Gift certificates and gift cards are great things. My wife and I have been able to put these to good use this month. This week we went on a shopping spree (online) for clothes for our little buddy and a few pleasantries for us, (books & DVD’s). Total cost of said items –about $126. Actual cost to us after redeeming our cards/certificates…$4. Now that is fun!! I’m hoping to be able to do this more often, especially with the book/DVD store. Our secret; a reputable online survey site that rewards you with points that can be redeemed a number of ways, one of which is gift cards. Between the two of us we can bank a fair number of points and redeem them. A nice way to be paid for our opinions and time. 
My writing attempt is going better than I thought. I have a formula set up in Excel to calculate my word count to date. I had thought I was below my needed amount per day, and I seemed to keep falling behind, (I was missing a day now and then) but then I realized I was only including the word count for January, but the day total for both January and February! Since I added in my word count from both months, I am again above my needed total and currently on track for completion in October. I will update the tracking on the right in the near future, but just to let you know, I have completed 10% of my needed total. I will definitely need to re-write what I have so far, but that is expected. And that can/will be fun! 
Stay tuned!!
February 25, 2011 at 8:13 pm |
That’s great Trev & Amber!
Have fun spending them. And thanks for the info!