Yay! I just logged into my Adsense and it says that a cheque is being cut for me for $115.98. So that means I can now afford toget my GPS device. And it couldn't come at a better time, because I've been having to jet around the Lower Mainland quite a bit over the last week, and kept having to call J to make sure I wouldn't get lost. Very stressful.

Especially today. I was stuck in traffic for 2.5 hours running an errand (there was a big accident on the highway), and that could have been avoided if I had a GPS to show me an alternate route. But because all I had was some Google map print-outs, I had to keep going the only way I knew how.

$250.87 (cost of GPS after tax via Amazon.ca)
- $157.65 in Amazon GCs (from Swagbucks)
- $93.22 from my Google Adsense cheque
TOTAL = FREE

I'm going to wait to order it for a few weeks - probably until I can see that the Adsense cheque has been mailed off to me, but knowing that I can now get the GPS for free is really awesome. It's something that I've been wanting to get ever since I moved to Vancouver almost 2 years ago.

10 Comments:

  1. Investing 101 For Dummies said...
    It's awesome when you can get something for "free". I remember when I had just started working EPN (eBay Partner Network), and my first payment was about $70. I used it all to renew some domains that were expiring and needed to be renewed. Great feeling, as I essentially didn't have to lay out some cash :-)




    Anonymous said...
    Score! That is great. And you are right about GPS... when I was driving across the country with my brother in law, it didn't lead us astray once. I now believe that GPS and a good cell phone are the two "techy" insurance items that everyone should take on a long car trip.
    Jerry
    www.leads4insurance.com




    Erika said...
    i'm signing up for swagbucks this weekend... if you get a referral bonus or something, email it to me and i'll put you down.




    krystalatwork said...
    Erika: Just click on the Swagbucks link in this post, and it will come up with my referral. :)




    Dr. Faith said...
    Technically it is a Christmas present from all of your readers, since it is this blog that has payed for it. =)




    Erika said...
    ah, thanks :) will do.




    Jessie said...
    That's pretty steller! Congratulations!


    Loves Dr. Faith's comment! heh heh




    Online Printing Company said...
    Congratulations! Now, you can get your GPS! Yay! Cheers!




    Tracy said...
    Nice, I love freebies! I really need GPS too, but since I can't get it for free we are waiting...for now.




    frugal brunette said...
    that's awesome! congrats!
    how do you manage to get so much money from AdSense? I keep hearing it's a waste of time but your blog seems to be screaming the opposite!




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