Gift Cards

 

Sometimes when I am going through this process, I find things that I forgot that I had which can be beneficial to me.  Not often, but it does happen.  Yesterday was one of those days.  I have this wooden box that I use to keep loose change in.  It belonged to Grandmother.  And like her, I keep it on a shelf in my bedroom.  When I was cleaning the shelf, I went ahead and opened up the box because I had not done that in a while. It's not like I need to look at the loose change that is in there, but you never know. Anyway, I found an entire stack of unused gift cards.  I had totally forgotten that they were in there.  Jackpot!!

I took out the cards and decided to sort them.  There were probably 50 or so in there.  By the way, I often get gift cards at work which is where many of these came from.  They don't have super value but better than nothing.  I have a ton of $5 Chick-Fil-A cards that were given out at work.  I do not eat there, but I suppose it is good to have them in case of emergency.  Anyway, I decided to get them all sorted to see what loot I had.  I divided them into three categories:  places to eat, places to shop, and generic (Visa, etc.).  It looks like I have many options to eat out in the future now if I want to.  

I do not know why I have not used these cards and have let them accumulate like I have.  It may be that in the back of my mind I have not used them so that I could save them for emergency situations.  I do not know.  But it is nice to have found them and now have them organized. I probably need to go ahead and begin using them.  I did not find an expiration date on any of them, but you never know.  I would hate to let them go to waste.  Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise that may not have happened for some time if I was not constantly cleaning up my spaces.  One drawer at a time is paying off, so to speak!