Wendy's Follows Through

Wendy's has been a favorite source for some minor, yet consistently good prizes in the past. Over the holidays I got two of those fantastically plain white envelopes... the ones that look like nothing, look like a solicitation, look like a bill... the ones that have that odd, slightly raised stiff feeling right smack in the middle... a credit card? some sort of unnecessary membership card?

Ahh... it's my good old friend the gift card. The one shown above is good for $5 at Wendy's which is not too shabby, especially given their rather fair prices.

At the time of scanning I wasn't able to find the second of the two cards a $10 Home Depot gift card, lost in the piles to be found at a later date I suppose. I think that may go towards a little something for me, maybe a Ryobi auto-nailer (for those who haven't seen one - check it out here) or perhaps just some more sandpaper so I can get back to refinishing these great chairs I saved a while back. (edit: found the card... obviously)

In the end, I won't lie, when my family was trying to decide where to buy burgers for dinner one night I totally threw my hat in for Wendy's, if they're gonna be good to me by letting me win stuff, sure, I'll be good to them by giving them that much more business, why not? ($15 in gift cards received... $3o-some spent on dinner for a fair-sized family... I'd say it's worth it for the company)

Another Sweet Win

Sometimes it's the simple things... the small, forgotten, unexpected package in the mail that makes me remember why I love entering contests, sweeps etc as much as I do.

Life has been pretty good recently, while I've not been terribly busy with much I have slacked on my entries just a bit... a poor move on my part as this is a time of year when so many people find themselves swamped for one reason or another that many forget their daily entries, forget their chances to win... leaving more to be won by the avid sweep-a-holic.

In the mail just the other day I received a sweet (and tangy) little reminder that I need to go try my hand at a few new sweeps:

Mike and Ike candies are always tasty and, to tell the truth, I had forgotten entirely that I had won these... at the very beginning of every month for a number of months now it has been possible to play a game on their site until you win a free pack of candy from them. The game is hosted on the parent company's site Just Born (http://www.justborn.com/mike-and-ike/power-up/arcade) from their just choose the third "arcade game" - the one that looks like a slot machine - and just keep spinning until you win. The lions share of the free monthly candy seems to be given out at the beginning of each calendar month so check it out then for your best chance.