Please tell me I am not the only one.
I participate in MyPoints and I currently have enough points for a $50 gift certificate to...pretty much anywhere.
For several days in a row I have opened up MyPoints and looked at the list of reward sites, frozen in indecision.
Do I want something fully practical, like $50 toward gas? Something sort of practical like a clothing store, or one with many possibilities like Wal-Mart, Target, or even a Visa Cash Card? Perhaps I should get a Home Depot card that I can give him as a gift for his birthday. Should I pamper myself and get a card to a spa or treat us to a nice meal out? It's free money, so maybe I should be completely impractical and get us a free night at an over-priced hotel.
When something comes up to buy, that I need to buy, I say "I have the money for this in my budget, I don't want to "waste" my free money on something I can just pay for, because then I will never treat myself.
When I think of a treat I would like, I talk myself out of it because it's silly and "I wouldn't even think of getting that if I didn't have this free money, so I shouldn't get that. I should save it for something I really want."
A gas card will be gone in one tank of gas, but an iTunes card would last for ages. As I keep working out, new clothes would be handy. He has to deal with the MyPoints Search bar on the computer, so something we could share, like a meal out (oh, but WHERE?) seems fair. But it's MY points.
Eventually I close my browser and put the decision off for another day.
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