I Won a $20 Meijer Gift Card!!

Meijer had a Wish List sweepstakes from their website during the holidays and since I am now very into entering sweepstakes I was entering every day (just about).  Well, I opened up the mailbox this afternoon and saw an envelope from Meijer Sweepstakes inside!  Excited, I felt the envelope and felt a gift card inside.  After getting inside I opened it and I had won a $20 gift card!  It was a fifth place prize but, hey, $20 is $20.  And, I won it!  Awesome.

This is going to be a good year.  I wonder if I will be lucky enough to win something like a car!  :D

I can dream, cant I?

Thanks Meijer!

Snow Day!!

I don't have to go to work today!!

Thanks to the snow/freezing rain/crap storm that came into Ohio yesterday, and is still happening now, Ohio State canceled classes and since I'm not an "essential" staff member I don't have to go in!  Of course, my girlfriend is an "essential" staff person so since we're not under a level 3 emergency she still had to go in. That sucks.

It was so fun getting the 1/2" layer of ice off our cars this morning too.  At least we still have power as no utility lines have been compromised in our area.

So, today I'm going to try to hammer out a lot of website work so I can make headway on a couple projects and enter a lot of giveaways as well!  What?  You didn't know there is a Giveaway Carnival going on?  Well, why not check it out?

President Barack Hussein Obama!

The 44th president of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama!

'nuff said.

I won a Dirt Devil Kwik!

So, during the holiday season I entered a contest that was sponsored by a number of blogs to give away some Dirt Devil Kwiks and when we got back home from out of town new year I had a package on my doorstep.  I had no idea what it was because it was from some fulfillment center but when I opened it I had a brand new Dirt Devil Kwik!  Very cool.  I don't know how much I will actually use it but it's kind of nice to have.  It's sitting next to the monitor of our desktop and plugged into the USB port so that's very convenient.  I love winning things!  

Happy New Year 2009!!!

Happy New Year everyone.

I love Points2Shop.com and Cashle.com!

Are you a student with some spare time between classes or during breaks and are looking to make some extra cash?  Do you want the newest video game that came out but don't have the money and saving up takes too long?  Are you a parent who knows how much your little one wants a certain toy and you wish there were a cheaper, easier way to get it for them?  If you can identify with any of those scenarios or if you just want to get rewarded for your spare time spent online than you may want to check out Points2Shop.com (P2S) and its sister site Cashle.com.

P2S and Cashle are Get Paid To... (GPT) sites that will pay you for doing very simple and free surveys and sign-ups online.  Points2Shop pays in points, as the name suggests.  Each point is worth $0.01 and your points can be "spent" on anything that Amazon.com sells.  Typical surveys and sign-ups are worth 45, 50 or 65 points but there are a lot that are worth over 100 points which become available to you after reaching their "Silver" level.  FYI, I reached Silver in 5 days so it's not very hard.  I am in just my 7th day of membership and have just under 2200 points (already more than enough to get the Nintendo 2000 Wii Points Card that I originally wanted).

As Points2Shop pays out for its surveys and such in points, Cashle pays out in actual CASH.  Corresponding with the P2S formula, typical surveys and sign-ups when completed through your Cashle link will pay out $0.45, $0.50 or $0.65.  The good thing is that your one registration includes access to BOTH platforms so you can choose if you want to complete something for cash or for points.  If you complete something for cash you can accumulate your cash and opt to have it deposited into your PayPal, E-Gold or Alertpay accounts, have a physical check sent to you or redeem your cash for Amazon.com gift certificates.  You can also convert your cash to points using the $0.01 = 1 point rule.  However, points cannot be converted to cash.  Note that there are some offers that can only be completed for points and not cash.

Like I said, I am currently on my 7th day of membership and am already at 2200 points and almost halfway to redeeming them for my first prize, Mario Kart Wii with the Wii Wheel.  How awesome is that?  A $50 game for a couple hours a day over two weeks.  Once I get it I will post a picture and my "unboxing" here to prove that getting things with Points2Shop and Cashle really is that easy.

If you decide to sign up I will recommend (as will the members page on their site) that you go to the Getting Started guide at www.morenp.com (More Nickels n Points) as it has a wealth of information on getting started, completing offers, excellent tips (like creating a new, specific SPAM e-mail account for completing offers) and listings of the easiest, quickest and highest paying offers available for you to complete at Points2Shop and Cashle.

So, head on over to check it out and while you are there, have a look at the Proof Forum where members post pictures and videos of their prizes to prove to everyone that you can get what you want by using the site.  Lastly, let me be the first to welcome you to Points2Shop/Cashle!

    

Notebooks.com & HP Giving Away $6000 in Gear!!

If you haven't heard yet, HP, being the generous folks that they are, is partnering with 50 of the top technology blogs around the world to give away over $300,000 worth of computer and tech gear through the HP Magic Giveaway.  One of the sites involved in the giveaway is Notebooks.com and you can check out their rules and enter their portion of the giveaway by clicking here.  The contest is being held in the spirit of giving so one luck winner from each site (50 total) will get $6000 worth of stuff and they are encouraged to give some, or all, of it away.  It's a very cool idea and contest so go ahead and click to Notebooks.com and enter for your chance to be someone's hero this year.