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Thursday, July 15, 2010

What I got for free



When I was doing some of my 'woo hoo school's out' cleaning last week, I found an envelope of Canadian Tire Money (Paper rewards dividends for those who are not from Canada).  It was quite a hefty lil envelope so I curled up to count the mounds of 5 cents, 10 cents etc

It added up to quite a lot. I had over $30. I checked in my vehicle and in my drawers and found myself with $40 of the colourful paper not money.

I had been wanting to find a floating  shelf for my son's room. I've seen them on design shows and they just seem so slick and so  nice without the brackets below, all exposed.

Fortunately for me, they are $34.99 plus tax so I had just enough money. I felt a bit weird handing over this big pile of fake money. It took her forever to count it. But in the end, I got a lovely shelf. For free.

It wasn't horribly hard to put up. Looks great in his room.

5 comments:

its me, sam said...

I love Canadian Tire Money!

Girl Makes Cents said...

Woohoo that's awesome. I used to work at CT in my high school days. I had someone come in with over $200 worth! Wow! Sure adds up :)

The Asian Pear said...

Wow. That's awesome. Gotta love Canadian Tire money. Almost as good as real money. WOOT. FREE STUFF!

Northern Living Allowance said...

Ha ha! Now that I work at CT I can't believe how many people actually PAY for stuff with the "money." The most I've had so far is almost $50 worth, but it really does add up. I never used to keep mine, but I am now!

jpkittie said...

Wow!!!! That is awesome!!!!