Decisions, decisions....

[vanillafluffy]

Today I heard back about the $50 gift card that I'm due for opening my bank accounts. It turns out that there is actually a choice between a Visa GC and GCs from various merchants. But!--I read the fine print: the Visa costs a minimum of $3.95. (ALWAYS read the fine print! If I had a printer, I would print the disclaimer so I could read the relevant parts to some of my callers.) Due upon purchase of card, blah, blah, blah...so it wouldn't really be $50.

However, the GCs ship free and don't show any additional charges associated with them. The only caveat is that the bit that says "Allow 3-4 weeks for receipt of your gift card"---meaning they're not going to work as Xmas presents, but may provide me with a bit of luxury in the New Year.

The question is, what kind? It can be split, so theoretically, I *could* get a stack of $5 Starbucks cards---except I don't drink coffee. I'm leaning toward cuisine and a bookstore. Looked at the fashions they offer and there are a couple of plus-size prospects, so I *could* go that way. Right now, I'm contemplating a three-way between Olive Garden, Barnes & Noble, and Fashion Bug. That's a nice, mellow day of lunch and shopping on Merritt Island. *happy sigh*

Got this today as a meme: Go to this website, find out what the #1 song was on your birthday and post it.

(Mine is "It's Now or Never" by Elvis Presley.)

Comments

[socialhermit.livejournal.com]

"This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & The Playboys

;-)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Which I've now got as an earworm. Yay.

[socialhermit.livejournal.com]

Me, too - I went to work with it in my head. Dammit!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

Mine was Paul Anka's "Lonely Boy." The original emo song. *sighs*

Your choice of gift cards sounds wonderful. And by January, hon, some luxury would be very nice!

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I ended up going with those three: $15 at Olive Garden, $25 at Barnes & Noble and $10 at Fashion Bug. FB usually has decent prices, so I figure $10 off on an item will get me some ultra-affordable pants or a new frock. At Olive Garden, that will cover soup, salad and breadsticks AND dessert, and then I can sloth over to B&N and splurge on a hardcover...or a couple paperbacks, or 'zines or some combo of the above. Good times!

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Ganked and posted. "There she was just a walking down the street..."

Hey, John, there's a cover suggestion for you. (Sorry, I'm still kind of pissed about the quality of Mr. Barrowman's song choices on his new album.)

[vanillafluffy.livejournal.com]

Glad to oblige. And the end is in sight! What are you going to do next year as an oncore?

[karaokegal.livejournal.com]

Not sure. Drabble a day? Or just hunker down and work on the Novel? If I'd put the same kind of effort into that as I did into this "project," I could have been done by now.