If you know of any other free ride services, feel free to leave a comment. One nation, under responsible driving!
Are you going out tonight? Do you have a designated driver? Do you drink Ciroc Vodka? Would you use a free taxi service? Do you like Diddy? Would you want to work for Diddy? heehee!
So are you guys going out for New Year’s Eve? I have a few options, so maybe you can help me decide. Left to my own devices I may become wayward and who would be left to blog for you?
1) Go to Club Bed. One of my BFF’s has a hook up there and put our name on the list. Now, New Year’s Eve hook ups never seem stable, but the guy my friend has a hook up with has come through for us before.
2) Stay home. I am perfectly content to be in my place for New Year’s Eve. Less gas and it’s peaceful.
3) Go to a $50 party in someone’s backyard. There’s an attorney down here who charges to party in his backyard. Yes, I’m not kidding. Now, the guy normally has LOTS of food and drinks. We even get champagne. The crowd is nice, if not familiar. I just don’t want to spend $50 in a backyard. It’s a nice backyard, though, but it’s a bit chilly.
4) A Washington, D.C. promoter is throwing a bash down here that starts at $50. But you know all that gets you is entry to the club. No food or drinks. He has table specials into the $1,500, I do not have a record deal, so I won’t partake.
Ok, I know many of you have gotten gift cards for your holiday presents or even for your birthday. I have a guest blogger today, Kwame Kuadey of GiftCardRescue.com, to offer some tips about the plastic pimps cards. Giftcardrescue.com allows you to exchange or sell your unused giftcards. We all know gift cards can be the key to purchasing your dreams or the way to get SCAMMED! Some people say gift cards are the new fruitcake.
Here are Kwame’s tips:
Tip 1: Some gift cards do charge monthly fees and others have expiration dates, especially the bank issued gift cards like Visa and Mastercard. It’s important to understand what fees are assessed and when before buying a gift card. Some card issuers deduct $2.50 per month once a card hasn’t been swiped for a year.
Tip 2: To avoid losing the gift card or forgetting you ever received it, it is best to use them quickly.
Tip 3: If the card issuer goes out of business, call to see if you can use the card at an upcoming liquidation sale. If not, call a competing store and see if it will accept it as a courtesy for a one-time discount.
Tip 4: If you recieve a gift card and don’t like the store, exchange your unwanted card for a new one or trade it in for cash at giftcardrescue.com..
What do you think about Kwame’s tips? Did you get any gift cards? I think the most piece of advice is to use them quickly. What are your tips for handling gift cards? Are gift cards the new fruitcake? P.S. Y’all know Kwame was on Shark Tank, right?
Did you send Christmas cards? I didn’t, but judging from the limited selection of cards arriving in my mail box this year, I am not the only one. I’m used to getting tons of cards and usually, I send out cards. This year, I just got really busy. Any writing I’m doing these days is for the blog or work. I was sent a lot more Christmas e-cards. It’s better for the environment, no?
Are Christmas cards a thing of the past? Are people too busy to send them? Are e-cards better? Are people against paying for postage? Did you send out cards this year? Are we putting the post office out of business? Have we lost our manners?
Awww shucks! I have awesome news! I am giving away a free DJ Hero for X BOX 360 to ONE frugal and fabulous winner, courtesy of Sprite. You know I am a big music fiend, so this giveaway is super hot. I mean, it’s enough to make me break out my old shell-toe adidas...
So to enter my giveaway, you must leave message telling me your favorite old-school song, and I don’t mean Laffy Taffy. The song must be from the 90s and earlier! Here’s one of mine.
Also, you can can enter for a chance to win a brand new Xbox 360 Entertainment System (2 winners per day) and Activision’s™ DJ Hero (2 winners per hour) on mycokerewards.com
You can enter the code found on specially-marked multipacks of Sprite®/Sprite Zero™ up to 2 times each day until 12/31/09 at 11:59 p ET for a chance to win.
Ok, so tell me…what’s your favorite old-school jam/song and why? The winner will be contacted through email.
Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend. I’m getting ready for holiday visitors next week, so I’ll be elfing: buying gifts, cleaning the crib and putting up decorations.
Are you done shopping, if you celebrate Christmas?
The Frugalista is Natalie P. McNeal, a seasoned journalist who created and launched personal finance blog, The Frugalista Files, in 2008. She spent a month without getting her hair done, eating out or getting a manicure or pedicure. She saved $400 and took a "vow of frugality." Read more...
His shiny-suitness P.Diddy is offering free ride vouchers in New York and Las Vegas for New Year’s Eve party people. Take that! Take that! So proud of Diddy for offering a service that may save lives. Driving drunk is NOT cool. Lushes be damned!
Here are Kwame’s tips:
Ain’t got nufin’ on the Frugalista! 
Did you send Christmas cards? I didn’t, but judging from the limited selection of cards arriving in my mail box this year, 
Awww shucks! I have awesome news! I am giving away a free 