In my last post, I talked about that cool bookcase (granted it is not Bush furniture but it still is awesome) that I was going to use as toy box in my living room. Well, I went and picked it up last night. It is still in my van, since it is super heavy. Bill needs somebody to help him carry it into the house, and I am not the person to do that. To get the living room ready, I completely rearranged it again. Every couple of months or so, I feel the need to rearrange. I am not sure if I am the only weird person like that or not.
I went to IKEA two nights ago. I have a love/hate relationship with that store. I love it, because I love a lot of the stuff there. I hate it, because I end up buying more than I went there for. I got the computer desk that I wanted. I however ended up buying shelves for the kitchen, hampers for the kids’ bedrooms, and a placemat to put the George Foreman grill on. I won’t even tell you how much I spent. The worse thing is that I found this bookshelf that I want:
I want the baskets too. I want to put it in the living room and put the kids toys in the baskets. I think it would take care of a lot of the clutter we have all the time. Unfortunately, that means I have a lot of rearranging of the living room to do to make it fit. I could spend an entire day at that store.
I love my credit cards. I hate getting the bill though. We have taken a couple steps to help ourselves out with our credit cards though. We do a lot of research on a credit card before we even apply for it.
Why do I research my credit cards? The reason actually is quite simple. What benefits work for me may not work for you. I personally do not care what my interest rate is. We pay our bill in full every month, so I do not get charged interest. The main thing that I do care about is annual fees. I refuse to use a credit card that charges me to use it. I do like reward programs. You just have to make sure that the rewards fit your needs. We do not fly a lot, so a credit card with tickets does not do us a lot of good.
The Cooperative Bank has several credit cards to look at depending on your needs. They have 0% interest credit cards, travel rewards credit cards, and affinity credit cards (which donate to a charity when you open the account and when you charge things). These are just a couple of the different cards they have. If you are interested in a new credit cards, this may be a site to check out.
Anybody see this season premiere last night? I have to admit I was impressed. I thought it was great. I laughed throughout the whole show. It already has some great plot twists. I have already set my TIVO to tape the whole season. Let me know if you saw it and what you thought of it.
As the title of this post asks, what would you do with $3,000? I know we would have a great Christmas here if I did win this awesome contest over at DivineCaroline. The grand prize is a $3,000 Amazon gift certificate. The big prize is $1,500 Amazon gift certificate, and the fine prize is a $500 Amazon gift certificate. I personally would love any of these prizes. If this sounds like something you would be interested, head over to the treat yourself sweepstakes from DivineCaroline. I already entered. How about you?
