Posted in year26 on Dec 3rd, 2009
Things are always better when they’re free.
And for me, there’s nothing more rewarding than working to gain points with everyday activities (buying gas, playing flash games) and easy tasks (filling out surveys) that turn into material goods that get mailed to me for free.
This week, both Katie and I cashed in some virtual points for [...]
Posted in year26 on Nov 27th, 2009
The World Ends with You ($10): a DS game that I’ve been meaning to try for a while. $10 (half off) was enough to get me to bite on this Amazon deal, especially with free Prime shipping.
Xbox Live 12-month card ($32.61): I’ll need another one when my subscription expires this coming March and it was [...]
Posted in year26 on Nov 24th, 2009
Christmas creep this year has been unprecedented. Decorations, music, ornament aisles, all up well before Thanksgiving.
But even Black Friday creep has been apparent and, from recent memory, is also a first. Amazon had a full week of deals starting today. Several large retailers, like Walmart, are having sales on Thanksgiving day itself. Sears is running [...]
Posted in year26 on Nov 20th, 2009
When talking with some co-workers the other day, I made a statement about myself that I found revealing. I said that I really like fads.
This isn’t to say that I indulge in every fad that I find. I didn’t go to the midnight showing of New Moon last night due to its immense popularity. I [...]
Posted in year26 on Oct 9th, 2009
I acquire junk.
I don’t think of it as junk, not when I first order it online or grab it at a yard sale or take it for free from a table at work. But it’s true. It’s junk.
And it sits in the corners of rooms, on my desk at work, on our kitchen table at [...]
Posted in year26 on Jul 26th, 2009
I went to Michaels today because a few weeks ago, I won a $50 gift card there at the Sims 3 ship party. I needed some safety eyes, which are small black plastic eyes that go onto cute crocheted animals. It is perhaps the most crafts-oriented thing I’ve ever looked to buy.
Michaels had no safety [...]
Posted in year26 on Jun 24th, 2009
Something in my brain clicks when I organize and track collections. It’s a common sight in video games nowadays – a piece of UI that tracks how many unlockable items I’ve collected or how many trick jumps I’ve gone over. It’s an easy way to engage the completionist that lives in the bottom of deep, [...]
Posted in year26 on May 14th, 2009
I used to love GameTap. A few months ago, I would have heartily recommended it to friends and family. Shelling out a mere $60 a year in order to play a huge assortment of retro games, along with a growing library of modern PC games? A single entry fee in order to try out games [...]
Posted in year26 on Apr 16th, 2009
Tidy Cats cat litter I bought this brand, instead of our normal Fresh Step brand, because it was on sale.
Although their motto is “Keep Home Smelling Like Home,” it was best at making our home smell like cat poop a [...]