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Your Favorite Book Could Win You $250 from Powell’s

What was the best book that you read in 2010? If you are a big reader, this might be a difficult decision, and you may need to narrow down your list to just one. Powell’s is looking for nominations for it’s annual Puddly Awards. Tell Powell’s your selection of best book of 2010, and you could win a $250.00 Powell’s gift card. This might be the perfect contest for a bibliophile to enter. It gives you good reason to think about all those wonderful books that you read in 2010. You may even be inspired to re-read your favorites ones! … Continue reading →

Good Housekeeping Giveaway

Do you want to be eligible to win a $125 dollar gift card, courtesy of Good Housekeeping? This American Express gift card is good for use everywhere that American Express is accepted. This Good Housekeeping contest is offering this gift card giveaway in memory of its 125th year of being in the business of entertaining people, which are mostly the woman readers, everywhere. Up until June 29th 2010 you can cast your entry at goodhousekeeping.com/win. This will get you started at becoming one of 90 winners of an American Express gift card worth $125. There will be one $125 gift … Continue reading →

Safeway $25 Voucher – Pay Me!

Catch a $25 Gift Card! “Receive your $25 gift card when you buy any 10 participating products and use your Safeway Club Card. Purchases must be made in one transaction between 3/28/07 and 4/10/07. A Gift Card Voucher will be issued that can be redeemed at any Safeway store for any $25 Gift Card excluding excluding Visa and American Express. Limit one Request per person/family/household. Mail in Official Gift Card Voucher to be received by 5/1/07. Open only to residents of WA, OR, AZ, KS, NE, WY, SD, NM, MT, ID, and CO.” People in the Northeast are reporting a … Continue reading →

What Would You Buy If You Had $30 to Spend? (2)

In this blog, I continue from yesterday talking about the internal debate that occurs when a frugal person, like me, has $30 to spend free and clear. Kohls, a small department store offered me a $30 reward to spend any way I liked in the store. So the other night, while our house was being shown to potential buyers, we headed over to make a purchase. Andrew, my brilliantly frugal five-year-old son, voted for an attachment to our mixer, which I thought was pretty sensible. We headed over the the appliances, and I was secretly hoping that the waffle mixer … Continue reading →

What Would You Buy If You Had $30 to Spend? (1)

You would think that having money to spend would be a blessing, right? Of course it is, but when you are frugal-minded, you tend to over-think your purchases, at least I do. Over the holiday, we went shopping at Kohl’s, a smaller department store that is known for its good deals and prices. They were having a huge sale on December 23, so I headed there to purchase my father-in-law’s gift, one of those coffee makers with a built in grinder. It does pretty much everything for coffee, other than handing the cup to you along with your slippers. After … Continue reading →

Gift Cards With A Twist

Are you dangerous with cash? Do you find yourself watching it fly out of your hands as soon as you get it? Well, you aren’t alone… and help is on the way. Prepaid debit cards. They’re like gift cards with a twist. Rather than tempt yourself by carrying wads of cash around, you can opt for a reloadable, prepaid debit card. It’s similar to a traditional debit card, but it is not linked to your bank account. Another bonus: you determine the amount of money the card carries. I visited the NetSpend website (one of the banks and private companies … Continue reading →

The Airline Gift Card–A Great Wedding Present!

When my best friend got married, instead of creating a bridal registry at a department store she asked guests to contribute to a “honeymoon fund.” Many of her wedding guests obliged and dropped money-filled envelopes into a flower-covered basket at the reception. That was 10 years ago… long before the advent of the airline gift card. Airline gift cards (also referred to as travel gift cards) are a recent phenomenon. America West Airlines was the first carrier to offer the option to people who wanted to buy plane tickets for family and friends, but didn’t want to deal with the … Continue reading →