Getting Carded

Today was a Kona day.  For all of you who live more than 45 minutes from a, "Town," you know that when you go to town, it's a day long affair.  So, after Kealia's soccer game, we headed to Kona.  We did the usual...Costco, A Mart Type Store (Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or Target), Sport's Authority (we only do that if Mike's with us) Food, and We Even Had a quick jaunt to Macy's.  While in K-Mart, I got an idea!  They have a wide selection of Gift Cards there, and it's kind of strange because most of the businesses associated with the gift cards are not even located on our island.  Anyway, I decided we should buy some gift cards for our road trip to give our daily budget while on the trip, a bit of a break.  I bought cards for The Olive Garden, On the Border, IHOP, Cracker Barrel, Jack In the Box, and Subway.  Next time we see a gift card, we'll buy just one, but this was our "Getting Carded Kickoff."  We won't really feel $25 here and there, but on the road trip with our daily budget, I'm thinking that  a $25 lunch at Olive Garden, that we don't have to pay for, will be a great relief.  We also have our National Park Pass which is a "card," and a $250 gift card to Costco we earned with rebates.  Even our Passports are the new Passport, "Cards."  Kealia has built up quite a collection of hotel key cards.  She has over 250.  It's pretty amazing and reminds us of great memories.  I think she'll love adding in our empty gift cards to her mix.  So, we plan to get, "Carded," many more times...at least every time we see them for sale at WalMart, KMart, or Target.
That's all for now,
Alana