Tuesday, January 20, 2009

What you should be doing right now: going to home depot


Now is the time to get your ass to the hardware store and stock up on boards and long nails. Boards and nails are crucial for properly barricading yourself in your home provided you have not secured a zombie fortress beforehand. You don't want to be breaking apart furniture to try to cover those windows. At the risk of sounding like the Dept of homeland security following the anthrax attacks, duct tape is a good things to have around in mass.
Just a note: things with wheels do not make good barricades. I watched Day of the Dead (2008) the other day, and I felt this point was important to make.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

AAA Member Discounts


I am the proud holder of a AAA membership (thanks to my mom). For $52 a year, I have the distinct pleasure of waiting on hold for 45 minutes while my car is stuck in 3 feet of snow on my front lawn, only to get disconnected before reaching a human being.
BUT, as I previously knew, but only now felt the need to research, there are other benefits to being a AAA member.

Firstly and most importantly: 10% off at Dunkin Doughnuts. I know this because they openly advertise the discount in the drive thru and at the counter. This is as of yet, the only place I've used my AAA membership....that includes car related issues as well. So far I have saved 60cents on a muffin and orange juice. Score.

So after an epiphany that I could probably save a lot of money, I decided to research other ways to save more pennies.

Disclaimer: these discounts apply to AAA of Western and Central NY.

Wow, right off the bat I see that I could save 20% off Best Buy "services". Looks like that means Geek Squad services. But as a person who spent nearly $700 at Best Buy last week, and frequently breaks electronics, I could see how this is a good thing to keep in mind.

Hmm. Seems there's some kind of mystery discount that applies to the entire Carousel Mall, could be interesting trying to get them to honor that.

Below are listed the discounts I find the least bit likely to be useful:
10% off at Payless Shoes
15% off at NY&Co
10% off at Target.com
$1.00 off at Cold Stone

Barnes and Nobles has some convoluted discount structure.

I don't really understand how all this works, other than people must never take advantage of this. From now on, I'm going hog wild. Oh yeah, I'll keep track of how much I manage to save.