splurging a little this weekend - it’s the perfect time to get a Swagbucks account and start earning cash back for your purchases. From Friday through Sunday, you can take advantage of double cash back with Swagbucks. This is no ordinary cash back either - you’ll receive cash back in the form of points called SB, that you can then redeem against a bevvy of gift cards including Amazon, Debenhams and Argos. There’s even the option to turn SB into cash via PayPal or prepaid Mastercards.

With retailers such as Argos, M&S, New Look, Currys, Toys R Us and thousands of others, it’s highly likely you’ll find a store that stocks what you’ve been saving up for.

It’s really simple to use:

Just CLICK THIS LINK to sign up for Swagbucks and shop at over a thousand different stores - you’ll get points (called SB) for every pound you spend. You can then turn those points into free gift cards at some of your favourite retailers.

As a special bonus, if you sign up through me (via the link above) and spend £25 or more this weekend, you’ll get a 200 SB bonus applied to your account after your points are credited to your account.

It doesn’t stop with shopping, either. You can earn points for everything from searching the web to watching videos and trying out new products and services.

I’m totally addicted to Swagbucks at the moment. I slot in sessions between school runs, housework and blogging, and am truly staggered how much I’ve made. Using Swagbucks I bought myself a solid oak dining table from Amazon in December, and bought Heidi’s first ever big-girl bed earlier this month. It’s a smart and easy way to put my time and money to good use, and I’ve big plans for the house in the next 6 months that wouldn’t have been possible without it.

The best bit? When you get to grips with your own account and are ready to tell your friends how awesome it is, you’ll be rewarded for referring them by way of an end-of-month bonus. You’ll also get 10% of their earnings for life. With so many ways to rack up points, I’m constantly earning, even when I’m away from my laptop thanks to my referrals - and they are from theirs and so forth. I can’t think how anyone can afford not to check it out.

Fancy joining in? SIGN UP VIA ME, and I can bag you a 300 SB bonus if you earn 300 SB between now and February 1st 2016. Throw in a little online shopping (£25) this weekend, and I can get you an extra 200 SB. That’s a total of 500 SB on top of your cash back SB!