If you have this option available to you (I don't know how it works for countries other than the US) you can always work at the election polls. That's how I made the money to order my box-pleated kilt from Matt. It's also really interesting to see how the process works behind the scenes. I was an election day technician for the primaries as well as the election yesterday. Those two days gave me about 2/3 of the money I needed for the kilt. Although, working from 5:00 am to 8:30 pm is a bit draining. Not to mention, in my state we have identification requirements at our polls, and the major part of my job was doing ID checks. I can't say it was the most fun I've ever had. It never ceases to amaze me how nasty some people can be in a public setting. But no matter how bad it got I just kept repeating "I'm getting my Ulster ancient kilt...it's cool" which got me through the day. And I sure did learn a lot about the process.