I love the free mony that comes from the receipt of a gift card. Many times, it's better than any gift someone could pick out for you and as the recipient you feel a little freedom to experiment and maybe buy something you wouldn't normally, because hey, it's free money!
For my birthday last month, my team at work gave me some free money in the terms of iTunes dollars. I was so thrilled, and so careful to not just go nuts and spend it within the first 24 hours of having possession of the cards. This was very hard for me to do, especially in that I don't even have to leave my house to redeem them and my purchase will provide instant listening pleasure and gratification.
But, I refrained and I held onto them and just tonight (almost a month later!) I redeemed them. As I update my blog and check my e-mail and surf and do all that, I am very pleased with my three purchases (and I still have some money left).
So what did I buy with my free money? Three full albums, which are a bit of a mix:
1. Nothing Left to Lose - Mat Kearney. I just recently became aware of Mat Kearney through the title song of his album, Nothing Left to Lose. It is a great song and if you listen to his voice, he sounds very similar to Chris Martin of Coldplay fame, sans the falsetto Apple's daddy is prone to do. Of course you can preview songs on Itunes, but you can still make poor purchases and this is one I would have been nervous to plunk my own non-free money cash down for. So far, so good.
2. Wintersong - Sarah McLachlan. This is to fill my tradition of purchasing a holiday album each year and Sarah's is actually very good. Traditional Sarah sounding, sweeping and pure and clean. My favorites are Christmastime is Here (which she partners with Dianna Krall), Happy Xmas (War is Over) and Silent Night.
3. Mamas and Papas Greatest Hits. This is one of the best free money purchases because its an album I so want in my collection and on my iPod, but always forget to get it and frankly, when I am ready to cash out, I always am interested in something more current. This is the sweetest of tonight's purchases.
I love my free money!
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That is always the best! I would be interested in hearing Matt and Sarah.
It always amazes me how different we all are and yet we get along. Like this statement:
"love the free mony that comes from the receipt of a gift card. Many times, it's better than any gift someone could pick out for you and as the recipient you feel a little freedom to experiment and maybe buy something you wouldn't normally, because hey, it's free money!"
I would much rather have someone think about a gift, take time, pick it out, than get "free money." I think it's much more personal. If I want something, I buy it, so I don't get that whole philosophy. But hey, message received. It won't happen again.
Yet everybody is getting the Al Gore movie for christmas whether they want it or not. :-) If not, pass it along. It's the message, not the package, that's important.
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