Debt Free Kid

I mentioned  in my previous post that I won a gift certificate from Squirrelers' Thanksgiving contest. It was for $20 at Amazon.com. I normally order from Amazon.ca but xmas was arriving quickly and I thought I'd redeem it for something for someone I love. I had a harder time than I thought I would. Shipping from the U.S. is expensive and since I had left it so late, nothing I chose would be here in time for xmas. A couple of toys I had picked out for my son would not ship to Canada at all. I finally chose a backpack for my bro-friend but before I hit the switch I decided to check locally. I found the same pack for the same price at a shop in town and avoided shipping altogether. Last week I decided to buy a book with it. The book cost $10 and the shipping was $11! I couldn't bear to spend more on postage than on the book itself, so I went with my original plan and offered the gift certificate to a friend in the U.S. Since I had carelessly applied it to my own account ...

Squirrelers is hosting a Thanksgiving giveaway contest until Nov. 25. There are tons of prizes: Grand Prize: $100 Amazon Gift Card, from Squirrelers Your Money: The Missing Manual, by JD Roth (Sponsored by Budgeting In The Fun Stuff) $10 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by Young and Thrifty) $10 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by Wealth Informatics) I Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi (Sponsored by PF Firewall) $25 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by Invest It Wisely) $25 Gift Card to a major retailer (Sponsored by (Barbara Friedberg) $15 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by KNS Financial) $20 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by Money Crashers) Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense (Sponsored by Control Your Cash) $20 Amazon Gift Certificate (Sponsored by Out of Debt Again) 2 separate prizes of If I’m So Smart…Where did All My Money Go (Sponsored by Doug Warshauer) $20 Amazon Gift Card (Sponsored by Everyday Tips and Thoughts) $25 Starbucks Gift Card (Sponsored by Couple Money) $...