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Sometimes in life you have things come at you...no. No, that doesn't work...

They say there's no free lunch, but occasionally...uhh, no. That's not the way we want to start this.

Okay, okay. Let's try this....

For the past few years, okay, well, every job since I got out of school except my current position, has had me traveling all across the countryside seeing the sights and surveying and driving and all the what-nots that were entailed by my employment opportunities.

What does that mean? Well, for starters, it means I was staying in a ton of hotels and eating take out, but most specifically it had me staying in hotels. Generally I stayed in hotel chains that had points and loyalty programs. My favorite are the Holiday Inn Expresses...esessss... can I stop there? Okay.

Anyway, so a couple months ago I got this flyer int eh mail that had my hotel point balance and some of the free things you could get with them. I looked up my total balance and the full catalog of items I could redeem my loyalty points when I realized that I had enough points to get a KitchenAid Stand Mixer!! ...And an iPod Touch!!!

So I did what any rational person would do: ordered the stand mixer and saved the iPod points to grow because I still had a few nights of hotel stays left, maybe I can get a bigger iPod Touch.

So I waited the 2 weeks and then, one day, BAM! There it was!!

My new Stand Mixer...




See? Those points programs really do pay off...sometimes...


Of course I'll keep you up to date with all the things I make with it.