
my friend Melissa told me to go to her
site (she finds all sorts of good deals and ways to stretch a dollar) and check out the deal for Real Simple magazine, $5 for a years subscription at
amazon. i couldn't believe that they were offering a
full year for the cost of ONE magazine, so i did it...i added the subscription to my order and proceeded to check out. i looked at the total and it read $0.00. WHAT?!?

apparently i had a credit balance of $11 on my amazon account that i didn't know about and they applied it to my order. a magazine supscription for FREE? it's my lucky day!! i continued to scan the other magazine offers and found one of my other faves, Better Homes & Gardens, on sale for $14.97. I decided I'd put my remaining $6 balance to use and got a years subscription (12 months/issues) for $8.97! I can't wait for both of them to get here in a few weeks, woo hoo :oD