Life As Nick Starr

Remember how I told you I had my first glass of Voss water back at the casino a while back, well last week I went and had 4 bottles. I’m not a HUGE fan of sparkling water, but Voss is awesome. I was told by someone there that you can buy it at Fresh Market. Advice I’m not sure I wish I heard.

The next day I went to Fresh Market and purchased $30 worth of Voss Still water, no more sparkling for me. Over the weekend at the poker tournament, which I finished in 45th spot out of 1000+ entrants, I drank through the entirety of the Voss water I had purchased. Time to go back to Fresh Market for some more.

They were all out of the glass 800mL bottles, so I got the plastic 1 liter bottles (Voss Red) instead. They are $2.99 each compared to $2.49 for 800mL. The smaller 300mL glass bottles cost $1.49.

I’ve tried to drink other water, and I can taste the difference. Nothing tastes good to me besides Voss anymore. I’m now up to drinking two 1-liter bottles per day at work, and at least 1 more at night. During lunch I bring a 300mL with me to Chipotle for my rice & beans. That puts it at over $10/day in water. Granted there are more expensive and far more harmful addictions habits. I guess since I am only spending $0.70 cents at lunch, and $0.70-$1.99 on dinner, it all balances out.

Still, there is over $30 in empty water bottles in the above pictured trash can here at work. I know water is recommended to help lose weight on a low-fat diet, but I can’t seem to drink anything else besides Voss.

I change banks more then most people change underwear, but I’ve been with Navy Federal for quite some time now. They now have a new feature that shows pending deposits into the account, even direct deposits.

Very useful information to have. I mean the company already knows the deposit is incoming, why shouldn’t they share this information with you? Just a casual observation of something I found useful today.

Previously I’ve reported back on Airtran Wendy’s Cup miles, and what a profit center that turned out to be for me, mainly because the Wendy’s deal limited an individual to 2 free round trip tickets. I sold thousands of other certificates from the cups on eBay and Craigslist.

American Airlines has a new miles offer, that is seemingly unlimited. For every Emmi wedge or fondue cheese purchase you make with the offer logo, you get 500 free airline miles. Participating grocery stores include Albertsons, Super Target, CostCo, Trader Joe’s, and many more.

The wedge runs anywhere from $2.69 to $4. The fondue averages $6-$9. Many charities and food banks are accepting these left over cheese wheels if you open them at the bank, thus giving a tax break on the countless wheels of cheese you certainly are unable to eat.

This works out to a great deal with the wedge at under 1 cent per mile. I am going to make the rounds to the local grocery stores sometime very soon and purchase as many as I possibly can. I think 100,000 miles would be a good starting point. That is only 200 units (around $600). AA has free flights starting at 25,000 miles, so $600 would buy you 4 flights. From previous experience, I’ve never been able to find 4 flights at $150 each.

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