Last week I solicited the help of all both of you loyal Just Charlie readers as to the most effective use of an Amazon.com gift certificate. Well, a couple of you responded, and just in case you’re interested, here’s how I used the gift certificate…
First, although I wrote that the gift certificate was for an amount between $30 and $50 (USD), I need to clarify that. The original amount was $75, but I had already used part of it for a gift and couldn’t let that cat out of the bag at the time.
The first two purchases were gifts for the best big brother I ever had (who was the source of the original gift certificate in the first place. Pretty sweet deal, eh? Hey, bro, you did say I could use it any way I wanted, right?).
Anyway, my big brother got…
And the gifting didn’t stop there! The lovely and gracious “Mrs. Just Charlie” is getting the newest CD from her country music secret heartthrob/Georgia native…
(Shhhh! Mum’s the word, though, because it’s scheduled to be here tomorrow!)
And just because it was a gift certificate for my birthday, I figured I’d spend it on something that I haven’t been able to find anywhere else. And since it is after Labor Day and all, the remainder of the gift certificate went for these goodies…
So, there you have it, folks!
