Another 'Goal' for Twenty Ten

I recently posted my major goals for this year, but I've got a few more up my sleeve.  I'm tempted to simply make a 52 is 2010 like Jess did, but I'm concerned about my obsession with list-making as of late.  And I'm not too sure I could determine fifty-two seriously un-lame things to do in 2010- unlike Jessica's list, which pretty much kicks butt.  Perhaps I'll take this year to prepare my 52 in 2011 list...

At any rate, one of my other goals is to buy all of our Christmas presents this year with Swagbucks.  There will of course be a few presents that we will simply not be able to purchase using Swagbucks (as in special crafts and donations to non-profits), but for just about everything else, I'm going to trade in my Swagbucks for Amazon gift cards (because really, what can't you purchase on Amazon?) to buy the presents for our nieces and nephews and whoever's names we draw for 'Christmas Carnage Chaos'.

If you're not sure what Swagbucks is, here's the skinny: Swagbucks is simply a search engine; instead of using Google, Yahoo!, or Bing, use Swagbucks- you get similar results, but you also will randomly win these beautiful little gems called...you guessed it, Swagbucks.  You can trade in your Swagbucks for prizes, including gift cards!  I think selecting the Amazon giftcards is probably one of the absolute best ways to go.  In addition to using Swagbucks as your search engine, you can also earn Swagbucks by going through the website before you shop online at some specific sites, by trading in your old cell phones and other electronics, and by referring friends to the program.  And oh yes, Swagbucks is absolutely free.  No gimmicks.  Just the opportunity to earn giftcards for something you're already doing on a daily basis anyway.

Basically, one of the easiest way to earn Swagbucks quickly is to refer friends to the website; once they sign up through your referral, for every Swagbuck they earn, you get one too!  All the way up to 100 Swagbucks.  Most of my Swagbucks have actually come from referrals, especially since I completely forgot to use the website as my search engine for a few months last fall.

So this is where you come in, faithful and fabulous reader.  I'm going to need some help from you if I'm going to reach my goal of purchasing all our Christmas gifts using Amazon gift cards earned through Swagbucks.  Sign up for the website, using my account as your referral, and start swagbucking!  I promise, it won't take long for you to set the same or a similar goal for Christmas 2010!